List of Sindhi people
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The following is a list of notable Sindhi
, Seraiki and Urdu
-speaking Sindhi people
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Sindhi language
Sindhi is the language of the Sindh region of Pakistan that is spoken by the Sindhi people. In India, it is among 22 constitutionally recognized languages, where Sindhis are a sizeable minority. It is spoken by 53,410,910 people in Pakistan, according to the national government's Statistics Division...
, Seraiki and Urdu
Urdu
Urdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...
-speaking Sindhi people
Sindhi people
Sindhis are a Sindhi speaking socio-ethnic group of people originating from Sindh, a province Formerly of British India, now in Pakistan. Today Sindhis that live in Pakistan belong to various religious denominations including Islam, Zoroastrianism, Hinduism, Sikhism and Christianity...
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Historical personalities
- Shah Abdul Latif BhittaiShah Abdul Latif BhittaiShah Abdul Latif Bhittai was a Sindhi Sufi scholar, mystic, saint, poet, and musician. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest poets of the Sindhi language...
- Sachal SarmastSachal SarmastSachal Sarmast was a Sufi poet from Sindh during the Kalhora era. He was born in daraza near Ranipur, Sindh. His real name was Abdul Wahab and "Sachal" was his nickname. He also used it in his own poetry. Sachu means truthful in Sindhi while Sarmast means mystic in Sindhi and Urdu...
- Allama Makhdoom Muhammad Hashim ThattviAllama Makhdoom Muhammad Hashim ThattviAllama Makhdoom Muhammad Hashim Thattvi علامه مخدوم محمدهاشم ٹھٹوي : was a famous and eminent Islamic Scholar, Author, Philanthropist, Spiritual leader, Pir. He was the first ever Quranic Exegesis writer in the Sindhi dialect. He also ran the office of the Chief Justice and stayed the Governor of...
- Lal Shahbaz Qalander
- Sachal SarmastSachal SarmastSachal Sarmast was a Sufi poet from Sindh during the Kalhora era. He was born in daraza near Ranipur, Sindh. His real name was Abdul Wahab and "Sachal" was his nickname. He also used it in his own poetry. Sachu means truthful in Sindhi while Sarmast means mystic in Sindhi and Urdu...
- Ghulam Mustafa KhanGhulam Mustafa KhanProf. Dr. Ghulam Mustafa Khan, PhD, D.Litt, SI, was a researcher, critic, linguist, author, scholar of Urdu literature and linguistics, educationist and religious and spiritual leader belonging to Naqshbandi order of Sufism...
- Dodo Bin Khafef Soomro IIIDodo Bin Khafef Soomro IIIDodo Bin Khafef Soomro III urdu دودو بن خفيف سومرو سوم: Dodo Soomro Was the famous ruler of Sindh.- History :It has been mentioned in a previous chapter that in the year 720 A.H. , Ghází Malak took the army of Sind and Multán to Dehlí, dethroned Khusró Khán the last of the Ghazní kings and...
- Jam Nizamuddin IIJam Nizamuddin IIJám Nizámuddín II , جام نظام الدين ثاني ) was the most famous Ruler of the Samma Dynasty, which ruled in Sindh and parts of Punjab and Balochistan from 1351-1551 C.E. He was known by the nickname of Jám Nindó...
- Jam FerozJám FerózJam Ferozudin bin Jam Nizamudin , more usually known as Jam Feroz , was the last ruler of the Samma Dynasty of Sindh.- History :...
udin - Jam UnarJam UnarJam Unar bin Babinah'جام انڑ: was the founder of the Samma Dynasty, which ruled the Sind and parts of Punjab and Balochistan from 1335-1520 C.E.- History :...
- Jam SanjarJam SanjarJam Sanjar جام سنجر بن بابينه: On Ráinah’s death, Sanjar became the Jám of Sind. He is said to have been a very handsome person, and on that account was constantly attended by a large number of persons, who took pleasure in remaining in his company...
- Jam TamachiJam TamachiJam Khairuddin Al-Maroof Jam Tamachi bin Jam Unar Jam Khairuddin was ruler of Sindh. He belonged Unar tribe of Sindh, Pakistan.- History :...
- Sardar Darya KhanSardar Darya KhanSardar Darya Khan , great Samma commander Darya Khan, the son of Jam Nindo , was the commander of Samma army who commanded the battles against the Arghuns of Qandahar.-Battle of Sibbi:...
- Abu'l-Fazl ibn MubarakAbu'l-Fazl ibn MubarakShaikh Abu al-Fazl ibn Mubarak also known as Abu'l-Fazl, Abu'l Fadl and Abu'l-Fadl 'Allami was the vizier of the great Mughal emperor Akbar, and author of the Akbarnama, the official history of Akbar's reign in three volumes, and a Persian translation of the Bible...
- Mir Ahmed Nasrallah ThattviMir Ahmed Nasrallah ThattviMir Hajji Mulla Ahmad Nasr Allah Tattavi was born in Thatta, Sindh. He was among the well respected and well traveled Muslim scholars at the court of Mughal Emperor Akbar. He was the son of a Qadi in Thatta...
- Mir Ali Sir ThattviMir Ali Sir ThattviMir Ali Sir Tattavi, Qani was a Sindhi Muslim historian born after the rule of Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb. It has been said that he composed his first verses of poetry while still a boy, he studied the Fatawa-e-Alamgiri and later began to write essays independently. Thereafter began a career as a...
- Mirza Ghazi BegMirza Ghazi BegMirza Ghazi Beg Tarkhan of Thatta was the most powerful Mughal governor who administered Sindh, during his rule had become a region fiercely loyal to the Mughals, in Sindh a network of small and large forts manned by cavalry and musketeers further extended Mughal power during the reign of Mughal...
- Muhammad Salih TahtawiMuhammad Salih TahtawiMuhammad Salih Tahtawi also spelled Muhammad Salih Thattvi , Mughal Metallurgist, Astronomer, geometric expert and Craftsman, was born and raised in Thatta, Sindh province in Pakistan, during the reign of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan and the governorship of the Mughal Nawab Mirza Ghazi Beg of...
- Mian Adam Shah KalhoroMian Adam Shah KalhoroMian Adam Shah Kalhoro was the starting Amir who established the Kalhora Dynasty of Sindh.- History :Mian Adam Shah Kalhoro started his career from this small village with the support of the Abro tribe who remained a powerful force behind him. Sardar Khabar Abro, was the first person to enrol as...
, Amir - Yar Mouhammed Kalhoro, Amir
- Main Noor Mohammad KalhoroMain Noor Mohammad KalhoroMiyan Nur Muhammad Kalhoro better known as Nawab Khuda-Yar Khan reigned from 1718 to 1755. Miyan Nur Muhammad Kalhoro succeeded his father with the title of Khuda-Yar Khan...
, Amir - Mian Ghuam Shah Kalhoro (Shah Wardi Khan)Mian Ghuam Shah Kalhoro (Shah Wardi Khan)Mian Ghulam Shah Kalhoro, Ghulam Shah Kalhoro, Shah Wardi Khan was a ruler of the Kalhora Dynasty of Sindh whose rule began in 1762, when he was appointed ruler of Sindh by a royal decree, with the title of Shah Wardí Khan...
, Amir - Muhammad Muradyab Khan (Nawab Sarbuland Khan)Muhammad Muradyab Khan (Nawab Sarbuland Khan)Muhammad Muradyab Khan Kalhoro محمدمرياب خان كلهورو المعروف نواب سربلندخان:-Different agents appointed by the king’s orders.:...
