Mirza Qaleech Baig () was a Sindhi

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within

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. He was born on 4 October 1853 in

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on the bank of

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Canal in

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(presently in Pakistan).

Family chronicle

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Books

He wrote 457 books in 43 disciplines, "including chemistry, physics, biology, zoology, plant sciences, Sindhi literature and anthropology" and in over eight languages, including Sindhi, Persian, Arabic and English, while he knew 25 languages as a whole. Mirza Kalich's books include: * Maqalat-ul-Hikmat * Khoodyari * Alamat-ul-Quran (Signs of Quran) * Bagh ae Bayani * Hashrat-ul-Arz * Zameen pokhin jo ilm ae Hunr * Keemya-e-Saaat * Dilaram * Zeenat novel * Sao Pan Karo Pano (Auto-Biography)

References

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