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Sindhi language Sindhi ( ; , ) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by about 30 million people in the Pakistani province of Sindh, where it has official status. It is also spoken by a further 1.7 million people in India, where it is a Scheduled languages of India ...

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* Adal Soomro * Ahmad Khan Madhosh * Ali Gul Sangi *

Allah Baksh Sarshar Uqaili Allah Baksh Sarshar 'Uqaili was a Sufi poet from the Sindh province of Pakistan. Work Allah Bux published his first book, ''Ramooz-un-Nisa'' in 1920, his second in 1923, ''Dawat-e-Islam'', in 1924 ''Manasik-e-Hajj'' and in 1929 ''Khalid bin ...

Anwar Peerzada Anwar Pirzada ( Sindhi: انور پيرزادو), was a journalist, columnist, writer and expert on Sindhi history, language and Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai's poetry. Early life and education Anwer Pirzado was born on 25 January 1939 at village H ...

* Tanveer Abbasi * Ghulam Ali Allana (academic)

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* Bedil * Parwano Bhatti * Bherumal Meharchand Advani * Kirat Babani *

Qadir Bux Bedil Faqir Qadir Bux Bedil ( sd, فقير قادر بخش بيدل‎) (1815–1873) better known by his pen name Bedil (one bereft of heart) was a Sufi poet and scholar of great stature. After Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai and Sachal Sarmast, two st ...

Zulfiqar Ali Bhatti (writer) Zulfiqar Ali Bhatti is an engineer turned educationist, poet and academic author from Sindh, Pakistan. He has written more than two hundred books including several textbooks in Sindhi, Urdu, and English Language. Ali Bhatti received his engineeri ...

Makhdoom Bilawal Makhdoom Bilawal Bin Jam Hassan Samo ( sd, مخدوم بلاول بن جام حسن سمو), (Born 1451 AD/ 856 AH Sindh) was a sufi saint, philosopher and poet from Sindh, Pakistan. He is also referred as Makhdum Bilal or Bilali Makhdum. Life ...

* Ustad Bukhari *

Ameer Bux Shar Amir Bux Shar was a notable Sindhi-language poet and writer of Pakistan. In addition to his writing, he was also a social worker. He was a dedicated leftist throughout his entire life. Being born in a family living under a wrenched hut, he prov ...

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* Attiya Dawood

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* Ghulam Mohammad Grami * Ayaz Gul

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Hakeem Fateh Mohammad Sehwani , native_name = , native_name_lang = sd , image = , caption = , pseudonym = "حڪيم" , birth_name = Fateh Mohammad , birth_date = 1882 , birth_place = Sehwan Sharif, Dadu now Jamshoro District, Sindh , ...

Arjan Hasid Arjan Tanwani (7 January 1930 ― 26 December 2019), popularly known by his pen name Arjan Hasid, was an Indian Sindhi language poet who had authored seven collections of poems and ghazals. He won the Sahitya Akademi Award in Sindhi in 1985 fo ...

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Imdad Hussaini , image = Imdad a Hussaini poet reciting poetry in program of KTN Chanel Karachi, Sindh Pakistan.jpg , image_size = , alt = , native_name = Syed Imdad Hussain Shah , pseudonym = Imdad Hussaini , ...

Ibrahim Munshi Mohammad Ibrahim Soomro by his pen name Ibrahim Munshi sd, محمد ابراهيم منشي) was a Sindhi-language poet and writer. He was born on January 15, 1934, in Janhan Soomro جنھاڻ سومرو, Tando Muhammad Khan, Hyderabad Dis ...

Ishaq Samejo Ishaq Samejo ( sd, اسحاق سميجو, ur, ) is Pakistani poet, writer and literary critic of Sindhi Language. Early life It is mentioned in Encyclopedia Sindhiana by Sindhi Language Authority that Samejo was born to Jaaro Khan on 18 Mar ...

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Kamal Jamro Kamal Jamro (August 1, 1972 - December 16, 2020) was a professor, writer, educationist, researcher and poet. He had written various books on Sindhi literature. Early life and education Dr. Kamal Jamro was born on August 1, 1972, in Khairpur dist ...

