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  "ar": "فريد الدين مسعود غنج شكر",
  "en": "Baba Farid",
  "ur": "بابا فرید الدین گنج شکر"
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  "ar": "فريد الدين مسعود گنج شكر، المعروف بابا فريد (ت 1266) صوفي بنجابي وشاعر وواعظ، من مؤسسي الطريقة الجشتية ورئيسها بعد شيخه قطب الدين بختيار كاكي، استقر في أجودهن (باك بتن)، وكان نظام الدين أولياء أشهر مريديه وخليفته.",
  "en": "Farid al-Din Mas'ud Ganjshakar, known as Baba Farid (died 1266), was a Punjabi Sufi mystic, poet and preacher, one of the founding fathers of the Chishti order and its head after his teacher Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki; he settled at Ajodhan (Pakpattan), and Nizamuddin Auliya was his most prominent disciple and successor.",
  "ur": "فرید الدین مسعود گنج شکر، معروف بابا فرید (وفات 1266ء) پنجابی صوفی، شاعر اور مبلغ تھے، سلسلہ چشتیہ کے بانیوں میں سے ایک اور اپنے شیخ قطب الدین بختیار کاکی کے بعد اس کے سربراہ؛ وہ اجودھن (پاکپتن) میں مقیم ہوئے اور نظام الدین اولیاء ان کے مشہور ترین مرید و خلیفہ تھے۔"
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   "edtf": "1188",
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   "note": "The English article gives his birth as circa 4 April 1188 at Kothewal near Multan, so the year is built. The readings disagree widely: the same article quotes a 2023 Springer chapter giving 1179 and notes another source claiming 1173; the Urdu article's tradition gives 1173; Wikidata gives 1175; the queue also gives 1173. No Hijri year is built: the English article pairs 1188 with 573 AH, which does not convert to it, and the Urdu article pairs 1173 with 589 AH, which converts to 1193 CE.",
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   "edtf": "1266",
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   "note": "The English article gives his death as circa 7 May 1266 at Pakpattan, so the year is built. The Arabic article gives 664 AH / 1265 CE and the Urdu article 5 Muharram 664 AH, i.e. 1265, at the age of 92; Wikidata also gives 1265. Because 664 AH spans 1265-1266 CE, no single Hijri year is asserted in the block.",
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    "value": "Farid al-Din Mas'ud Ganjshakar"
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    "value": "Ganjshakar"
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    "value": "Baba Farid"
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   "edtf": "1188",
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   "note": "The English article gives his birth as circa 4 April 1188 at Kothewal near Multan, so the year is built. The readings disagree widely: the same article quotes a 2023 Springer chapter giving 1179 and notes another source claiming 1173; the Urdu article's tradition gives 1173; Wikidata gives 1175; the queue also gives 1173. No Hijri year is built: the English article pairs 1188 with 573 AH, which does not convert to it, and the Urdu article pairs 1173 with 589 AH, which converts to 1193 CE.",
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   "edtf": "1266",
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   "note": "The English article gives his death as circa 7 May 1266 at Pakpattan, so the year is built. The Arabic article gives 664 AH / 1265 CE and the Urdu article 5 Muharram 664 AH, i.e. 1265, at the age of 92; Wikidata also gives 1265. Because 664 AH spans 1265-1266 CE, no single Hijri year is asserted in the block.",
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    "value": "sufi",
    "basis": "documented",
    "note": "The English article calls him one of the founding fathers of the Chishti Sufi order, says he became head of the Chishti order, and names his teacher Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki; the Arabic article describes him in prose as the third in the Chishti order. Two independent texts therefore attest the Chishti order for him himself.",
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   "source": "Built from the English, Arabic and Urdu Wikipedia articles and the Wikidata item, all fetched live on 2 November 2026; revision IDs are recorded in the source records.",
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "فريد الدين مسعود گنج شكر، المعروف بابا فريد (ت 1266)، صوفي بنجابي وشاعر وواعظ من القرنين الثاني عشر والثالث عشر {cite:wikipedia-baba-farid-en}. تصفه المقالة العربية بأنه الثالث في الطريقة الجشتية {cite:wikipedia-baba-farid-ar}. وتسميه المقالة الإنجليزية أحد الآباء المؤسسين للطريقة الصوفية الجشتية {cite:wikipedia-baba-farid-en}. سنة مولده متنازع عليها حقًا — 1188 في مقدمة المقالة الإنجليزية، و1179 و1173 في مصادر تنقلها، و1173 في رواية المقالة الأردية، و1175 في ويكي بيانات — ويحفظ هذا السجل القراءات كلها {cite:wikipedia-baba-farid-en} {cite:wikipedia-baba-farid-ur}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "حياته",
     "markdown": "وُلد في قرية كوتهوال، على نحو عشرة كيلومترات من ملتان {cite:wikipedia-baba-farid-en}. درس في ملتان، حيث لقي شيخه قطب الدين بختيار كاكي وصار مريده {cite:wikipedia-baba-farid-en}. استقر في أجودهن، البلدة التي سُميت لاحقًا باك بتن {cite:wikipedia-baba-farid-en}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "رئيس الجشتية",
     "markdown": "تقول المقالة الإنجليزية إنه صار رئيس الطريقة الجشتية ويُنسب إليه تأسيس صورتها المؤسسية في البنجاب {cite:wikipedia-baba-farid-en}. كان أشهر مريديه نظام الدين أولياء، الذي خلفه في السلسلة الجشتية {cite:wikipedia-baba-farid-en}. أُدخلت أشعار منسوبة إليه لاحقًا في گرو گرنث صاحب، وإن كانت نظرية تتبعها المقالة ترى أن تلك الأشعار تعود إلى فريد لاحق {cite:wikipedia-baba-farid-en}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "وفاته",
     "markdown": "تعطي المقالة الإنجليزية وفاته بنحو 7 مايو 1266 في باك بتن {cite:wikipedia-baba-farid-en}. وتعطي المقالة العربية 664 هـ / 1265 م، والمقالة الأردية 5 محرم 664 هـ، 1265 م، عن عمر 92 سنة {cite:wikipedia-baba-farid-ar} {cite:wikipedia-baba-farid-ur}. يبني هذا السجل سنة المقالة الإنجليزية ويحفظ الأخريين {cite:wikipedia-baba-farid-en}."
