{{Short description|Punjabi Muslim Sufi poet}} {{EngvarB|date=March 2018}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}} {{Infobox person | name = Saleh Muhammad Safoori | image = Mai safooa mazar.png | caption = The mausoleum of Saleh Muhammad Safoori | birth_date = 1747 | death_date = 1826 | birth_place = Sidhnai Ravi belt, [[Punjab]], [[Mughal Empire]] <br> {{small|(present-day [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]], [[Pakistan]])}} | known_for = [[Punjabi poetry]] | era = 18th century | notable_works = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = | years_active = | term = | family = | spouse = | children = | parents = Safoora (Mother) | relations = | awards = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }}
'''Saleh Muhammad Safoori''' ({{langx|pa| صالح محمد الصفوري}}) was an 18th-century [[Punjabi Muslim]] [[Sufi]] poet.<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 November 1999 |title=Punjabi literature |url=https://ocd.lcwu.edu.pk/cfiles/Gender%20&%20Development%20Studies/Maj/GDS%20-%20303/Punjabiliterature-PDF.pdf |website=[[Lahore College for Women University|LCWU]] Online Course Directory}}</ref> ==Background== Saleh Safoori was a son of Noor Muhammad and Mai Safoora, a local [[Muslims|Muslim]] saint. His Punjabi works were published in 2011 under the title ''[[Kulliyat]]-e-Saleh Muhammad Safoori'', which included the stories of [[Sassui Punnhun|Sassi Punnu]] and [[Sohni Mahiwal|Sohni Mahinwal]], two poetic tributes to Sufi Sultan Abdul Hakeem and Jati Abdal as well as one in the memory of his mother Mai Safoora and two ''si-harfis'' (a form of Punjabi poetry).<ref>{{cite news |title=Controversy over poet Ali Haider! |newspaper=Dawn |location= |date=23 June 2011 |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/638614/controversy-over-poet-ali-haider }}</ref>
== See also == *[[Mausoleum of Hazrat Mai Safoora Qadiriyya]]
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