Background
He was born and died at Chachran and was buried at Mithankot. His mother died when he was five years old and he was orphaned around the age of twelve when his father, Khwaja Khuda Bakhsh, died.
He was born and died at Chachran and was buried at Mithankot. His mother died when he was five years old and he was orphaned around the age of twelve when his father, Khwaja Khuda Bakhsh, died.
He mastered Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Saraiki, Punjabi, Sindhi, and Braj Bhasha, and also wrote poems in Saraiki, Punjabi, Urdu, Sindhi, Persian, and Braj Bhasha. His most significant works include:
Deewan-e-Farid (poem in Saraiki, 1882. In Punjabi, 1883; in Urdu, 1884)
Manaqabe Mehboobia (prose, in Persian)
He frequently uses the symbolism of desert.
Sometimes he touched political affairs, opposing the British rule in Bahawalpur.
The 20th century saw development of an entire branch of literary studies into the life and work of Khwaja Ghulam Farid, named faridiyat. Today, many religious and educational institutions in Pakistan and India are named after him (eg, Government Khawaja Farid College in Rahimyar Khan, Pakistan) as are streets and town quarters.
A Khwaja Ghulam Farid Award is awarded by the Government of Pakistan in literature, its recipients including Ismail Ahmedani, Noshi Gilani and others In 2001, on Khwaja Ghulam Farid"s birth centenary, Pakistan Post issued a memorial stamp.