Ayaz Jani Ayaz Hussain Jani ( sd, اياز جاني),(4 October 1967 – 6 June 2016) was a Sindhi-language poet. He died at the age of 49. See also * Jani (disambiguation) References 1967 births 2016 deaths Pakistani poets Sindhi-language ...

Abdul Jabbar Junejo Dr. Abdul Jabbar Junejo (26 November 1935 – 12 July 2011) was a Sindhi writer, poet, novelist, story-writer, critic, linguist, historian and musicologist of Sindh, Pakistan. Early life He was born on 26 November 1935 at Pir Fateh Shah Village ...

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Khialdas Fani Khialdas Fani (4 April 1914 - 8 April 1995) was an Indian writer, poet, stage artist and singer who wrote in Sindhi. He also served as vice-chairman of the Madhya Pradesh Sindhi Sahitya Academy. Biography Khialdas was born on 4 April 1914 a ...

Elsa Kazi Elsa Kazi (1884–1967), commonly known as "Mother Elsa", particularly in the Sindh province of Pakistan was a German writer of one-act plays, short stories, novels and history, and a poet. She was a composer and a musician of considerable achiev ...

Khawaja Muhammad Zaman of Luari Khawaja Muhammad Zaman of Luari (1713 - 1775 AD : 1125 - 1188 AH) ( sd, خواجہ محمد زمان لواري وارو) was a sufi saint and poet from Sindh. His father, Shaikh Abdul Latif Siddiqi, was a descendant of first Rashidun Caliph Ab ...

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* Mir Abdul Rasool Mir * Mirza Qaleech Baig *

Vasdev Mohi Vasdev Mohi (born Vasdev Vensimal Sidhnani; 2 March 1944) is a Sindhi poet, translator, critic, short story writer and a retired lecturer. He also served as the member of the executive board of Sahitya Akademi and member of Council for Promoti ...

Muhammad Faquir Khatian Muhammad Faquir Khatian (1878 - 4 February 1941) was a classical Sufi poet of Sindh, Pakistan. He was one the best Sindhi and Seraiki Sufi poets of Sindh during the British Raj in India (Now Pakistan). Biography Muhammad Faquir Khatian w ...

* Moti Prakash * Rashid Morai * Muhammad Mohsin Bekas *

Muhammad Siddique Musafir Muhammad Siddique Musafir (1 April 1879 - 24 September 1961) was an educationist, writer, poet, translator and journalist of Sindh, Pakistan. He served as an editor of Sindhi language magazine "Akhbar-e-Taleem" for 18 years. His poems were pa ...

Makhdoom Ameen Faheem Makhdoom Muhammad Ameen Faheem ( ur, ; ''alt. spelling'': Amin Fahim; 4 August 1939 – 21 November 2015) was a Pakistani populist left-wing figure and a poet. He was the senior vice-chairman of Pakistan Peoples Party, chairman of Pakis ...

Makhdoom Muhammad Zaman Talibul Moula Makhdoom Muhammad Zaman Talibul Moula (4 October 1919 – 11 January 1993; Sindhi language, Sindhi: مخدوم محمد زمان طالب المولا) was a Pakistani politician, scholar and poet. He was the 17th ''Sajjadah Nasheen'' of Makhdoom ...

* Mohammad Khan Majeedi *

Muhammad Hashim Thattvi Muḥammad Hāshim Thattvī (16921761; sd, مخدوم محمد هاشم ٺٺوي, ar, المخدوم محمد هاشم التتوي) was an Islamic scholar, author, philanthropist, and a Spiritual Leader, spiritual leader who was considered a ...

* Mir Abdul Hussain Sangi

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Narayan Shyam Narayan Gokaldas Nagwani a.k.a. Narayan Shyam or Narain Shyam (25 July 192210 January 1989) was a Sindhi language poet from India. He was one of the foremost poets associated with the progressive movement. He was awarded the Sahtia Academy A ...

