Sabit Ali Shah

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

Syed Sabit Ali Shah (1740–1810) was a Sindhi poet born in Sehwan, Sindh in the Kalhora Dynasty.

Family and education

His father Syed Madar Ali Shah had three sons including Syed Sabit Ali Shah. Syed Sabit Ali Shah received early education from his teacher Akhund Abdul Rehman. When his teacher went on Hajj, 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 finally with Mian Sarfraz Khan Kalhoro he became the pupil of Ghulam Ali Madah.

He was The Court Poet under Mian Sarfraz Khan Kalhoro and Mir Karam Ali Talpur

Poetry

In the final years of Kalhora Dynasty, and early Talpur Dynasty great changes occurred in Sindhi Poetry. He was the first ever poet of Sindh who properly laid down the Elegy in Sindhi language[citation needed] and he was the first to write epic poetry. His first student in elegy was Mirza Murad Ali Baigh.

Death

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

References

  1. 1 2 "Depiction of Imam Mahdi in Sindhi poetry of Sindh (Pakistan) – Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities". rupkatha.com. Retrieved 23 April 2026. The first Sindhi poet who composed poetry on Imam Mahdi was Syed Sabit Ali Shah. He first served as the court poet of Mian Sarfaraz Kalhoro and later on Mir Karm Ali Talpur
  2. ↑ Encyclopedia Sindhiana, Sindhi language Authority, 2010, p. 567
  3. ↑ Lalsing Hazarising Ajwani. History of Sindhi Literature. Allied Book Company; 1984.
  4. ↑ Graciela de la Lama. South Asia. El Colegio de Mexico; 1982. ISBN 978-968-12-0103-6.
  5. ↑ Meherafroze Mirza Habib. A Georgian Saga: From the Caucasus to the Indus. Oxford University Press; 2005. ISBN 978-0-19-597848-3.
  6. ↑ A comprehensive study of different technical forms of Sindhi Poetry, Sindhi language Authority, 2007, p. 297
  7. ↑ Encyclopedia Sindhiana, Sindhi language Authority, 2010, p. 568