Kabir
| Indian religious poet and teacher, a leader of the bhakti movement. He rejected the external practices of Islam and Hinduism to teach a simple, direct faith in the one God, attracting many followers from among both Hindus and Muslims. |
| Kabire was born a Muslim in Varanasi and lived as an illiterate weaver. The first Sikh guru, Nanak, was influenced by Kabir's message. Kabir's present-day Hindu followers number about 4 million. |
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