Shaikh Ayaz SI (, ) born Mubarak Ali Shaikh (, ) (March 1923 – 28 December 1997) was a

Sindhi language Sindhi ( ; or , ) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by more than 30 million people in the Pakistani province of Sindh, where it has official status, as well as by 1.7 million people in India, where it is a Scheduled languages of India, schedu ...

poet, prose writer and former vice-chancellor of

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. He is counted as one of the prominent and great Sindhi poet of

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in general and

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in particular. He authored more than 50 books on poetry, biographies, plays and short stories in both Sindhi and

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languages. His translations of

Shah Jo Risalo Shah Jo Risalo () is a book of poems of the Sindhi Sufi mystic and poet Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai. Shah Abdul Latif's poetry was transmitted orally during his lifetime and compiled after his death and designated as ''Shah Jo Risalo'' or ''Po ...

, which was written by the 18th-century Sufi poet

Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai (; 1689/1690 – 21 December 1752), commonly known by the honorifics ''Lakhino Latif'', ''Latif Ghot'', ''Bhittai'', and ''Bhit Jo Shah'', was a Sindhi Sufi mystic and poet from Pakistan, widely considered to be the ...

, from

i to

language established him as an authority in his domain. He received

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for his literary works and is regarded as a "revolutionary and romantic poet". In 2018, a university, Shaikh Ayaz University, was established and was named after him.

Early life

Shaikh Ayaz was born as Mubarak Ali on 2 March 1923 in Shikarpur,

. He was a lawyer but he also served as the vice-chancellor of

Sindh University The University of Sindh (; ; informally known as Sindh University) is a public research university in Pakistan located in the city of Jamshoro in the Sindh province. It is one of the oldest universities in Pakistan and was certified by ISO in 2 ...

. Ayaz married Iqbal Begum, who was also a Sindhi poet. In his book

he has discussed in details about his struggle and always mentioned that in the Islamic country like

the only true friend he found was Deewan Parmanand Gangwani whom he considers to be the bravest person he met in his life and always consider Deewan Gangwani the finest person one would have as a friend. Parmanand Gangwani died in 1983. He died on 28 December 1997 in

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after suffering from cardiac-arrest - leaving behind two sons and a daughter.

Literary career

Ayaz is one of the major voices in twentieth-century poetry. His literary career spanned almost six decades and covered a wide range of poetry and prose forms, ranging from the traditional ''bait'', ''wa'i'',''nazm'',"azad nazm" and ''ghazal'' to plays in verse. He wrote short stories, Operas, essays, poetry, travelogues, diaries, an autobiography and the translation of ''

'' in Urdu. He also wrote poetry in Urdu which is spread to two books, ''Booye Gul, Nala-i-dil"'' and ''Neel Kanth Aur Neem Ke Pate''. His first book of poetry was in Urdu named Boi gul, Nalai dil and his first book of poetry in Sindhi was, " Bhounr Bhire Akas"

Romantic poetry

Ayaz has contributed new work contribution to the sindhi literature. before him, the ancient sindhi poets writes on abstract or spiritual love which is not physical Love;

Platonic Love Platonic love is a type of love in which sexual desire or romantic features are nonexistent or have been suppressed or sublimated, but it means more than simple friendship. The term is derived from the name of Greek philosopher Plato, tho ...

. Due to the modern effect of the world, he considered sex; ''Physical Love'' as more attractive in the real Love.

Awards

* Sitare Jurat * Latif Award

Bibliography

In Sindhi poetry *''ڀنور ڀري آڪاس *''ڪلھي پاتم ڪينرو'' *''ڪي جي ٻيجل ٻوليو'' *''وڄون وسڻ آيون'' *''ڪپر ٿو ڪن ڪري'' *''لڙيون سج لڪن م'' *''پتڻ ٿو پور ڪري'' *''ٽڪرا ٽڪرا صليب جا'' *''پن ڇڻ پڄاڻان'' *''واٽون ڦلن ڇانئيون'' *''چنڊ چنبيلي ول'' *''رڻ تي رم جھم'' *''راج گھاٽ تي چنڊ'' *''ڀڳت سنگھ کي ڦاھي'' *''بڙ جي ڇانو اڳي کان گھاٽي'' *''اڪن نيرا ڦليا'' *''سُر نارائڻ شيام'' *''اُڀر چنڊ پس پرين'' *''ھينئڙو ڏاڙھون گل جيئن'' *''ڪتين ڪر موڙيا جڏھن'' *''ننڊ وليون'' *''چنڊ ڳليون'' *''سر لوھيڙا ڳڀا'' *''سورج مکي سانجھ'' *''جر ڏيئا جھمڪن'' *''ھرڻ اکي ڪيڏانھن'' *''گھاٽ مٿان گھنگھور گھٽا'' *''سانجھي سمنڊ سپون'' *''ڪونجون ڪرڪن روھ تي'' *''وڏا وڻ وڻڪار جا'' *''تون ڇپر تون ڇانء'' * دودي سومري جو موت (Death of Dodo Soomro)

In Sindhi prose

*''سفيد وحشي'' *''پنھل کان پو۽'' *''بقول اياز'' *''جي ڪاڪ ڪڪوريا ڪاپڙي'' *''ساھيوال جيل ڊائري'' *''خط انٽرويو تقريرون'' *''ڪراچي جا ڏينھن ۽ راتيون'' *''ڪٿي نه ڀڃبو ٿڪ مسافر''حصو پهريون ۽ ٻيو sindhiadabiboard.org:حوالو

In Urdu

* ''Booye Gul (')'' * ''Nala-i-dil ()'' * ''Neel Kanth Aur Neem Ke Pate (''

References

External links

Shikarpur Sindh's official websiteWelcome
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