Latif is hailed as Shakespeare of Sindhi literature.Ĭhristopher Shackle’s edition of Risalo-Latif’s collection of his songs the title means “the message- forms part of the respected Murty Classical Library of India published by the Harvard University Press and is an easily accessible bilingual edition of the entirety of Latif’s works in Sindhi original and English translation. An ancestor of his, Shah Karim, is considered to be one of the earliest poets writing/composing in Sindhi. Very little is known about Latif, except that he was a pir, or a holy man, and his title Shah hints at his possible direct descent from the prophet Muhammad. The Sindhi diaspora, whether in India or around the world, have a warm spot for the name Shah Abdul Latif, an 18th-century Sufi poet from Sindh, Pakistan, and a contemporary of the better known Punjabi Sufi poet Bulle Shah.
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