, Amir - Mir Nasir Khan TalpurMir Nasir Khan TalpurMir Nasir Khan Talpur of Hyderabad was among the most active Sindhi administrators after the decline of the Mughal Empire he made Hyderabad the center of culture and defense in Sindh and he constructed two great forts in the city known as the Pakka Qilla and the Kacha Qilla and he also built the...
- Mir Sher Muhammad TalpurMir Sher Muhammad TalpurMir Sher Muhammad Talpur, popularly known as “The Lion of Sindh” , belonged to the Mirpurkhas House of Royal Talpurs. He was the son of Mir Ali Murad Talpur, the founder of Mirpurkhas, and was born in 1810...
- Gernal Hosh Mohammad SheediHoshu SheediEmir Hosh Muhammad Sheedi, Hoshu Sheedi جنرل هوش محمد شيدي, جنرل ہوش محمّد شیدی, whose full name is Shaheed Hosh Mohammad Sheedi was the General of Talpur Mirs' Army which fought against British in the Battles of Miani and last Battle of Dubbo...
- Mir Ali Murad TalpurMir Ali Murad TalpurMir Ali Murad Talpur, known as the Aadil-i-Jang, was the second ruler of the Mankani Talpurs state of Mirpurkhas. He founded Mirpurkhas town in 1806 and made it the capital of his state which was founded by his father, Mir Tharo Khan Talpur at Keti Mir Tharo. His state included territories of the...
- Mir Allahyar TalpurMir Allahyar TalpurMir Allahyar Talpur belonged to Mankani branch of the Talpur dynasty, which ruled Southeastern Sindh. He founded the town of Tando Allahyar. Remnants of his clay fort are still of interest to visitors...
- Hoshu SheediHoshu SheediEmir Hosh Muhammad Sheedi, Hoshu Sheedi جنرل هوش محمد شيدي, جنرل ہوش محمّد شیدی, whose full name is Shaheed Hosh Mohammad Sheedi was the General of Talpur Mirs' Army which fought against British in the Battles of Miani and last Battle of Dubbo...
- Muhammad Ali JinnahMuhammad Ali JinnahMuhammad Ali Jinnah was a Muslim lawyer, politician, statesman and the founder of Pakistan. He is popularly and officially known in Pakistan as Quaid-e-Azam and Baba-e-Qaum ....
- Fatima JinnahFatima JinnahFatima Jinnah , was one of the figurative and pioneering woman figure in Pakistan Movement and was the younger sister of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan. An active political figure in the movement for independence from the British Raj, she is commonly known in Pakistan as Khātūn-e...
- Lal Shahbaz QalandarLal Shahbaz QalandarHazrat Lal Shahbaz Qalandar , a Sayed Sufi saint, philosopher, poet, and qalandar. Born Syed hussain Shah, he belonged to the Suhrawardiyya order of Sufis. He preached religious tolerance among Muslims and Hindus...
- Sibghatullah Shah RashidiSibghatullah Shah RashidiSibghatullah Shah Rashidi پير صبغت الله شاه راشدي شهيد شهيد صبغت الله شاهه راشدي:Pir Pagaro the sixth, was a spiritual leader of the Hur Freedom Movement during Pakistan's freedom struggle against British colonialists....
- Ubaidullah SindhiUbaidullah SindhiMaulana Ubaidullah Sindhi was a noted pan-Islamic leader a political activist of the Indian independence movement...
- Ubaidullah SindhiUbaidullah SindhiMaulana Ubaidullah Sindhi was a noted pan-Islamic leader a political activist of the Indian independence movement...
- Sufi Faqeer Sayed Anwar Ali Shah Bukhari Al Qaadri[1906-1961] [Sufi Saint&Poet]
- Hakeem Muhammad Amin Soomro Royal Hakeem of Princely State of Khairpur Sindh during Mir Ali Nawaz Khan Talpur's era, Fazal Tabib (Tibiya College Dehli), Student of Hakeem Muhammad Ajmal Khan, Founder of Pakistan Muslim League in Dhoro Naro, Umerkot, Sindh
Politics
- Sir Shah Nawaz Bhutto
- Haider Bux Jatoi, founder of 'Jeay Sindh' slogan
- G. M. SyedG. M. SyedG. M. Syed was a political leader who pioneered the Jeay Sindh movement for the freedom of Sindh from Pakistan. He is regarded as one of the founding fathers of modern Sindhi nationalism...
(Ghulam Murtaza Shah Syed) - Ghulam Hussain Hidayat UllahGhulam Hussain Hidayat Ullah-Career:Hidayatullah served as the Chief Minister of Sindh for two separate terms. The first term was April 28, 1937 to March 23, 1938. The second term was March 7, 1941 to October 14, 1947, and served the longest tenure that any chief minister has till current History. After the Partition of...
- Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto
- Muhammad Khan JunejoMuhammad Khan JunejoMuhammad Khan Junejo was the tenth Prime Minister of Pakistan.-Early life:He was born at Sindhri in Tharparkar of Sindh. He belongs to Sindhi Muslim Rajput family of Junejo clan. Junejo started his political career at the age of twenty one...
- Benazir BhuttoBenazir BhuttoBenazir Bhutto was a democratic socialist who served as the 11th Prime Minister of Pakistan in two non-consecutive terms from 1988 until 1990 and 1993 until 1996....
- Ghulam Mustafa JatoiGhulam Mustafa JatoiGhulam Mustafa Jatoi was a Pakistani politician, and was the Acting Prime Minister of Pakistan for 3 months, from August 6, 1990 to November 6, 1990. Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi's ancestors were mureeds of the Pir's of Sarhandi....
- Mir Bandeh Ali Khan TalpurMir Bandeh Ali Khan TalpurMir Bandeh Ali Khan Talpur was a politician from Sindh, Pakistan.Mir Bandeh Ali Khan Talpur was Chief Minister of Sindh from April 14, 1940 to March 7, 1941....
- Rasul Bux PalejoRasul Bux PalejoRasul Bux Palejo or Rasool Bux Palijo a Sindhi nationalist leader. He is the Chairman of Sindhi national party Awami Tehreek .-Early life:...
- Pir PagaroPir PagaroPir Pagara is bigest is the title given to the leader of Sunni Muslim Sufi order of Hurs in Sindh province of Pakistan. It comes from the Persian word Pir and the Sindhi word 'Pagara' meaning:....
- Lal Krishna AdvaniLal Krishna AdvaniLal Kishanchand Advani known as Lal Krishna Advani is a Veteran Indian politician. A former president of the Bharatiya Janata Party , which is currently the major opposition party in the Indian Parliament. He also served as a Deputy Prime Minister of India from 2002 to 2004...
- K. R. Malkani
- Yusuf HaroonYusuf HaroonMuhammad Yusuf Abdullah Haroon was a politician from Sindh, Pakistan.The eldest of Sir Haji Abdullah Haroon’s sons, he worked closely with Quaid-e-Azam as his ADC and was active in the Pakistan Movement...
- Murtaza BhuttoMurtaza BhuttoDr. Mir Ghulam Murtaza Bhutto was a Pakistani politician and the Member of the Parliament of Pakistan, representing Pakistan People's Party from the Larkana constituency...
- Haji Amir Bux JunejoHaji Amir Bux JunejoHaji Amir Bux Junejo was a Pakistani politician and Legendary landlord of Sindh, who was elected four times member in Provisional Assembly, Sindh...
- Asif Ali ZardariAsif Ali ZardariAsif Ali Zardari is the 11th and current President of Pakistan and the Co-Chairman of the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party . He is also the widower of Benazir Bhutto, who served two nonconsecutive terms as Prime Minister....
- Elahi Bux SoomroElahi Bux SoomroElahi Bux Soomro or Illahi Bukhsh Soomro , is a Pakistani Senior Politician and legislator. He was the 16th Speaker of National Assembly of Pakistan. He is from the most influential political family of Sindh...
