General Hosh Muhammad Sheedi Qambrani هوش محمد شيدي قمبراڻي | |
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| Nickname(s) | Hoshu Sheedi Qambrani |
| Born | 1801 Sindh |
| Died | 1843 Hyderabad, Sindh, Durrani Empire (now in Pakistan) |
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| Battles / wars | Battle of Hyderabad |
| Spouse(s) | Alina Sheedi |
General Hosh Muhammad Sheedi Qambrani or Hoshu Sheedi (Sindhi: هوش محمد شيدي قمبراڻي) was an Askari unit, and also supreme commander of Sindh's Talpur army led by Mir Sher Muhammad Khan Talpur.[1] Hoshu Sheedi fought against the British forces under Sir Charles James Napier at the Battle of Hyderabad, and was killed during battle in 24 March 1843.[2][3] Hosh Muhammad belonged to the Soomro community of Sindh, Pakistan. Before his death in the Battle of Hyderabad, he called out the famous slogan:
مرويسون پر سنڌ نه ڏيسون
Marvesoon par Sindh na desoon
(I will die but not give Sindh)
— Hoshu Sheedi, War Slogan against British
Hosh Muhammad was respected by the British commanding officer, Sir Charles James Napier, who buried him with full military honours.[4]
- ^ Mir Atta Muhammad Talpur. "Sher-i-Sindh". talpur.org. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
- ^ Mir Atta Muhammad Talpur. "Remembering Battle of Dubbo". www.talpur.org. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
- ^ Sikander Ali Nizamani (18 April 2006). "Sheedi Community of Sindh, Pakistan" (PDF). www.sanalist.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 January 2014. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
- ^ Faiz Mohammad Soomro (1997). Cultural History of Sind. Retrieved 4 January 2014.