Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai | |
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شاه عبداللطيف ڀٽائي | |
 Statue of Bhittai in Bhit Shah, Sindh, Pakistan | |
| Personal | |
| Born | 1689/1690 Hala Haweli, Sindh |
| Died | 21 December 1752 (aged 63) Bhit, Sindh |
| Resting place | Shrine of Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai, Bhit (Bhit Shah), Sindh, Pakistan |
| Religion | Islam |
| Flourished | Kalhora period |
| Children | 1 child (died in childhood or miscarried)[1] |
| Parent | |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Lineage | Sayyid through Musa al-Kazim[2][3][4] |
| Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
| Notable work(s) | Shah Jo Risalo |
| Tariqa | Qadiri Owaisi[5][6][7][8] |
| Muslim leader | |
| Successor | Syed Jamal Shah, inheritor to the Gaddi[11] |
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Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai (Sindhi: شاه عبداللطيف ڀٽائي; 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 greatest poet of the Sindhi language.
Born to a Kazmi Sayyid family of Hala Haweli originating from Herat,[13][14][15] near modern-day Hala, Bhittai grew up in the nearby town of Kotri Mughal. At the age of around 20, he left home and traveled throughout Sindh and neighboring lands, and met many mystics and Jogis, whose influence is evident in his poetry. Returning home after three years, he was married into an aristocratic family, but was widowed shortly afterwards and did not remarry. His piety and spirituality attracted a large following as well as the hostility of a few. Spending the last years of his life at Bhit (Bhit Shah), he died in 1752. A mausoleum was built over his grave in subsequent years and became a popular pilgrimage site.
His poems were compiled by his disciples in his Shah Jo Risalo. It was first published in 1866. Several Urdu and English translations of the work have been published since. Bhittai's poetry is popular among the people of Sindh and he is venerated throughout the province.
- ^ Life Of Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai. 1980.
- ^ Life Of Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai. 1980.
- ^ Jotwani, Motilal Wadhumal (1996). Sufis of Sindh. Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India. ISBN 978-81-230-0508-9.
- ^ Burton, Richard F. (1851). Sindh, And The Races That Inhabit The Valley Of The Indus, With Notices Of The Topography And History Of The Province.
- ^ "Sufi Foundation". shahabdullatifbhittai.com.
- ^ Shah Abdul Latif and His Sufistic Thought.
- ^ Bayan-ul-Arifeen (Sindhi) Malfuzat Shah Kareem Bulri Waro (in Sindhi). p. 32/38.
- ^ Lataif-e-Latifi. 2012. pp. 28–29/29–30.
- ^ Life Of Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai. 1980.
- ^ Sufis of Sindh.
- ^ Life Of Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai. 1980.
- ^ Life Of Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai. 1980.
- ^ Life Of Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai. 1980.
- ^ Jotwani, Motilal Wadhumal (1996). Sufis of Sindh. Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India. ISBN 978-81-230-0508-9.
- ^ Burton, Richard F. (1851). Sindh, And The Races That Inhabit The Valley Of The Indus, With Notices Of The Topography And History Of The Province.