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==Life==

He was provided education in [[Arabic]], [[Persian language|Persian]], and [[Mathematics]] during his early years. At the age of 12 he started writing poetry in [[Persian language|Persian]] under the pen name '''Goya'''. At the age of 17 he lost his mother, and two years later his father. In 1652, he went to [[Multan]] and settled over there, and was married to a [[Sikh]] girl. Thereafter, he became inclined towards [[Sikhism]], met [[Guru Gobind Singh]] in 1682 and later became [[Amritdhari]]. After few months at Anandpur Sahib he joined prince Muazzam as secretary and later rose to post of chief secretary.When Aurangzeb on hearing about his knowledge about Quran expressed to get him converted to Islam religion , he finally left his job with Prince Muazzam in 1687 <ref>{{Cite book |last=Nabha |first=Bhai Kahn Singh |url=https://rarasahib.com/online-library/#fbb2a23be9a59ca04 |title=Gur Shabad Ratnakar Mahan Kosh ( Encyclopedia of Sikhism) pdf version |publisher=Bhai Baljinder Singh (Rara Sahib) |pages=2597 |language=Punjabi}}</ref>and appeared before [[Guru Gobind Singh]] in Anandpur Sahib., where he stayed upto 1705 when he joined again his previous master prince Muazzam who was later king of Delhi as King Bahadur Shah. He came to [[Multan]] again in 1712 after the death of [[Bahadur Shah I]] and started a school of [[Arabic]] and [[Persia]]n. He died in 1713 when in [[Multan]].

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