Mir Ali Sher Thattavi, Qaune (b.1728 - d.1788) was a
Sindhi Muslim historian born after the rule of
Mughal Emperor
The Mughal emperors ( fa, , Pādishāhān) were the supreme heads of state of the Mughal Empire on the Indian subcontinent, mainly corresponding to the modern countries of India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh. The Mughal rulers styled t ...
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 scholar, poet and historian. He went on to produce a great number of works under the pen-name ''Qani'', on a variety of topics, including: the works of
Al-Ghazali
Al-Ghazali ( – 19 December 1111; ), full name (), and known in Persian-speaking countries as Imam Muhammad-i Ghazali (Persian: امام محمد غزالی) or in Medieval Europe by the Latinized as Algazelus or Algazel, was a Persian poly ...
,
Rumi. His most prominent work was the Gift of the Generous (''Tuhfatul karaam'') was his most famous work it dealt with a compendium of the lives of
Sufis from the times of
Muhammad
Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the mo ...
until the late 12th/18th century, an account of the martyrs of
Karbala, and a work of general history.
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Historians from the Mughal Empire
People from Thatta District
Persian-language poets
Indian historians of Islam
1728 births
1788 deaths