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Jamal-ud-Din Faqir was a mystic singer from Sindh Pakistan. [1] He was born in 1952 at village Chhutan Wassan, near Bobi Station, near Sanghar. He also went to Rome to perform at the death anniversary of Jalal ud-Din Rumi in 2016. [2] He died on 26 June 2016 due to intestine problem in a private hospital of Hyderabad at the age of 64. [3]
Lohana are a trading or mercantile jāti mostly in India and also in Pakistan.
Allan Fakir or Allan Faqir, was a Sindhi folk singer from Sindh, Pakistan. He was particularly known for his ecstatic style of performance, marked with devotional rhetoric and Sufi dance-singing.
Sindhi literature is the collection of oral and written literature in the Sindhi language in prose and poetry. The Sindhi language of the province of Sindh in Pakistan is considered one of the oldest languages of ancient India, and influenced the language of Indus Valley inhabitants. Sindhi literature has developed over a thousand years.
Sindhi folk music is traditional folk music and singing from Sindh, which is sung and generally performed in 5 genres that originated in Sindh, the first genre "Bait" styles. The Bait style is vocal music in Sanhoon and Graham. Second style "Waee" instrumental music is performed in a variety of ways using a string instrument. Waee, also known as Kafi. Sindhi folk music was popularized by great Sindhi sufi poet Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai.
Mehran is a quarterly literary magazine of the Sindhi Adabi Board. It is the oldest magazine in Pakistan and was started in 1947. Thousands of Mehran editions have been published. The magazine writes about all Sindhi literary people in its editions. It usually creates a particular edition for a single person, like Shaikh Ayaz, Hassam-ud-Din Rashidi, Mirza Qalich Baig, and many more. Mehran also provides an opportunity for new writers to write in it and many famous scholars started their careers with writing in the magazine.
Nasir al-Din Abu al-Fatah Firuz Shah II, commonly known as Jam Feroz (1508–1524/5), was the last ruler of the Samma dynasty of Sindh. Jam Feroz proved himself a weak ruler and lost his kingdom to Arguns, thus Sindh came under foreign rulers.
Sohrab Fakir Manganhar, also known as Sohrab Fakir, was a Sufi-singer from Sindh, Pakistan.
Muḥammad Hāshim Thattvī was an Islamic scholar, author, philanthropist, and a spiritual leader who was considered a saint by his followers. He was the first ever translator of the Quran in Sindhi language.
Firouz, Pirouz, Feroz, Fayrouz, Phiroj, are masculine given names of Persian origin. It is ultimately derived from Middle Persian Pērōz, meaning "victorious, triumphant or prosperous", mentioned as Perozes (Περόζης) in Latin and Greek sources.
Pakistani folk music refers to the local genre of folk music that originates from Pakistan.
Mir Noor-ud-din Mengal was a prominent Baloch Pakistani politician who played a significant role in Balochistan's political landscape for nearly four decades, from 1970 to 2010.
Sufi Rohal Faqir (1734–1804) was a saint-poet and mystic, and exponent of sophistic philosophy. Zangeja by caste, Muslim by religion and a Sufi by practice, he was considered to be the great saint poet Kabir reborn in Sindh. Rohal was the progenitor of the famous kandri sharif tribes of the poets and man of piety. He reached the heights of Sufism through blessings of Sufi-sage Shah Inayat, the famous martyr. In his poetry he expresses his message of giving up egoism and hatred and following the cult of love. Sufi Rohal was first person to fuse vedantic elements with Muslim Sufi concepts. Now his shrine at Kandri Sharif Taluka Rohri District Sukkur.
Sufism in Sindh covers the tradition of Sufism in Sindh, which is reputed to be an area of mystics. Sindh is famous for the enormous number of saints and mystics who lived there and preached peace and brotherhood. According to popular legend, 125,000 of them are buried on Makli Hill near Thatta. There is an abundance of Sufi literature produced in Sindh throughout history.
Fakir Aziz ud-Din was a physician, linguist, diplomat, and foreign minister at the court of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. He belonged to a Sayyid family. He was a Muslim and one of the many non-Sikhs in Ranjit Singh's secular government of the Sikh Empire.
Shamas Faqir or Shams Faqīr was a Kashmiri Sufi poet. He belonged to the Qadiriyya silsila of Sufism.
Nund Rishi was a Kashmiri Sufi saint, mystic, poet and Islamic preacher. Nund Rishi was among the founders of the Rishi order, a Sufi tradition of the region, and is also known by the titles Sheikh-Ul-Alam and Alamdar-e-Kashmir by Muslims, and referred to as Nund Lal and Sahajananda by Hindus. He influenced many spiritual teachers and saints, including Hamza Makhdoom, Resh Mir Sàeb, and Shamas Faqir.
Gujarat, a region in western India, fell under the Delhi Sultanate following repeated expeditions under Alauddin Khalji around the end of the 13th century. He conquered the Kingdom of Gujarat which had been under the rule of the Vaghela dynasty under Karna II and established Muslim rule in Gujarat. Soon the Tughluq dynasty came to power in Delhi whose emperor carried out expeditions to quell rebellion in Gujarat and established their firm control over the region by the end of the century. Following Timur's invasion of Delhi, the Delhi Sultanate weakened considerably so that the last Tughluq governor Zafar Khan declared himself independent in 1407 and formally established the Gujarat Sultanate.
Qutb-ud-Din Ahmad Shah II, born Jalal Khan, was a ruler of the Muzaffarid dynasty, who reigned over the Gujarat Sultanate from 1451 to 1458. He defeated invading Malwa forces at the battle of Kapadvanj. In his attempt to seize Nagor, the Sultan found himself in conflict with Rana Kumbha of Chittor, leading to a succession of devastating losses for the Sultan at the hands of the great Maharana.
Latif Award is given by Department of Culture, Tourism and Antiquities, government of Sindh to the best researchers and singers of Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai who made extraordinary work in Arts and Research field related with mystic poetry of Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai, Sindhi language and Sindhi music. This award is a highest cultural decoration given by Government of Sindh. The award is given on Urs of Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai each year. Latif Award is a unique golden model of Tamboro, a stringed music instrument, which is said to be invented by Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai himself.
Muhammad Yousuf was a folk and playback singer of Pakistan.
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