Fariduddin Ganjshakar the shrine jam packed. Baba Farid, as he is commonly known, has his poetry included in the Guru Granth Sahib, the most sacred scripture of Sikhism, which includes 123 (or 134) hymns composed by Farid. Guru Arjan Dev Ji, the 5th guru of Sikhism, included these hymns himself in the Adi Granth, the predecessor of the Guru Granth Sahib. The town of Faridkot in Punjab, India is named after him. In 1989, on the 800th Birth Anniversary of Baba Farid, Pakistan Post Office issued a commemorative postage stamp in his honor. Fariduddin Ganjshakar Farīd al-Dīn Masʿūd Ganj-i-Shakar (c. 4 April
History of Dasam Granth ਕਾਇਰਤਾ ਭਾਗੈ।ਧਰਮ ਜੁਧ ਮਹਿ ਹੋਈ ਅਨੁਰਾਗੇ।<br> Guru Gobind Singh written various booklets and had title on each of them. As per internal references, the scripture comprises following major booklets: Acc. to early Sikh historical resources, the scripture was not named as Dasam Granth and each composition within this scripture are named separately by various authors like: Later, In Bansavali Nama Patshahi 10, Kesar Singh Chibber named this granth as "Chota Granth' '(The Small Granth). In 1812, JB Malcolm called this scripture as "Dasvein padhshsh da granth" (The Scripture of 10th Ruler). Later, Khalsa accepted the name "Dasam Granth", for the