Sabit Ali Shah

Syed Sabit Ali Shah(1740–1810) was a Sindhi language poet born in 1740 in Sehwan Sindh Kalhora Dynasty. His grandfather Syed Noor Muhammad Shah came from Central Asia and stayed in Thatta with Muhgal Nawab Azam. After Nawab Azam's Government coup his Grandfather Left Thatta, and permanently settled in Sehwan, Sindh his father Syed Madar Ali Shah had three son and Syed Sabit Ali Shah one of them.[1] Syed Sabit Ali Shah learnt early education from his teacher Akhund Abdul Rehman, when his teacher when Hejaz for Hajj then he started learning Quranic teaching from Mule Chaker, and Persian from Akhund Elyas his first teacher in poetry was Makhdom Noor ul Haq Mushtaqi and in final with Main Sarfraz Khan Kalhoro become the pupil of Ghulam Ali Madah.[2][3][4]

Syed Sabit Ali Shah
سيد ثابت علي شاھ
Born19 November 1740
Sehwan, Sindh, Kalhora Dynasty
Died1 January 1810(1810-01-01) (aged 69)
Shrine Of Syed Sabit Ali Shah, Sehwan, Sindh
Venerated inIslam
InfluencesAkhund Abdul Rehman (first teacher)
Akhund Elyas (Persian & Arabic teacher
Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai (poet)
Tradition or genre
Sindhi, Persian, Poetry
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Poetry

In the final years of Kalhora Dynasty, and early Talpur Dynasty great changed occurred in Sindhi Poetry.in the wake of He was the first ever poet of Sindh who properly laid down the Elegy, in Sindhi language.and in elegy his first student was Mirza Murad Ali Baigh. Actually Epic poetry started from Syed Sabit Ali Shah.[5]

جڏھن علي اڪبر بہ ڪيو قتال ڪربلا، شير جنگي جزم ڪيو عزم جدال ڪربلا، شاھ سمجھو ان جي خاطر جو خيال ڪربلا ھٿ کڻي ڪئين عرض رب کي سرح حال ڪربلا چيائين جا رب جي رضا اسين رضي آھيون با رضا آئون بہ حاضر، پٽ بہ حاضر، قد رضينا بالقضا [6]

Death

Syed Sabit Ali Shah died on 1810/1225 Hijri, and he was entombed in Sehwan, Sindh, where the great shrine was built on his grave.[7]

References
  1. Encyclopedia Sindhiana, Sindhi language Authority, 2010, p. 567
  2. Lalsing Hazarising Ajwani. History of Sindhi Literature. Allied Book Company; 1984.
  3. Graciela de la Lama. South Asia. El Colegio de Mexico; 1982. ISBN 978-968-12-0103-6.
  4. Meherafroze Mirza Habib. A Georgian Saga: From the Caucasus to the Indus. Oxford University Press; 2005. ISBN 978-0-19-597848-3.
  5. A comprehensive study of different technical forms of Sindhi Poetry, Sindhi language Authority, 2007, p. 297
  6. رڻ گجيو راڙو ٿيو, Sindhi language Authority, 2008, p. 60
  7. Encyclopedia Sindhiana, Sindhi language Authority, 2010, p. 568
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