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Dadu District Dadu District ( sd, ضلعو دادو), ( ur, ) is a district of Sindh Province, Pakistan. With headquarters the city of Dadu, the district was created in 1931 by merging Kotri and Mahal Kohistan (later Jamshoro) tehsils from Karachi District a ...

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Education

Sehwani received education in

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and

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languages. He became student of Molvi Mohammad Umer Channa and Molvi Atta Mohammad at Mehar, the then well named teachers of Sindh. At the age of 21, he qualified from

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. He opened his own Madrasa at Shah Sadar, Sewhan and practiced as Tibb (Hakeem), which was his ancestral profession.

Professional career

Within short period of time, Hakeem Fateh Mohammad Sehwani was appointed as teacher of

at a Madarsa, owned by Syed Allah Aando Shah.

Political career

Hakeem Sehwani took part in political activities under the guidance of Syed Allah Aando Shah. Sehwani would say, “A man without a political insight is like a body without a soul”. He was one of the main leaders of

Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind or Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind () is one of the leading organizations of Islamic scholars belonging to the Deobandi school of thought in India. It was founded in November 1919 by a group of Muslim scholars including Abdul Bari F ...

and a major opponent of the

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in the Indian subcontinent. He also remained secretary of Jamiat ul Ulima (Sindh). Molana sahab was active worker and secretary of

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in Sindh. He opened a moderate Madarsa for teaching Arabic and Persian languages and a Matabb at

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, which was a place of gathering for party workers.

Literary career

Sehwani was an unyielding journalist. He published a magazine ''Al Islam and Aljamia'' from Karachi in 1925. ''Al Jamia'' was published in three languages, Sindhi,

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and Arabic, all at a time. He used simple and proverbial Sindhi in his

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and

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Publications

Hakeem Fateh Mohammad Sehwani wrote on various topics. His book “Bahar e Ikhlaq” is collection of poems. He formerly used “Sagheer” and late “Hakeem” as his

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. He also composed nationalistic poetry. Religiously he belonged to the

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. Doing charity and favour to people was his hobby. Some of his works are: Hayat e Nabi (S.A.W), Ikhlaq e Mohammadi (S.A.W), Fatheh Mohammadi (S.A.W), Dastan e Qoum, Ahwal Lal Shahbaz Qalander, Meeran ji Sahibi.

Recognition

The

Government of Sindh The Government of Sindh ( sd, حڪومت سنڌ) ( ur, ) is the provincial government of the province of Sindh, Pakistan. Its powers and structure are set out in the provisions of the 1973 Constitution, in which 30 Districts of 7 Divisions un ...

recognized his eternal services and in his remembrance, some primary schools were named after him.

Death

Hakeem Fateh Mohammad Sehwani died on 13 December 1942.

References

{{reflist 1882 births 1942 deaths Sindhi-language poets