Kabir

Mystic & Poet

(1440 – Unknown) · South Asia

Fifteenth-century Indian mystic poet whose verses, composed in vernacular Hindi, challenged both Hindu orthodoxy and Islamic convention with radical egalitarianism. Born in Varanasi, possibly to a Muslim weaver family, he became one of the most beloved figures in bhakti literature and Sufi poetry alike. His poems are collected in the Bijak and Guru Granth Sahib.