, former Paliamentary Speaker - Muhammad Mian SoomroMuhammad Mian SoomroMuhammad Mian Soomro is a Pakistani politician who has been the Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan since 2003. Soomro comes from a renowned political family of Sindh that has been active in public life since 1923...
- Fatima BhuttoFatima BhuttoFatima Bhutto born, Fatima Murtaza Bhutto on 29 May 1982, is a Pakistani poet and writer. She is granddaughter of former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, the niece of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, and daughter of Murtaza Bhutto....
, politician, author - Sucheta KriplaniSucheta KriplaniSucheta Kriplani , born Sucheta Mazumdar, was an Indian freedom fighter and politician in Uttar Pradesh, India. She became the first woman to be elected Chief Minister of any Indian state.-Early life:...
, First Sindhi Indian Woman Chief Minister - Akhtar Ali Kazi, Chief Minister Sindh
Bureaucrats
- Agha ShahiAgha ShahiAgha Shahi NI was a Pakistani diplomat and Foreign Minister of Pakistan from 1977 to 1982, during the regime of Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq. He served as the President of the Institute of Strategic Studies, Islamabad till his death.-Diplomatic career:Shahi gained M.Sc...
- Shahryar KhanShahryar KhanNawabzada Shahryar Mohammad Khan is a former career Pakistan diplomat who rose to the position of Foreign Secretary of Pakistan in 1990, and remained so till his retirement from service in 1994; he was later appointed as UN SRSG to Rwanda .Nawabzada Shahryar Muhammed Khan is descended from the...
- A G N KaziA G N KaziAftab Ghulam Nabi Kazi SPk, SK, was a Pakistani statesman during the Cold war and during the post cold war. Kazi was born in Sindh, Bombay Presidency in 1919 to an educationist family of academic class. Kazi started his career in Indian Civil Service in 1944 and served as the Deputy Commissioner...
- Shams Jafrani
- Ahmed Hussain A Kazi
- Shamshad AkhtarShamshad AkhtarDr Shamshad Akhtar was appointed by the President Pervez Musharraf as the governor of the State Bank of Pakistan for three years in December 2005. She is the 14th governor of the State Bank and the first female to assume this position...
- Anwar ali khokhar
- Buxial Khan Gudaro- former Secretary to Sindh CM
Diplomats
- Abdul Hameed Akhund-former Ambassador
- Najamuddin Shaikh-former Foreign Secretary
- Khalid Hussain Khan Gudaro-currently Charge d' Affaires (a.i)/First Secretary, Embassy of Pakistan, Tripoli, Libya
Journalists
- Aijaz Ahmad MangiAijaz Ahmad MangiAijaz Ahmad Mangi [ Sindhi: اعجاز احمد منگى ] born February 25, 1965 in Shikarpur, Sindh is a writer and journalist. He has interviewed many notable Pakistani personalities including Murtaza Bhutto, GM Syed. & Sherbaz Mazari. He is a writes for the Daily Ummat, an Urdu-language newspaper...
- Kazi Asad AbidKazi Asad AbidKazi Asad Abid [ Sindhi: قاضي اصد عابد ] is the Chairman/Chief Editor and CEO of The Daily Ibrat newspaper, Hyderabad, Sindh , , Pakistan. He is from the political family, the Kazis of Hyderabad. His services to journalism in Pakistan have been acknowledged time and again both privately and by...
- Rais AmrohviRais AmrohviSyed Muhammad Mehdi, known as Rais Amrohvi was a noted scholar, Urdu poet and psychoanalyst of Pakistan, however he can not be classified as a psychoanalyst in a traditional sense, as he looked at psychology through a spiritual perspective rather than scientific.He was born on September 12,...
, psychiatrist, poet, columnist, founder Karachi Psychiatric Hospital - Kamran KhanKamran Khan (journalist)Kamran Khan is a Pakistani investigative journalist, espionage and intelligence expert. Khan is the current director of the News Intelligence Unit , where he manages investigative reports for News International. Khan is the Pakistan's Geo TV's lead anchor during special news and landmark events...
- Mujahid BarelviMujahid BarelviMujahid Barelvi is a veteran journalist from Pakistan. He has a current, daily evening show “Doosra Pehlu” for CNBC Pakistan.Mujahid was the first Pakistani journalist to enter Kabul in 1979, after the Soviet Invasion. He was also the secretary of the Karachi Press Club for two years from 1987...
- Ali Qazi
- Soomar Ali Soomro
- Niaz Panhwar
- Yaqoob Soomro
- Dr. Shafqat Jaffery
- Rasheed Rajar
- Tanseer Hyder Abro
- Raza Shah
Artists and Painters
- A.K Sheikh,
- Ali Akbar Soomro,
- Fatah Halepoto,
- Zafar Kazmi,
- Imran ChannaImran ChannaImran Channa is a contemporary visual artist based in Lahore, Pakistan. He was born on 21 September 1981 in Shikarpur, Sindh. He works in multiple media, including painting, drawing, sculpture, digital art and interactive art. He has been exhibiting nationally and internationally. He is currently...
, - Mohammad Ali Talpur,
Classics
- Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai
- Miyun Shah Inat
- Sachal SarmastSachal SarmastSachal Sarmast was a Sufi poet from Sindh during the Kalhora era. He was born in daraza near Ranipur, Sindh. His real name was Abdul Wahab and "Sachal" was his nickname. He also used it in his own poetry. Sachu means truthful in Sindhi while Sarmast means mystic in Sindhi and Urdu...
- Allah Baksh Sarshar UqailiAllah Baksh Sarshar Uqaili-Early life, education:Allah Baksh was born on January 21 in 1907 in the city of Karachi. After his matriculation, Allah Bux went to the D.J Science College earning a B.A. with Honors...
- Anwar Pirzada, Sindhi poet, journalist
New Age
- Shaikh AyazShaikh AyazShaikh Ayaz was one of the great Sindhi poets of Pakistan. He was born in Shikarpur Sindh. By profession he was a lawyer but he also served as the vice chancellor of Sindh University. His poetry brought new trends into Sindhi literature....
, Sindhi/Urdu poet, scholar - Qadir Bux BedilQadir Bux BedilFaqir Qadir Bux Bedil better known by his nom de plume Bedil , was a Sufi Poet and scholar of great stature.After Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai and Sachal Sarmast other two stars that shone on the firmament of Sindhi poetry and who could measure up to them in excellence, were the father and son –...
- BekasBékás- External links :*...
- Imdad HussainiImdad HussainiImdad Hussaini is a prolific Sindhi poet and writer of Pakistan.His published work includes:*Hawa Jay Samhoon*Shehar*Imdad Aahay Rol*Kirnay Jehro Pal-See also:* Sindhi poetry...
- Elsa KaziElsa KaziElsa Kazi , commonly known as "Mother Elsa", was a German writer of one-act plays, short stories, novels and history, and one of the greatest poetesses of her time. She was also a composer and a musician of considerable achievement, involved in virtually every conspicuous branch of fine arts. Her...
- Pir SadardinPir SadardinPir Sadardin or Pir Sadruddin was a fourteenth century Ismaili Da'i and is regarded as the founder of the Khoja Ismaili sect, also called Satpanth...
- Tajal BewasTajal BewasTajal Bewas , pen name of Taj Mohammed Samoo was a Sindhi- and Urdu-language poet, novelist, short-story writer, teacher and government official in Pakistan....
- Minyoon Shah Inat
- Shah Abdul Karim BulriShah Abdul Karim BulriShah Abdul Karim Bulri was a famous Sufi poet of the Sindhi language from Sindh, Pakistan. Shah Abdul Karim Bulri was the great-grandfather of the famous poet Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai.-Life:...
