Makhdoom Nooh Siddiqui ( sd, مخدوم نوح), was a
Sindhi-language
poet
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and
saint
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He worshipped in the
Suharwardi line of style, and was the first to translate the
Quran
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into
Persian
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.
A monument dedicated to him is located in
Hala, Sindh
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, known as Dargah Sarwar e Nooh Siddiqui.
References
1506 births
1590 deaths
Sindhi language
Arab translators
Pakistani translators
Arabic–Persian translators
Quran
Translators of the Quran into Sindhi
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