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Pir Hadi Hassan Bux Shah Jilani Pir Hadi Hassan Bux Shah Jilani, commonly known by the title Hadi ("The Guider") (1846–1900), was a Sufi saint and poet from Sanghar in modern-day Pakistan who belonged to Qadiriyya Sufi order. He was born at Dargah Bhuro Bhawan Shah Jilan ...

Pir Sadardin Pir Sadar al-Din (Sadardin) or Pir Sadruddin was a fourteenth-century Nizari Ismaili ''da'i'' and is regarded as the founder of the Khoja Nizari Ismaili community, also called Satpanth. He was the son and successor of Pir Shihab al-Din, and was ...

* Anwar Pirzada

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* Rohal Faqir

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Sachal Sarmast Sachal Sarmast or Sacho Sarmast ( sd, سچو سرمست (1739–1827), born Abdul Wahab Farooqi ( ur, عبد الوہاب فاروقی) was a prominent and a legendary Sindhi Sufi poet from Sindh (Mehran) in modern-day Pakistan. Biography Sac ...

Sarkash Sindhi Sarkash Sindhi ( Sindhi سرڪش سنڌي) 1 October 1940 - 5 March 2012) was a prominent poet of Sindhi language. Early life Sarkash Sindhi was born on 1 October 1940 at village Palipota, Mehar Taluka , Dadu District. He got his early education ...

* Sawan Fakir *

Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai ( sd, شاھ عبداللطيف ڀٽائي, ur, ; 1689/1690 – 21 December 1752), commonly known by the honorifics ''Lakhino Latif'', ''Latif Ghot'', ''Bhittai'', and ''Bhit Jo Shah'', was a Sindhi Sufi mystic, an ...

Shah Inayat Rizvi Shah Ïnayatullah ( sd, شاه عنایت اللہ) (c. 1613 – c. 1701), Shah Inayat or Inat, was a 17th-century Sindhi Sufi Poet from Nasirpur, Sindh. Biography Early life He belonged to a branch of the Rizvi Syed family, which originated ...

Shah Inayat Shaheed Shah Inayatullah ( sd, شاه عنایت اللہ; 1655–1718), popularly known as Sufi Shah Inayat Shaheed, Shah Shaheed or Shah Inayat of Jhok, was a 17th-century revolutionary from Jhok, Sindh. He was executed on the order of Mughal Emper ...

Shaikh Ayaz Shaikh Ayaz SI ( ur, , ) born Mubarak Ali Shaikh ( ur, , ) (March 1923 – 28 December 1997) was Sindhi language poet, prose writer and former Vice Chancellor of University of Sindh. He is counted as one of the prominent and great Sindhi po ...

* Sobhraj Nirmaldas Fani * Sabit Ali Shah *

Sami (poet) Chainrai Bachomal Dattaramani Sami (1743–1850) was a Sindhi language poet who merged the Vedic wisdom in his Sindhi Shlokas in Beit A Beit (also spelled bait, ar, بيت , literally "a house") is a metrical unit of Arabic, Iranian, Ur ...

Shah Abdul Karim Bulri Shah Abdul Karim Bulri (1538–1623) ( sd, شاه عبدالڪريم بلڙي) was a famous poet of the Sindhi language from Sindh, Pakistan. Shah Abdul Karim Bulri was the great-great-grandfather of the famous poet Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai. Ea ...

Shah Inat Rizvi Shah Ïnayatullah ( sd, شاه عنایت اللہ) (c. 1613 – c. 1701), Shah Inayat or Inat, was a 17th-century Sindhi Sufi Poet from Nasirpur, Sindh. Biography Early life He belonged to a branch of the Rizvi Syed family, which originated ...

Shamsher-ul-Hyderi Shamsher-ul-Hyderi ( sd, شمشير الحيدري) (10 September 1931 – 10 August 2012) was a Sindhi poet, writer and journalist. Early life and education Shamsher-ul-Hyderi was born in the Kadhan ( sd, ڪڍڻ) town of Badin District, Sindh ...

* Sufi Budhal Faqeer

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* Tajal Bewas

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* Din Muhammad Wafai