- Shah Inayatullah
- Minyoon Shah Inat
- .Modern Age Imdad solangi
Short story writers
- Ali BabaAli BabaAli Baba is a fictional character from medieval Arabic literature. He is described in the adventure tale of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves...
- Jamal AbroJamal AbroJamaluddin Abro, , also known as Jamal Abro was a Sindhi writer. He was born in May 1924 at Sangi, a small village in Mehar Taluka, then part of Dadu District.-Life:...
- Mazhar AbroMazhar AbroMazhar Abro is a Sindhi short story writer and novelist.-Career:Mazhar Abro is the author of seven books and numerous columns,essays and tv dramas. Abro has won several awards, including the Pakistan Academy of Letters "Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai" National President Award...
- Naseem KharalNaseem KharalNaseem Ahmed Kharal was a famous Sindhi short story writer. He was born on June 29, 1939, in Taluka Gambat, Khairpur District.-Personal life:His father's name was Abdul Kareem Kharal...
- Ghulam Rabbani Agro
Science and technology
- Sind ibn AliSind ibn AliSind ibn Ali-Musa, Sind ibn ʿAlī , was a renowned Sindhi Muslim astronomer, translator, mathematician and engineer. His father Ali-Musa was a convert to Islam and an aristocrat who lived in Mansura, Sindh. Sind ibn ʿAlī traveled to Baghdad and received the best education available.He is known to...
, Sindhi Muslim astronomer, translator, mathematician and engineer - Ahmed MohiuddinAhmed MohiuddinDr. Ahmed Mohiuddin was a noted scientist, scholar and researcher of Pakistan....
- Pervez HoodbhoyPervez HoodbhoyDr. Prof. Pervez Amirali Hoodbhoy , is a Pakistani nuclear physicist, essayist and political-defence analyst. He is the professor of nuclear and high-energy physics, and the head of the Physics Department at the Quaid-e-Azam University . He graduated and also received PhD from MIT and continues to...
- Raziuddin SiddiquiRaziuddin SiddiquiDr. Professor Muhammad Raziuddin Siddiqui , , also known as Dr. Razi, was an eminent Pakistani theoretical physicist and a renowned mathematician who played an instrumental and an influential role in Pakistan's education system and Pakistan's integrated nuclear detterence development...
- Salimuzzaman SiddiquiSalimuzzaman SiddiquiSalimuzzaman Siddiqui , HI, MBE, SI, D.Phil., FPAS, FRS. was a leading Pakistani scientist in Natural Product Chemistry. He is credited for pioneering the isolation of unique chemical compounds from the Neem , Rauwolfia, and various other flora. As the founder director of H.E.J...
, scientist, founder and former Chairman Pakistan Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, founder Hussain Ibraheem Jamal Post Graduate Institute of Chemistry; Gold Medals from Soviet Science Academy and Kuwayt Foundation; Fellow of Royal Academy of Sciences, Britain, Vatican Academy of Sciences; Presidential awards: Sitara-e-Imtiaz; Hilal-e-imtiaz - Ata ur Rahman
- Sayyed Waddal Shah
Educationists
- Allama I. I. KaziAllama I. I. KaziAllama Imdad Ali Imam Ali Kazi , was a scholar, philosopher, jurist, and educationist. He is considered to be a founder of the University of Sindh at its present location at Jamshoro. Many remarkable works for Sindhi Art, literature, mysticism, education and history are attributed to him...
- Hassanally A. RahmanHassanally A. RahmanHassanally A Rahman was born in Karachi, Sindh , to a prominent and respectable family of legal professionals, government officers, and people actively involved in the education sector. He received his barrister-at-law from Middle Temple, England in 1934...
- Nabi Bux Khan Baloch
- Khan Bahadur Ghulam Nabi KaziKhan Bahadur Ghulam Nabi KaziKhan Bahadur Ghulam Nabi Kazi MBE was a veteran educationist of Sind and rose to the position of the first Director of Public Instruction Sindh after remaining Educational Inspector Sindh in the Bombay Presidency....
, first DPI Sindh 1936-39 - Hyder Ali Laghari, (1934-2008)
- Abul Khair KashfiAbul Khair KashfiSyed Muhammad Abul Khair Kashfi was an author, researcher, critic, linguist and scholar of Urdu literature and linguistics from Pakistan.-Career:...
- Abul Lais SiddiquiAbul Lais SiddiquiAbul Lais Siddiqui is an author, researcher, critic, linguist and scholar of Urdu literature and linguistics from Pakistan.-Career:...
- Aslam FarrukhiAslam FarrukhiDr. Aslam Farrukhi, PP, is a noted Urdu author, critic, poet, linguist, scholar and broadcaster of Pakistan. He is also known for children's writings. He remained associated as Professor and Chairman with Department of Urdu, University of Karachi for many years.- Life :Aslam Farrukhi was born on...
- Farman FatehpuriFarman FatehpuriSyed Dildar Ali commonly known as Prof. Dr. Farman Fatehpuri, SI, is the eminent Urdu linguist, researcher, writer, critic and scholar of Pakistan. He is widely regarded as the supreme living authority on life and work of Ghalib - the greatest ever Urdu poet...
- Ghulam Mustafa KhanGhulam Mustafa KhanProf. Dr. Ghulam Mustafa Khan, PhD, D.Litt, SI, was a researcher, critic, linguist, author, scholar of Urdu literature and linguistics, educationist and religious and spiritual leader belonging to Naqshbandi order of Sufism...
- Jameel JalibiJameel JalibiMuhammad Jameel Khan commonly known as Prof. Dr. Jameel Jalibi Ph.D., D.Litt, SI, HI, is a noted linguist, critic, writer, researcher, educationist and scholar of Urdu literature and linguistics from Pakistan...
- Ahmed Muhammad Kazi
- Khalida GhousKhalida GhousKhalida Ghous or Khalida Ghaus is an eminent scholar of International Relations & Human Rights and a prominent activist from Pakistan, who holds the distinguished honour of being First Ph. D. in Human Rights from her country...
- Moonis AhmarMoonis AhmarProf. Dr. Moonis Ahmar is an eminent scholar of International Relations and Conflict Resolution from Pakistan.-Education:...
- Naseem AmrohviNasim AmrohiNasim Amrohvi or Naseem Amrohvi Urdu:نسیم امروہوی, was a renowned Urdu poet, philosopher, and Lexicographer.Nasim Amrohi's real name was Syed Qaim Raza Taqvi. He was born on August 24, 1908 in Amroha, India. He belonged to the Taqvi Syed family...
- Talat A. WizaratTalat A. WizaratProf. Dr. Talat Ayesha Wizarat is a noted scholar of International Relations and Middle Eastern Studies from Pakistan. She remained the Chairperson of the Department of International Relations, University of Karachi, Pakistan and now teaches at the Institute of Business Administration ,...
- Shahid Aziz SiddiqiShahid Aziz SiddiqiNawabzada Shahid Aziz Siddiqi is a former senior Government official in Pakistan and Vice Chancellor of the Ziauddin Medical University...
, former Federal Secretary and Vice Chancellor Ziauddin University
8 Ahsan ahmed pharero who has made the formula for creating magic squares. he has made 3600 by 3600 magic square
Scholars
- Allama Makhdoom Muhammad Hashim ThattviAllama Makhdoom Muhammad Hashim ThattviAllama Makhdoom Muhammad Hashim Thattvi علامه مخدوم محمدهاشم ٹھٹوي : was a famous and eminent Islamic Scholar, Author, Philanthropist, Spiritual leader, Pir. He was the first ever Quranic Exegesis writer in the Sindhi dialect. He also ran the office of the Chief Justice and stayed the Governor of...