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    {
     "heading": "Summary",
     "markdown": "Farid al-Din Mas'ud Ganjshakar, known as Baba Farid (died 1266), was a Punjabi Muslim mystic, poet and preacher of the 12th and 13th centuries {cite:wikipedia-baba-farid-en}. The English article calls him one of the founding fathers of the Chishti Sufi order {cite:wikipedia-baba-farid-en}. The Arabic article describes him as the third in the Chishti order {cite:wikipedia-baba-farid-ar}. His birth year is genuinely contested — 1188 in the English article's lead, 1179 and 1173 in sources it quotes, 1173 in the Urdu article's tradition and 1175 in Wikidata — and this record preserves all the readings {cite:wikipedia-baba-farid-en} {cite:wikipedia-baba-farid-ur}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "Life",
     "markdown": "He was born at Kothewal village, about ten kilometres from Multan {cite:wikipedia-baba-farid-en}. He studied at Multan, where he met his teacher Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki and became his disciple {cite:wikipedia-baba-farid-en}. He settled at Ajodhan, the town later renamed Pakpattan {cite:wikipedia-baba-farid-en}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "Head of the Chishtis",
     "markdown": "The English article says he became head of the Chishti order and is credited with founding its institutional form in the Punjab {cite:wikipedia-baba-farid-en}. His most prominent disciple was Nizamuddin Auliya, who succeeded him in the Chishti chain {cite:wikipedia-baba-farid-en}. Verses attributed to him were later included in the Guru Granth Sahib, though one theory traced in the article holds that those verses descend from a later Farid {cite:wikipedia-baba-farid-en}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "Death",
     "markdown": "The English article gives his death as circa 7 May 1266 at Pakpattan {cite:wikipedia-baba-farid-en}. The Arabic article gives 664 AH / 1265 CE, and the Urdu article gives 5 Muharram 664 AH, 1265 CE, at the age of 92 {cite:wikipedia-baba-farid-ar} {cite:wikipedia-baba-farid-ur}. This record builds the English article's year and preserves the others {cite:wikipedia-baba-farid-en}."
    }
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "بابا فرید الدین مسعود گنج شکر (وفات 1266ء) پنجاب کے صوفی، شاعر اور مبلغ تھے {cite:wikipedia-baba-farid-ur}. اردو روایت ان کی پیدائش 1173ء اور وفات 5 محرم 664ھ یعنی 1265ء کو 92 برس کی عمر میں بتاتی ہے {cite:wikipedia-baba-farid-ur}. انگریزی مقالہ انہیں سلسلہ چشتیہ کے بانیوں میں سے ایک کہتا ہے {cite:wikipedia-baba-farid-en}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "زندگی اور سلسلہ",
     "markdown": "وہ ملتان کے قریب کوٹھیوال گاؤں میں پیدا ہوئے اور ملتان میں اپنے شیخ قطب الدین بختیار کاکی سے ملے اور ان کے مرید ہوئے {cite:wikipedia-baba-farid-en}. وہ اجودھن (پاکپتن) میں مقیم ہوئے اور اپنے شیخ کے بعد سلسلہ چشتیہ کے سربراہ بنے {cite:wikipedia-baba-farid-en}. ان کے مشہور ترین مرید و خلیفہ نظام الدین اولیاء تھے {cite:wikipedia-baba-farid-en}. عربی مقالہ انہیں طریقہ چشتیہ میں تیسرا بتاتا ہے {cite:wikipedia-baba-farid-ar}."
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