Shaikh Abdul Majeed Sindhi (; 7 July 1889 – 24 May 1978) was a famous Sindhi writer, politician and journalist of

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Education

Shaikh Abdul Majeed Sindhi matriculated (completed 10th Grade in school) (Sindhi: ست درجه فائنل) from

Thatta Thatta is a city in the Pakistani province of Sindh. Thatta was the medieval capital of Sindh, and served as the seat of power for three successive dynasties. Its construction was ordered by Jam Nizamuddin II in 1495. Thatta's historic signif ...

, Sindh in

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Conversion to Islam

He was born in a

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family in

. Since childhood he was in the search of mystic approach and in this regard on 10 February 1908, he converted to Islam on the hands of Shaikh Abdul Rahim at

Hyderabad, Sindh Hyderabad, also known as Neroonkot, is the capital and largest city of the Hyderabad Division in the Sindh province of Pakistan. It is the List of cities in Sindh by population, second-largest city in Sindh, after Karachi, and the List of citie ...

.Profile of Shaikh Abdul Majeed Sindhi on Sindh Adabi Board website (in Sindhi language)
Retrieved 6 March 2019

Professional career

Shaikh Abdul Majeed Sindhi became Munshi () at a senior advocate Mr. Deechand Ojha. Afterwards he lived at Hyderabad where Rais

Ghulam Muhammad Khan Bhurgri Ghulam Muhammad Khan Bhurgri () (Barrister, 1878-1924) was a Sindhi statesman. Raees Ghulam Mohammad Bhurgri was one of the earliest leaders of Sindh during the colonial period. He was contemporary and one of the closest aide of Quaid-e-Azam M ...

made him editor of his own newspaper Al Amen (). Having been inspired from his intellect Bhurgri made him his political adviser.

Political career

He was an active participant of

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(Reshmi Rumal Tahrik) (), by Molana Ubeduallah Sindhi, in which he was imprisoned in 1919 for three years. Later, he addressed a campaign against the

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in a procession in 1920 at

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and was again imprisoned for two years. In 1924, he became editor of Daily Al Waheed, Sindh's only daily newspaper at the time. Through this platform, he incited the Muslim population. On 16 November 1929, he participated in

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session at

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, All India Khilafat Conference at

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, All Parties Muslim Unity Conference and Azad Sindh Conference at

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(1930). His efforts for the separation of Sindh from

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were to be cherished. Sindh was separated from Bombay in 1936, he took part in the first election of

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(1937) from his own party and defeating Sir Shahnawaz, he became member of the Sindh assembly. In 1940, under the ministry of Mir Bunda Ali Khan, he was made a Minister in Sindh. In 1943, he left

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and joined All Pakistan

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which was led by

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in 1949.

Publications

Shaikh Abdul Majeed Sindhi had written some books, which are: Fathe Spain (), Hazrat Umer Bin Abdul Aziz (R.A) () Karachi Sindh Khe Milan Ghurje (), All Murtaza (), Tareekh Jawahir (), Hazrat Ali & Hazrat Umer (R.A) ()

Death

Shaikh Abdul Majeed Sindhi died 24 May 1978 at Hyderabad, Sindh and was buried at historical Graveyard

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near the grave of writer Makhdoom Mohammad Hashim Thattvi according to his

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References

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