Syed Abdullah Shah Qadri, known popularly as Bulleh Shah and Bulleya, was a Punjabi philosopher and Sufi poet during 17th Century. His ancestors had migrated from Bukhara (modern-day Uzbekistan) in the 14th / 15th Century AD. His first spiritual teacher was Shah Inayat Qadiri, a Sufi murshid of Lahore. He was a mystic poet and is universally regarded as "The Father of Punjabi Enlightenment". He lived and was buried in Kasur. Shrine of Bulleh Shah is situated right in the center of Kasur City. His three-day annual Urs celebrations starts on 10 Bhadon (in the last week of August).