- Mukhdoom Muhammad Hayat BhattiMukhdoom Muhammad Hayat BhattiMakhdoom , is a meaning of in Urdu MuslimMakhdoom , is Branch of Makhtab second Makhadm is a word is arabic script is meaning of Teacher of Sunnah.This title is now used by the descendents of the Sufi masters Punjab and Sindh in Pakistan....
- Ghulam Mustafa KhanGhulam Mustafa KhanProf. Dr. Ghulam Mustafa Khan, PhD, D.Litt, SI, was a researcher, critic, linguist, author, scholar of Urdu literature and linguistics, educationist and religious and spiritual leader belonging to Naqshbandi order of Sufism...
, scholar of Islam and the Quran, linguist, professor of Urdu and Persian, author, poet, critic - Hassam-ud-Din RashidiHassam-ud-Din RashidiPir Hassam-ud-Din Rashidi was a Pakistani historian and scholar.Born in 1911 near Nusrat Station, Ratodero Taluka, Larkana District, he was the son of Muhammad Hamid Shah Rashidi and the younger brother of Pir Ali Muhammad Rashidi...
- Umar Bin Muhammad DaudpotaUmar Bin Muhammad DaudpotaShams-ul-Ulama Dr. Umar Bin Mohammad Daudpota was a Researcher, Historian, Linguist and dutiful Scholar of great Indus Valley, internationally acclaimed scholar as he served the field of literature. Umar Bin Muhammad Daudpota was born in 1897 and died in 1958.-Life History:Daudpota was born on...
- Mirza Qalich Baig
- Allama I. I. KaziAllama I. I. KaziAllama Imdad Ali Imam Ali Kazi , was a scholar, philosopher, jurist, and educationist. He is considered to be a founder of the University of Sindh at its present location at Jamshoro. Many remarkable works for Sindhi Art, literature, mysticism, education and history are attributed to him...
- Nabi Bux Khan Baloch
- Elsa KaziElsa KaziElsa Kazi , commonly known as "Mother Elsa", was a German writer of one-act plays, short stories, novels and history, and one of the greatest poetesses of her time. She was also a composer and a musician of considerable achievement, involved in virtually every conspicuous branch of fine arts. Her...
- Ali Muhammad RashidiAli Muhammad RashidiPir Ali Muhammad Rashdi was a Pakistani politician, scholar, bureaucrat, journalist and well-known writer. He was from Rashdi Syed, those are calculated in Lakyari Syed's branch. He was elder brother of scholar Pir Hassam-ud-Din Rashdi....
- Muhammad Ibrahim JoyoMuhammad Ibrahim JoyoMuhammad Ibrahim Joyo son of Muhammad Khan was born on August 12, 1915, in village Abad near Laki, Kotri, Dadu, now in Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan. He is a great scholar of the 21st century....
- Ghulam Ali AllanaGhulam Ali AllanaGhulam Ali Allana was friend and biographer of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, founder of Pakistan. He was an English language Pakistani poet and also a councillor and friend to Fatima Jinnah, Muhammad Ali Jinnah's sister....
- Prof. (Retd.) Mir Muhammad Soomro, Religious Scholar, Poet, Researcher, Historian, author of many books in Sindhi, Urdu & Persian languages) wrote a Tafseer "Riyaz-ul-Quran" in Sindhi
Researchers
- Ghulam Mustafa KhanGhulam Mustafa KhanProf. Dr. Ghulam Mustafa Khan, PhD, D.Litt, SI, was a researcher, critic, linguist, author, scholar of Urdu literature and linguistics, educationist and religious and spiritual leader belonging to Naqshbandi order of Sufism...
, researcher, linguist, poet, author, scholar - Jamal AbroJamal AbroJamaluddin Abro, , also known as Jamal Abro was a Sindhi writer. He was born in May 1924 at Sangi, a small village in Mehar Taluka, then part of Dadu District.-Life:...
- Fahmida HussainFahmida HussainDr Fahmida Hussain was born on July 5, 1948 in District Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan. She is a well-known writer, linguist and scholar of Literature and Women's Studies in Pakistan....
- Anwar PeerzadaAnwar PeerzadaAnwar Pirzada or Peerzada , was a researcher, anthropologist and expert on Sindhi history, language and Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai's poetry....
- Dr.N.A.Baloch, wel known reasercher, liguist, folk lore, latifiyat, historian
- Faqeer Muhammad Soomro
- Ghulam Rabbani Agro
Writers
- Jamal AbroJamal AbroJamaluddin Abro, , also known as Jamal Abro was a Sindhi writer. He was born in May 1924 at Sangi, a small village in Mehar Taluka, then part of Dadu District.-Life:...
, Sindhi novelist - Fehmida Riaz, writer, poet, activist
- Ghulam Mustafa KhanGhulam Mustafa KhanProf. Dr. Ghulam Mustafa Khan, PhD, D.Litt, SI, was a researcher, critic, linguist, author, scholar of Urdu literature and linguistics, educationist and religious and spiritual leader belonging to Naqshbandi order of Sufism...
, writer, critic, linguist, researcher, scholar - Muzaffar WarsiMuzaffar WarsiMuzaffar Warsi was a prominent Urdu poet, critic, essayist, a lyricist par excellence, and scholar of Pakistan. He was one whose work never fails to surprise. A humble man with humble beginnings who is unafraid of experimenting...
, poet - Zamir Ali BadayuniZamir Ali BadayuniZamir Ali Badayuni was a well-known critic and broadcaster on the Karachi literary scene in which he played an important role through his writing and his support for new trends and younger writers...
, critic
Business and industry
- Yusuf HaroonYusuf HaroonMuhammad Yusuf Abdullah Haroon was a politician from Sindh, Pakistan.The eldest of Sir Haji Abdullah Haroon’s sons, he worked closely with Quaid-e-Azam as his ADC and was active in the Pakistan Movement...
- Mahmoud HaroonMahmoud HaroonMahmoud Abdullah Haroon Urdu: محمود ہارون was a veteran Pakistani politician with career spanning over five decades and chairman of the Dawn Media Group. He was the second son of Haji Sir Abdullah Haroon, the first being Yusuf Haroon, one of the leaders of Pakistan Movement...
- Agha Hasan AbediAgha Hasan AbediAgha Hasan Abedi also known as Agha Sahab was a banker and philanthropist who founded the Bank of Credit and Commerce International in 1972...
, banker, founder of Bank of Credit and Commerce InternationalBank of Credit and Commerce InternationalThe Bank of Credit and Commerce International was a major international bank founded in 1972 by Agha Hasan Abedi, a Pakistani financier. The Bank was registered in Luxembourg with head offices in Karachi and London. Within a decade BCCI touched its peak...
, United Bank Limited
Philanthropists and social activists
- Hussain HaroonHussain HaroonAbdullah Hussain Haroon is the current Pakistan Ambassador to the United Nations since September 2008. A scion of the Haroon family, he is a businessman, social activist and a former Sindh Assembly speaker who was a board member of various educational institutes, sports associations and charity...
- Jam SaqiJam SaqiJam Saqi is a leftwing politician from Sindh, Pakistan. He was the general secretary of the Communist Party of Pakistan. Jam Saqi was imprisoned for more than 15 years because of his political activities...
- Fahmida RiazFahmida RiazFahmida Riaz is a well known Urdu writer, poet, and feminist of Pakistan. She is author of Godaavari, Khatt-e Marmuz, and Khana e Aab O Gil, the first translation of the Masnavi of Maulana Jalaluddin Rumi into Urdu.- Early life :...
