Salok Baba Farid - Giani Sarbjit Singh, Dukh Niwaran Sahib Ludhiana by Waheguru Prabhmilnekachao published on 2020-04-11T14:33:06Z 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. There are 10 Sikh gurus, but also there are 15 Bhagats in Sikhism. Baba Sheikh Farid is one of these equally revered 15 Bhagats. The town of Faridkot in Punjab, India is named after him.