Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai

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Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai
Statue pf Shah Andul latif Bhittai playing the Tamboora, in Sindh, Pakistan.
Personal details
Born1689 or 1690
Sindh, Pakistan
DiedSindh, Pakistan
ProfessionPoet, Sufi Saint,

Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai (Sindhi:شاه عبدللطيف (born 1689 - 1752), was a revered Sufi mystic and poet from Pakistan. He is often referred to with honorifics like Lakhino Latif, Latif Ghot, Bhittai, and Bhit Jo Shah. Widely regarded as the greatest poet in the Sindhi language,[1] His many famous poems and poetries are compiled in his famous book “Shah Jo Risalo”.

Early Life[change | change source]

Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai was born on 1689 in Hala Haweli,[2][3][4] when he was around 20 years old, he left his home and traveled throughout Sindh, Shah latif met with many mystics and Jogis during his travel, who influenced his poetry. After three years Shah latif returned back to his home, and was married, but was widowed shortly afterwards and did not remarry. Shah latif spend his last years of life at Bhit Shah, he died in 1752. A mausoleum was built over his grave by then ruler of Sindh Mian Ghulam Shah Kalhoro.[5]

References[change | change source]

  1. INP (2023-09-02). "280th Urs of Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai begins". Brecorder. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
  2. "Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai - Daily Parliament Times". 4 October 2020.
  3. Smirna Si. Sufis of Sindh.
  4. Baqir, M. ""ʿAbd-al-Laṭīf Bheṭāʾī"". iranicaonline.org. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
  5. Schimmel (2018-11-13). Pain and Grace: A Study of Two Mystical Writers of Eighteenth-Century Muslim India. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-37854-4.