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Persia and Sufism
The words used in punjabi texts are peria, pretam and piri, a lover or beloved one another. Remarkable proof of persian influence is found in the form of the adigrant itself. All the verses composing the poem rhyme to in singular conformity with the principle regulating the construction of the persian gazal. This resemblance is rendered more striking by the fact that the name of nanak is worked into the composition of the last line of each of the poems. The foregoing facts seem conclusive as to the influence of persian sufism on the origin of the seek religion. Doctor trump admits the intimate connection between sikism and sufism.
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