Umar Bin Mohammad Daudpota (25 March 1896 – 22 November 1958) ( sd, عمر بن محمد داؤد پوٽو; ur, عمر بن محمد داؤد پوتہ ) was a researcher,

historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the stu ...

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and scholar of the

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Life

Daudpota was born on 25 March 1896 at Talti,

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 ...

. His family was poor. His father, Mohammad Daudpota, was a

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and

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. His primary education was in his hometown. For secondary education, he went to

Larkana Larkana ( ur, , translit=lāṛkāna; sd, لاڙڪاڻو, translit=lāṛkāṇo) is a city located in the Sindh province of Pakistan. It is the 15th largest city of Pakistan by population. It is home to the Indus Valley civilization site Moh ...

in 1914 and later to the Madressah school of

Naushahro Feroze Naushahro Feroze ( ur, , sd, نوشهرو فیروز), is the capital city of Naushahro Feroze District in Sindh province of Pakistan. The district is located at 26°50'0N 68°7'0E with an altitude of 38 metres (127 feet). Naushahro Fero ...

. Eventually, he matriculated from Sindh-Madrasa-tul-Islam in

Karachi Karachi (; ur, ; ; ) is the most populous city in Pakistan and 12th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 20 million. It is situated at the southern tip of the country along the Arabian Sea coast. It is the former cap ...

. He got first position in 1917. After passing his Matriculation, he went to

D. J. Science College Dayaram Jethamal Sindh Government Science College, ( sd, ) commonly known as DJ Science College, is a public community college that is affiliated with the University of Karachi — it is located near Burns Road in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Pr ...

Sindh Sindh (; ; ur, , ; historically romanized as Sind) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the southeastern region of the country, Sindh is the third-largest province of Pakistan by land area and the second-largest province ...

, where he received his BA and MA degrees.

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awarded him a scholarship for higher studies at

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where he received his Ph.D. degree. In 1927, he wrote his doctoral thesis entitled "The effect of

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Poetry on Persian Poetry" and received the degree of Ph.D. After completion of his doctoral degree, he returned to his homeland in 1927 and was appointed as Principal of Sindh-Madrasa-tul-Islam. Later on, he joined Ismail Yusuf College, Bombay as professor of Arabic. He worked there for nine years. He was appointed Director of Public Instruction in

in 1939 taking over from

Khan Bahadur Ghulam Nabi Kazi Khan Bahadur Ghulam Nabi Kazi MBE (b: 1884 Naushero Feroze, British India – 1955) was an educator in Sindh, which is one of the four provinces of what is now Pakistan. He rose to the position of first Director of Public Instruction, S ...

. He was given the honorary title of Shams-ul-Ulama ("Sun of the Scholars") from the British Government in 1940. He was a member of the

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from 1950 to 1955. He performed

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in 1955. He served as superior (care taker) of '' Quarterly Mehran'' in 1957. Daudpota was the father of the famous Air Marshall

Azim Daudpota Air Marshal Mohammed Azim Daudpota (:14 September 1933 – 3 April 2017;), commonly known as Azim Daudpota, was the first Sindhi pilot in Pakistan Air Force and the first Sindhi to receive the Sitara-e-Jurrat (Star of Bravery) Award. He ...

who also was a

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and a former chairman of

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. Daudpota did his scholarly research in English, Arabic, Persian, and Sindhi. His fields of research included

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and

Sindhi literature Sindhi literature ( sd, سنڌي ادب), is the composition of oral and written scripts and texts in the Sindhi language in the form of prose: (romantic tales, and epic stores) and poetry: (Ghazal, Wai and Nazm). The Sindhi language of the provin ...

. He wrote more than two dozens books and a number of columns and essays.

Death

Daudpota died on 22 November 1958 at

. His last resting place is at the

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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 ...

at Bhitshah,

, Pakistan.

Bibliography

* ''Maro je Malir Ja'' by Khadim Hussain Chandio * ''A Sindhi Scholar'', by Muhammad Umar Chand * ''Mangrio'' * ''The Chachnama (Persian Text) - Edited by Umar Bin Muhammad Daudpota * ''Murshid-ul-Mubtada'' (Arabic reader for students) * ''Minhaj-ul-Ashqeen'' ("The Path of the Lovers") * ''Shah Abdul Karim Bulri Wari Jo Kalam'' * ''Abdul Raheem Grohiri Jo Kalam'' * ''Abyat-e-Sindhi'' (Verses of Muhammad Zaman Luwaree Shareef) * ''Munhnji Mukhtasir Aatam Kahani'' ("My short autobiography") * ''Surha Gul'' ("Perfumed Flowers") * Hindustan Mein Aam Taleem ("Mass Education in India") * ''Sindhi Nazam'' * ''Choonda Sindhi Nasar Ain Nazam'' * ''Bayan-ul-Arfeen'' (A short version of ''Malfoodhaat'' of Shah Abdul Kareem of Bulri) * ''Selection from Hafiz and Arif'' (

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) * ''Tarikh-i-Masumi'' written by Mir Masum Shah, edited by Umar Bin Muhammad Daudpota (1938)History of Sindh: Endowment Fund to launch three books tomorrow
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References

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