Waris Ali Shah — Urdu Wikipedia

The Urdu Wikipedia article on Haji Waris Ali Shah, a text independent of the English article: it states his birth in 1232 AH (1817) at Dewa Sharif, that he founded the Warsiyya silsila, that in boyhood he became a murid (disciple) of Khadim Ali Shah and remained his murid and khalifa until the latter's death, that his affiliation was with the Qadiri and Chishti schools of Sufism, and it dates his death to 29 Muharram 1323 AH (5 April 1905).