Ali Baba (, ), (1940 – 8 August 2016) was a renowned short story writer, novelist, poet and playwright of Sindhi including Urdu-language. He received awards for Pride of Performance. He died on 8 August 2016 due to heart attack in his home

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Early life

Ali Baba's actual name was Ali Muhammad and he was born to Muhammed Ramzan Rind at Kotri, Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan in 1940. His parents migrated from

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Sehwan Sharif Sehwan (; ; also commonly referred to as Sehwan Sharif or ''Noble Sehwan'') is a historic city located in Jamshoro District of Sindh province in Pakistan situated on the west bank of the Indus River north-west of Hyderabad. The city is renowned ...

Sindh. Afterward they made Kotri as permanent residence. He got primary education from Nango line primary school Kotri and matriculation from Sher Dil Khan Municipal High school Kotri. His father served in railway department. He also served as clerk but resigned. Later he joined as Assistant Manager in a textile mill. He left this job as well. He started writing from 1965.

Notable works

He was best known for writing

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. He has written many short stories, playwrights and novels. In 1981, his play " Dungi Manjh Darya" won the third prize in the German Drama Festival, in which he has mentioned the greatness of the

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and its fishermen. Inspired by his novel "Mohan Jo Daro", the Indian film industry has also made a film with the same name Mohan Jo Daro. He was notable for the following works: *''Dharti Dhikana'' *''Mohenjo Daro(Novel)'' *''Dungi Manjh Darya(play)'' *Sindhbad Jo Safar(Novel)

Death

He died on 8 August 2016 in Karachi.

References

1940 births 2016 deaths Pakistani novelists Pakistani television writers People from Jamshoro District Sindhi-language writers {{Pakistan-bio-stub