- Ansar BurneyAnsar BurneyAnsar Burney |Sindh]], Pakistan) is a leading Pakistani human rights and civil rights activist. He is a graduate of Masters and Law from Karachi University and honorary recipient of a PhD. in Philosophy...
- Abdus Sattar Edhi
Economics
- Hameed HaroonHameed Haroon-Introduction:Hameed Haroon is Chief Executive Officer of Dawn Media Group , Pakistan’s leading media conglomerate. The Group comprises Pakistan Herald Publications Limited, the printers and publishers of the Dawn newspaper and three leading magazines, the Herald Spider and Aurora ;...
- Abdul Hafeez ShaikhAbdul Hafeez ShaikhAbdul Hafeez Shaikh is a Pakistani economist and a politician from Sindh province, Pakistan. Dr. Shaikh is the current Finance Minister in the Cabinet of Pakistan. Dr. Shaikh was elected as a Member of the Senate from the Pakistan Peoples Party platform....
, Finance Minister of PakistanFinance Minister of PakistanThe Finance Minister of Pakistan heads the Ministry of Finance and serves in the Prime Minister's cabinet. The Minister is required to be a member of the Parliament.The current finance minister is Abdul Hafeez Shaikh... - Naveed Qamar, Finance Minister of PakistanFinance Minister of PakistanThe Finance Minister of Pakistan heads the Ministry of Finance and serves in the Prime Minister's cabinet. The Minister is required to be a member of the Parliament.The current finance minister is Abdul Hafeez Shaikh...
- Akhtar Hameed KhanAkhtar Hameed KhanAkhtar Hameed Khan was a Pakistani development activist and social scientist credited for pioneering microcredit and microfinance initiatives, farmers' cooperatives, and rural training programmes in the developing world. He promoted participatory rural development in Pakistan and other developing...
, pioneer of microcreditMicrocreditMicrocredit is the extension of very small loans to those in poverty designed to spur entrepreneurship. These individuals lack collateral, steady employment and a verifiable credit history and therefore cannot meet even the most minimal qualifications to gain access to traditional credit...
and microfinanceMicrofinanceMicrofinance is the provision of financial services to low-income clients or solidarity lending groups including consumers and the self-employed, who traditionally lack access to banking and related services....
in Pakistan, founder of Orangi Pilot ProjectOrangi Pilot ProjectThe Orangi Pilot Project refers to a socially innovative project carried out in 1980s in the squatter areas of Orangi Town, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. It was initiated by Akhtar Hameed Khan, and involved the local residents solving their own sanitation problems...
Law and judiciary
- Ram JethmalaniRam JethmalaniRam Jethmalani, : राम जेठ्मलानी,: رام جيٺملاڻي born 14 September 1923, in Shikharpur in Sindh, British India) is an Indian lawyer and politician. He has served in various posts such as Union Law Minister and Chairman of Bar Associations...
- Jan Muhammad JunejoJan Muhammad JunejoBarrister Jan Muhammad Junejo: born in 1886 Larkana, Sindh. was a prominent leader of the Khilafat Movement and took active part in their struggle against the British Raj...
- Rana BhagwandasRana BhagwandasHis Lordship Mr. Justice Retired Rana Bhagwandas , a highly respected name of the Pakistani judiciary was a senior judge and former acting chief justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan...
- Sajjad Ali ShahSajjad Ali ShahSyed Sajjad Ali Shah was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan.-Early education and law:He was born on February 17, 1933 at Karachi, schooled at Sindh Madressa-tul-Islam and did his Matriculation in 1951. He later joined D.J. Science College, Karachi and after passing 1st Year Science...
- Rasul Bux PalejoRasul Bux PalejoRasul Bux Palejo or Rasool Bux Palijo a Sindhi nationalist leader. He is the Chairman of Sindhi national party Awami Tehreek .-Early life:...
- Abdul Hafiz PirzadaAbdul Hafiz PirzadaAbdul Hafiz Pirzada, Senior Advocate Supreme Court, is one of the premier lawyers of Pakistan. Pirzada, a lawmaker and legal expert, is one of the founding members of Pakistan Peoples Party , a democratic socialist party, and a close associate and aide of former Prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto...
- A K Brohi
- Tufail Ali Abdul RehmanTufail Ali Abdul RehmanJustice Tufail Ali Abdul Rehman Zubedi was born in Karachi, Sindh in 1921 and belonged to a highly respectable family that produced a lot of legal professionals, government officers and people actively involved in the education sector....
- Agha Rafiq Ahmed KhanAgha Rafiq Ahmed KhanJustice Agha Rafiq Ahmed Khan was born on 23 August 1949 in Garhi Yasin in Shikarpur District of Sindh, Pakistan and is currently the Chief Justice of the Federal Shariat Court of Pakistan....
- Hassanally A. RahmanHassanally A. RahmanHassanally A Rahman was born in Karachi, Sindh , to a prominent and respectable family of legal professionals, government officers, and people actively involved in the education sector. He received his barrister-at-law from Middle Temple, England in 1934...
- Imam Ali Kazi
Metaphysics, spirituality and religion
- Ghulam Mustafa KhanGhulam Mustafa KhanProf. Dr. Ghulam Mustafa Khan, PhD, D.Litt, SI, was a researcher, critic, linguist, author, scholar of Urdu literature and linguistics, educationist and religious and spiritual leader belonging to Naqshbandi order of Sufism...
, head of Naqashbandi Sufi Order, scholar, writer, poet - Abu Mashar SindhiAbu Mashar SindhiAbu Ma'shar Al-Sindi ابو ماشرالسندي : was a scholar of Hadith literature from Mansura, Sindh now the part of Pakistan.-Life and work:...
(786 AD), teacher of Arab scholars - Abu Raja SindhiAbu Raja SindhiAbu Raja Al-Sindiابو راجه السندي :Was the Arabic Scholar of Sindhi origin . He was traditionally of preoccupied with the Quran, Hadith and literature...
(d. 321 A.H.), scholar, poet, teacher - Abul Hassan Al-SindiAbul Hassan SindhiImam Abul Hassan Al-Sindi امام أبو الحسن بن محمد صادق السندي، المدني . His full name was Abu'l Hasan bin Abu'l Hadi Al Sindi. He was a famous scholar of the Qur'an and Sunnah in Medina, who is known as the founder of the modern Sindhi writing system.- Life and work :He was born in Sindh, Pakistan...
(d. 1176 AH), made the first translation of Qur'an from Arabic to Sindhi - Allama Makhdoom Muhammad Hashim ThattviAllama Makhdoom Muhammad Hashim ThattviAllama Makhdoom Muhammad Hashim Thattvi علامه مخدوم محمدهاشم ٹھٹوي : was a famous and eminent Islamic Scholar, Author, Philanthropist, Spiritual leader, Pir. He was the first ever Quranic Exegesis writer in the Sindhi dialect. He also ran the office of the Chief Justice and stayed the Governor of...
(died 1174 AH), Ahl-us-Sunnah scholar - Maulana Taj Mohammad AmrothiMaulana Taj Mohammad AmrothiMaulana Syed Taj Mohammad Amrothi was a scholar, freedom fighter, and educationalist....
(d. 1929), freedom fighter from Sukkur, Sind - Abu'l-Fazl ibn MubarakAbu'l-Fazl ibn MubarakShaikh Abu al-Fazl ibn Mubarak also known as Abu'l-Fazl, Abu'l Fadl and Abu'l-Fadl 'Allami was the vizier of the great Mughal emperor Akbar, and author of the Akbarnama, the official history of Akbar's reign in three volumes, and a Persian translation of the Bible...
