[2] He is believed to have lived a long life from 1690 to 1785, however, Christopher Shackle questions this tradition due to the length of the proposed span and the obscurity of his biographical details.
[2] He was subsequently buried at Qāḍī Ghālib near the Faisalabad District, where his shrine was later built.
In addition to these Punjabi abyāt, he also wrote six sīḥarfī, which show influence from the southwestern dialectal forms or Multani, now known as Saraiki.
[1] Ali Haidar lived during the time of collapse of Mughal power in Punjab, and made occasional references to the resulting upheaval.
[1] He condemned the "traitors" who were, according to the poet, offering wealth to the foreign raiders from Persia and Khurasan.