* Tarkhanwala Ghazni, District Sargodha.

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6- As Above, 72.

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10- As Above, 23.

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30- Quraan Pak, Para-30, Sorah-Al-Feel

31- Bashir Bawa. First Diwan,113

32- As Above, 117

33- As Above, 170

34- Bashir Bawa. Asaan Ghazalan,8.

35- Bashir Bawa. First Diwan,713.

36- Bashir Bawa. First Diwan,492.

37- Muhammad Asif Khan. Kafiyan Shah Hussain (Lahore: Pakistan Punjabi Literature Board, 1989)39.

38- Shahbaz Malik, Dr. Punjabi Lasaniyat,33-34.

39- Bashir Bawa. First Diwan,692.