, vizier of the Mughal emperor Akbar and author of the Akbarnama - Mir Ahmed Nasrallah ThattviMir Ahmed Nasrallah ThattviMir Hajji Mulla Ahmad Nasr Allah Tattavi was born in Thatta, Sindh. He was among the well respected and well traveled Muslim scholars at the court of Mughal Emperor Akbar. He was the son of a Qadi in Thatta...
, Muslim scholar at the court of Mughal Emperor Akbar - Mir Ali Sir ThattviMir Ali Sir ThattviMir Ali Sir Tattavi, Qani was a Sindhi Muslim historian born after the rule of Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb. It has been said that he composed his first verses of poetry while still a boy, he studied the Fatawa-e-Alamgiri and later began to write essays independently. Thereafter began a career as a...
, Sindhi Muslim historian born after the rule of Mughal Emperor AurangzebAurangzebAbul Muzaffar Muhy-ud-Din Muhammad Aurangzeb Alamgir , more commonly known as Aurangzeb or by his chosen imperial title Alamgir , was the sixth Mughal Emperor of India, whose reign lasted from 1658 until his death in 1707.Badshah Aurangzeb, having ruled most of the Indian subcontinent for nearly... - Tahir Muhammad ThattviTahir Muhammad ThattviMir Tahir Muhammad Ibn Hassan Sabzavari Tattavi, Nisyani was a Sindhi Muslim poet and Historian during the rule Mughal Empire, composed poetry under the pen-name Nisyani was of a family from Iran that emigrated to Thatta, Sindh. His original ancestral surname was Sabzavari...
, Sindhi Muslim poet and historian during the rule of the Mughal EmpireMughal EmpireThe Mughal Empire , or Mogul Empire in traditional English usage, was an imperial power from the Indian Subcontinent. The Mughal emperors were descendants of the Timurids... - Abu'l-Qásim FaiziAbu'l-Qasim FaiziAbu'l-Qásim Faizi or Fayḍí was a Persian Bahá'í. He studied at the American University of Beirut.He married Gloria `Alá'í in 1939. Together they pioneered to Iraq and Bahrain...
, a Persian poet of late medieval India - Allama Muhammad Idrees DahiriAllama Muhammad Idrees DahiriAllama Muhammad Idrees Dahiri Naqshbandi is a notable Islamic scholar, preacher, writer, author, poet and researcher of Sindh, Pakistan. He is Hanafi, Maturidi, and belongs to the Naqshbandi Mujaddidi sufi order. He is a khalifa of Hazrat Khwaja Allah Bakhsh Abbasi Naqshbandi and currently of...
, Islamic scholar, preacher, writer, author, poet and researcher of Sindh, Pakistan - Hafiz Muhammad Siddique, title 'Hafiz-ul-milat' (حافظ الملت), a scholar from Sindh and founder of school of thought in Bharchundi
- Ghulam Mustafa QasmiGhulam Mustafa QasmiGhulam Mustafa Qasmi was a scholar and activist from Sindh, Pakistan . He was a freedom fighter, Sindhi language translator, and a scholar of Shah Waliullahi philosophy.- Contribution and work :...
(1916 - 2003 AD), a freedom fighter, Sindhi language translator, and a scholar of Shah Waliullahi philosophy - Ubaidullah SindhiUbaidullah SindhiMaulana Ubaidullah Sindhi was a noted pan-Islamic leader a political activist of the Indian independence movement...
, a pan-Islamic leader and a political activist in the Indian independence movement - Mohammad Hayya Al-SindhiMohammad Hayya Al-SindhiImam Mohammad Hayyat ibn Ibraaheem al-Sindi امام الشيخ محمد حياة بن ابراهيم السندي ): was a prominent Muslim scholar in Medina in the eighteen-century....
, a prominent Muslim scholar in Medina in the 18th century; a teacher of the founder of the Wahhabi movement - Raees-Ul-Muhajireen Barrister Jan Muhammad Junejo (title: Raees-Ul-Muhajireen: رۂيس المھاجرين), a prominent leader of the Khilafat Movement who took active part in their struggle against the British Raj
- Badee-ud-Deen Shah as-SindheeBadee-ud-Deen Shah as-SindheeBadee-ud-Deen Shah as-Sindhee علامه سيد بديعُ الدين شاه راشدي ;Badee-ud-Deen Shah as-Sindhee (Sindhi)علامه سيد بديعُ الدين شاه راشدي ;Badee-ud-Deen Shah as-Sindhee (Sindhi)علامه سيد بديعُ الدين شاه راشدي ;(full name Sayyid Badee-ud-Deen Shah Ibn Ehsaanullaah Ibn Rashidullaah Shah Ibn...
- Hazrat Khwaja Muhammad TahirHazrat Khwaja Muhammad TahirKhwaja Muhammad Tahir Bakhshi Naqshbandi , also known as Sajjan Saeen , is a prominent Naqshbandi Sufi shaykh in Pakistan. He was born on January 6, 1962 at dargah Rahmatpur Sharif, district Larkana, Pakistan. He is successor to Khwaja Allah Bakhsh, also known as Sohna Saeen, whose lineage goes to...
- Hazrat Khwaja Allah BakhshHazrat Khwaja Allah BakhshKhwaja Allah Bakhsh Ghaffari Naqshbandi also known as Sohna Saeen is noble Naqshbandi saint in Pakistan...
- Allama Ali Khan AbroAllama Ali Khan AbroAllama Ali Khan Abro : was the famous scholar and educationist from Sindh who wrote the Sindhi translation of Quran and intended to give the Qur'an a practical contemporary interpretation also wrote separate translation for non Muslims from the request of Sindh's great freedom fighter Maulana Taj...
- Maulana deen Muhammad WafaiMaulana deen Muhammad WafaiMaulana Deen Muhammad Wafai was a scholar, academic, writer and poet. In terms of political activism he was heavily involved in the Khilafat movement.-Childhood:...
- Moulana Jan Mohammad AbbasiMoulana Jan Mohammad AbbasiJan Mohammad Abbasi جان محمدعباسي : was Naib Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan.His son also took the part in Kashmir freedom Jahad struggle and died.- References :* website* Biography of Moulana Jan Mohammad Abbasi...
- Khwaja Abdul Ghaffar NaqshbandiKhwaja Abdul Ghaffar NaqshbandiKhwaja Muhammad Abdul Ghaffar Naqshbandi , popular with the name Pir Mitha was a prominent Islamic scholar and Naqshbandi shaikh of Sindh, Pakistan. Born in district Multan in present-day Punjab , he migrated to Larkana, Sindh and established a dargah named Rahmatpur near Larkana city...
- Makhdoom BilawalMakhdoom BilawalMakhdoom Bilawal Bin Jam Hassan Samo , ' was a sufi saint, philosopher and poet from Sindh, Pakistan. He was popularly known as Makhdoom Bilawal. He was pulverized in a seed grinder by the Arghoon rulers under accusation of dishonoring Quran . He said poems in Persian and Sindhi languages...
- Molana Asadullah BhuttoAsadullah BhuttoAsadullah Bhutto is an incumbent president of Jamaat-e-Islami Sindh.-Political career:Bhutto is an advocate by profession. He completed his LL.B in 1969 and Masters in Sociology in 1974 from University of Sindh. Bhutto has been a member of Pakistan Bar Association for 33 years and Human Rights...
Saints and Sufis
- Lal Shahbaz Qalander
- Shah Abdul Latif BhittaiShah Abdul Latif BhittaiShah Abdul Latif Bhittai was a Sindhi Sufi scholar, mystic, saint, poet, and musician. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest poets of the Sindhi language...
- Abdullah Shah GhaziAbdullah Shah GhaziAbdullah Shah Ghazi is considered to be patron saint of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. He is widely revered in Pakistan. His tomb is also a revered Sindhi shrine especially for the Bawarij Sindhi Muslims and the Samma tribe....
