FARID Shaykh Fariduddini Masud mulaqqab ba Qutbulmuvahhidin, Qutbuzzo hiddin va Ganjshakar (1173, Multon—1266, Poklatani Panjob), shoiri forsizaboni Hinduston, asosguzori adabiyoti panjobi. Padarash aslan az Kobul buda, ba Multon kuchidaast. Farid pas az khatmi tahsil ba Qandahoru Bagdod va baze shahrhoi Eron safar karda, sipas oa Dehli omada, yake az peshvoyoni tasavvuf shudaast. U nihoyat ba Panjob bargashta, dar sinni 93-solagi vafot kardaast. Farid dar ashorash adolat, dustiyu rafoqat, sarbalandi, odamu odamgari, nekukori va gayraro vasf karda, odamoni harisu sarvatparast va sufiyoni duruyavu qallobro mazammat namudaast. Farid ba zaboni forsi (tojiki) niz yakchand ruboiyu dubaytiho dorad, ki dar «Javohiri Faridi» nom asare gird omadaand.
Adabiyot: Dnevnaya avezda. Vostochniy al- manakh, v. 2, Moskva, 1974. A. Alimarvonov.