Shah Inayat Qadiri
Baba Shah Inayat Qadiri Shatari (, also called Enayat Shah (1643–1728) was a Sufi scholar and saint of the Qadiri-Shatari silsila (lineage). Shah Inayat Qadiri is famous as the spiritual guide of the universal Punjabi poets Bulleh Shah and Waris Shah. Name

Baba is an honorific term used as a sign of respect to Sufi saints. It is a term similar to "father" or "wise old man". Shah is another honorific referring to a king. Inayat is an Islamic male first name. Qadiri is an Islamic surname. Shatari or Shattari refers to a tariqah, a Sufi mystical order. Background 

Shah Inayat was born in an Arain house. He was a Sufi scholar and activist associated with the Qadiri-Shattari silsila (lineage). Shah Inayat was the son of Mawlawi Pir Mohammad of Kasur, who was an Imam. He was the student of Shah Raza and teacher of Bulleh Shah. He was a gardener or farmer by profession. He used to work in Kasur, but because of the animosity of the city's ruler, Nawab Hussain Khan, he was forced to migrate to Lahore. Work
Shah Inayat is remembered as a preacher, a religious scholar, a philosopher and a saint. A brief biographical note on him was published in 1984 in Lahore. Shah Inayat was a scholar of mysticism. He wrote mostly in Persian. His works include:
 Dasturul Amal
 Islahul Amal
 Lataif-e-Ghaibya, and 
 Ishartul Taliban

See also
 List of Sufi saints

References

External links
 Dastur ul Amal on Google Books. Chopra R. M. (1999) Great Sufi Poets of the Punjab, Iran Society, Calcutta. 1643 births
1728 deaths
Mughal Empire Sufis
People from Kasur District
Punjabi people
Punjabi Sufi saints