Malka Hans, Punjab
City in Punjab, Pakistan
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History
Waris Shah, a Punjabi sufi poet came here from his native village Jandiala Sher Khan and composed the classic Punjabi epic Heer[1] in 1766.[5] There is a mosque related to the poet as well as his composition. Moulvi Sh. Abdullah who wrote BaaraaN Anwaa, a famous Punjabi book on fiqh, also belonged to Malka Hans. He came to Lahore and lived in Sheran Wali Gali inside Lohari darwaza, where Mian Muhammad Bakhsh stayed for three months. Mian Muhammad Bakhsh wrote 64 couplets about him at the end of his famous Punjabi Sufi poetry book Saiful Maluk. (Edited by Prof. Saeed Ahmad, Rwp).[1][6]