Saraiki literature is the literature of the

Saraiki language Saraiki ( '; also spelt Siraiki, or Seraiki) is an Indo-Aryan language of the Lahnda group, spoken by 26 million people primarily in the south-western half of the province of Punjab in Pakistan. It was previously known as Multani, after its ...

Pakistani Punjab Punjab (; , ) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in central-eastern region of the country, Punjab is the second-largest province of Pakistan by land area and the largest province by population. It shares land borders with the ...

Folk literature and tales

There are many folk tales associated with

Ghazi Khan Ghazi Khan (Balochi, Urdu ) was a Baloch mercenary from who moved to Multan in the late 15th century at the behest of the Langah Sultanate. He was accompanied by his sons, Ghazi Khan, Fatih Khan and Ismail Khan. The Derajat had its existence as ...

and his minister Gaaman Sachar, a legendary character in Saraiki folk tales. *Ashraf Javed Malik is a folk tale writer, especially of the folk songs recorded by Radio Pakistan Multan. He is a songwriter for PTV Home Multa Station from 2013 to present.

Poetry

Some of the prominent Sindhi and

Hindko Hindko (, romanized: , ) is a cover term for a diverse group of Lahnda dialects spoken by several million people of various ethnic backgrounds in several areas in northwestern Pakistan, primarily in the provinces of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and P ...

poets have also done poetry in Saraiki.

Early poetry

There are very rare written poems available from the early history in Saraiki. The research is going on about the early Saraiki poetry.

17th century

Sultan Bahu Sultan Bahu ( pa, , ਸੁਲਤਾਨ ਬਾਹੂ ; also spelled Bahoo; 17 January 1630 – 1 March 1691), was a 17th-century Punjabi Sufi mystic, poet, scholar and historian. He was active in the Punjab region (present-day Pakistan) dur ...

(1630–1691)

18th century

* Ali Haider Multani (1690–1785). *

Sachal Sar Mast 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 ...

(1739–1829).

19th century

* Qadir Bukhsh Bedil (1814–1873), known as Bedil Sindhi, has also written in Saraiki (''Dewan-i-Bedil'') *

Khawaja Ghulam Farid Khwaja Ghulam Farid ( Urdu: ) or Khwaja Fareed (1845–1901) was a 19th-century Sufi poet from Punjab. He was a member of the Chishti Nizami Sufi order. He wrote poetry in several languages, and his literary heritage has been claimed by both t ...

(1845–1901), his famous collection is ''Deewan-e-Farid''. His poems, known as

Kafi Kafi ( pa, ਕਾਫ਼ੀ (Gurmukhi), (Shahmukhi), Hindi: काफ़ी, Urdu: کافی, Sindhi:ڪافي) is a classical form of Sufi music mostly in the Siraiki, Punjabi and Sindhi languages and originating from the Punjab, and Sindh r ...

(Punjabi: ਕਾਫ਼ੀ (

Gurmukhi Gurmukhī ( pa, ਗੁਰਮੁਖੀ, , Shahmukhi: ) is an abugida developed from the Laṇḍā scripts, standardized and used by the second Sikh guru, Guru Angad (1504–1552). It is used by Punjabi Sikhs to write the language, commonl ...

), کافی (

Shahmukhi Shahmukhi (, ) is a Perso-Arabic alphabet script used historically by Punjabi Muslims (primarily in present-day Pakistani Punjab) to write the Punjabi language. It is generally written in the Nastaʿlīq calligraphic hand, which is also used for ...

Hindi Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of North India, northern, Central India, centr ...

: काफ़ी,

Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
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: کافی, Sindhi:ڪافي), are still famous. * Ghulam Mohammad (1883-1934), well known collection is "Bezan"

20th century

*For Hussain Hashmi () ( Main Kehin Pasy, Ton Kehin Pasy ) from Pakistan MUltan Chak No. 2KMR... *Ramzan Gaddi رمضان ڳاڈی (''Pir Adil Dera Ghazi Khan'')

Prose

Translation of Quran in Saraiki

There are more than twenty translations of the Quran in Saraiki. Maqbool Hassan Gillani did his doctorate in Saraiki translations of the Quran. *Dr.