- Sachal SarmastSachal SarmastSachal Sarmast was a Sufi poet from Sindh during the Kalhora era. He was born in daraza near Ranipur, Sindh. His real name was Abdul Wahab and "Sachal" was his nickname. He also used it in his own poetry. Sachu means truthful in Sindhi while Sarmast means mystic in Sindhi and Urdu...
- Hazrat Sohna Saeen
- Syed Hussain Shah from Qamber Larkana
- Allama Makhdoom Muhammad Hashim ThattviAllama Makhdoom Muhammad Hashim ThattviAllama Makhdoom Muhammad Hashim Thattvi علامه مخدوم محمدهاشم ٹھٹوي : was a famous and eminent Islamic Scholar, Author, Philanthropist, Spiritual leader, Pir. He was the first ever Quranic Exegesis writer in the Sindhi dialect. He also ran the office of the Chief Justice and stayed the Governor of...
- Abdul Raheem Garhori
- Khwaja Muhammad Tahir Bakhshi, alias Sajjan SaeenHazrat Khwaja Muhammad TahirKhwaja Muhammad Tahir Bakhshi Naqshbandi , also known as Sajjan Saeen , is a prominent Naqshbandi Sufi shaykh in Pakistan. He was born on January 6, 1962 at dargah Rahmatpur Sharif, district Larkana, Pakistan. He is successor to Khwaja Allah Bakhsh, also known as Sohna Saeen, whose lineage goes to...
- Ghulam Mustafa KhanGhulam Mustafa KhanProf. Dr. Ghulam Mustafa Khan, PhD, D.Litt, SI, was a researcher, critic, linguist, author, scholar of Urdu literature and linguistics, educationist and religious and spiritual leader belonging to Naqshbandi order of Sufism...
- Mukhdoom Nooh Sarwer Hala
Performing arts and media
- Abida ParveenAbida ParveenAbida Parveen , is a Pakistani singer of Sindhi descent and one of the foremost exponents of Sufi music . She sings mainly ghazals, Urdu love songs, and her forte, Kafis, a solo genre accompanied by percussion and harmonium, using a repertoire of songs by Sufi poets...
- Shafi Muhammad ShahShafi Muhammad ShahShafi Muhammad Shah PP was a Pakistani film and television actor. Famously known Shahjee was born in Kandiaro, in Naushahro Feroze District, Sindh in 1949.-Family:...
, TV actor - Mustafa Qureshi
- Atiqa OdhoAtiqa OdhoAtiqa Odho is a Pakistani television and film actress and television host. She debuted in Anwar Maqsood's TV series Sitara aur Mehrunissa and later starred in a string of successful films, including Jo Darr Gya Woh Marr Gya, Mummy and Mujhe Chand Chahiye.-Biography:Odho was born in Karachi,...
- Anwar SolangiAnwar SolangiAnwar Solangi was a noted Pakistani television and radio artist. He was born in Shahdadpur, in Sindh.Anwar Solangi had a penchant for acting right from childhood and started exploring his skills on the theater stage. He began his career as a Radio Pakistan drama artist and anchorperson in the 60s...
- Jeejee Zarina BalochZarina BalochZarina Baloch was a Pakistani folk music singer and composer. She was also an actress, writer, teacher, political and social worker....
- Sarmad SindhiSarmad SindhiSarmad Sindhi was a popular Sindhi singer from Sindh, Pakistan. Sarmad Sindhi's real name was Rahman Mughal. He died in a car accident on December 27th, 1996....
- Ahmed MughalAhmed MughalAhmed Mughal is a popular Sindhi singer from Sindh, Pakistan. He is the brother of the popular Sindhi singer Sarmad Sindhi ....
- Allan Faqir
- Govind NihalaniGovind NihalaniGovind Nihalani is an Indian director, cinematographer, and also a screenwriter and film producer. He has been directing Hindi films since the late seventies, and worked in the television medium.- Biography :...
- Asrani, actor
Sports
- Syed Hussain Shah, boxer who won the bronze medal for boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics1988 Summer OlympicsThe 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were an all international multi-sport events celebrated from September 17 to October 2, 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. They were the second summer Olympic Games to be held in Asia and the first since the 1964 Summer Olympics...
- Pankaj AdvaniPankaj AdvaniPankaj Arjan Advani is an Indian Billiards and Snooker player. A winner of seven World Titles in Billiards and Snooker, he is considered to be the one of the best Billiards Player India has produced...
, world champion in snooker and billiards from India - Abdul Rashid QambraniAbdul Rashid QambraniAbdul Rashid Qambrani is a retired male boxer from Pakistan, who competed for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There he was stopped in the first round of the men's light flyweight division by Ukraine's eventual bronze medalist Oleg Kiryukhin.-References:*...
, boxer - Isha LakhaniIsha LakhaniIsha Lakhani is an Indian tennis player. She has been a member of the India Fed Cup team.Lakhani was born in Mumbai, India. Her career high in Singles is 291, achieved on 19 May 2008. In Doubles she has reached 371 on 1 December 2008....
, Indian tennis player - Narendra HirwaniNarendra HirwaniNarendra Deepchand Hirwani is a leg spin bowler who played for India. He is mainly remembered for his outstanding success on his Test debut.-Early days:...
, India Test cricketer - G S Ramchand, Indian Test cricketer
- Mohammad Hayat Abro,pakistani cricketer
Medicine
- Mir Masoom Bakhree
- Mohammad Ali ShahMohammad Ali Shah (surgeon)Dr. Syed Mohammad Ali Shah is a Pakistani orthopaedic surgeon and member of the Pakistan Cricket Board governing board. He is currently the Provincial Sports Minister of Sindh. He was also the Chief de Mission for Pakistani athletes in the Commonwealth Games 2010.-Background:Dr. Shah was born on...
, Provincial Sports Minister of Sindh, orthopaedic surgeon - Ghulam Nabi KaziGhulam Nabi KaziDr Ghulam Nabi Kazi Urdu:ڈاکٹر غلام نبی قاضی is a prominent public health scientist and health economist of Pakistan, who has been working for the World Health Organization since eleven years.-Early Life and Family:...
, National Officer for Program Development at the World Health OrganizationWorld Health OrganizationThe World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations that acts as a coordinating authority on international public health. Established on 7 April 1948, with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, the agency inherited the mandate and resources of its predecessor, the Health...
(WHO) Pakistan Office; former head of the WHO Sindh office - Dr. Irshad Shaikh RA EHAWorld Health OrganizationWorld Health OrganizationThe World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations that acts as a coordinating authority on international public health. Established on 7 April 1948, with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, the agency inherited the mandate and resources of its predecessor, the Health...
(WHO) Eastern Meditranean Region Office - Dr. Nisar A. Solangi, NPO HSS/ER World Health OrganizationWorld Health OrganizationThe World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations that acts as a coordinating authority on international public health. Established on 7 April 1948, with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, the agency inherited the mandate and resources of its predecessor, the Health...
(WHO) Pakistan Sub Office; Sindh - Dr. Mukhtiar Bhayo, MO PEI World Health OrganizationWorld Health OrganizationThe World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations that acts as a coordinating authority on international public health. Established on 7 April 1948, with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, the agency inherited the mandate and resources of its predecessor, the Health...
(WHO) Afhganistan - Dr. AW Bhurt, MO PEI World Health OrganizationWorld Health OrganizationThe World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations that acts as a coordinating authority on international public health. Established on 7 April 1948, with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, the agency inherited the mandate and resources of its predecessor, the Health...
(WHO) Afhganistan - Dr. Bashir Ahmed Solangi, Surgeon UK