Mehr Abdul Haq Mehr Abdul Haq ( Urdu:; , Layyah, British India – Multan, Pakistan) was a philologist from Pakistan. After completing his education he joined education department where he worked on different posts. He retired in 1970. He got his PhD degre ...

*Prof. Dilshad Klanchvi *Riaz Shahid

Saraiki dictionaries

The names of some dictionary writers in Saraiki are: * Andrew Jukes *

Akbar Makhmoor Akbar Makhmoor Mughal (1956 – 2017), was a notable Saraiki-language poet and lexicographer and was known for compilation of 115,000 words of Saraiki words under title ''Saraiki Akhar Pothi''. He lived in Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, offic ...

*Anees Jeelani *Mian Sirajuddin Sawnwal *Mureed Hussain Jatoi *Qais Fareedi *Dilshad Kalanchvi *Saadullah Khetran *Habib Mohana

Novelists

Ismail Ahmedani Ismail Ahmedani (1930–2007) (اسماعیل احمدانی) was a Saraiki novelist, fiction writer, and promoter of the Saraiki language. Life He was born 1 January 1930 in a small village "Khoi" in Rajanpur District, British India (now ...

(1930-2007) is the most celebrated novelist and fiction writer in modern Saraiki literature. Ahmedani has done much to promote the Saraiki literature for modern fiction writing. He was awarded Khwaja Ghulam Farid award by the government of Pakistan on Chholian. Ismail Ahmedani died at Karachi on 6 June 2007 and buried in his home village of Rasoolpur.

Fiction authors

(1930-2007), novelist and fiction writer, author of '' Amar Kahani'', ''Peet de Pandh'' and ''Chhulian''

Linguists

(1915-1995), author of ''Multani Zaban Ka Urdu Se Taaluq'' * Aslam Rasoolpuri author of ''Saraiki Rasmul Khat Ki Mukhtasar Tareekh'', ''Saraiki Zaban, Onda Rasmul Khat Atey Awazan'' and ''Saraiki Dyan Buchkaar Awazan'' *

Richard Francis Burton Sir Richard Francis Burton (; 19 March 1821 – 20 October 1890) was a British explorer, writer, orientalist scholar,and soldier. He was famed for his travels and explorations in Asia, Africa, and the Americas, as well as his extraordinary kn ...

(1821-1890), author of ''Grammar of Saraiki''

Critics

* Aslam Rasoolpuri is an author of five books about literary criticism. The books written in Saraiki are: ''Voyage of Meaning in Siraiki Literature(2014)'' , ''Evaluations'' (2011), ''Encapsulations'' (2009), ''Calibrations'' (1986) and ''Marxist Standpoint and Our Literature'' (1974). *Javed Chandio, Head of the Saraiki Department in the Islamic University of Bahawalpur (Pakistan). He is the first Ph.D in Saraiki literature from the Saraiki Department. Author/editor of eight books on Saraiki literature, writer of valuable critical work on Khwaja Ghulam Farid. His major works are ''Divan-i-Farid'' (1998), ''Khwaja Farid (1999), Allah Mailay Wal Sang Yaara (2003), Maqalaat (2003), Armughan-i-Khwaja Farid (2003), Saraiki Zaban Adab Aur Mua'shra'' (2007), ''Savail I'' & ''II'' (1995 & 1997). Having many valuable research articles on his credit. Edited the oldest quarterly journal "Saraiki" since 1999. Headed the oldest Saraiki literary organization "Saraiki Adbi Majlis (Regd.), Bahawalpur" Since 1999. The First Gold Medalist in M.A. Saraiki and the first regular teacher of the Saraiki & Literature in any University of Pakistan. He is still teaching in the university.

Dramatists

References

External links

Saraiki Web Portal
* http://www.seraikigeet.com
Aslam Rasoolpuri
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