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Shaikh Ayaz | |
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| شيخ اياز | |
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| Born | Mubarak Ali Shaikh 2 March 1923 |
| Died | 28 December 1997 (aged 74) |
| Nationality | British Indian (1923-1947) Pakistani (1947-1997) |
| Citizenship | Pakistani And Sindhi |
| Occupation(s) | Poet, lawyer, vice chancellor of Sindh University |
| Notable work | Urdu translation of Shah Jo Risalo |
| Style | |
| Movement | Progressive |
| Spouse | Zareena Ayaz [1] |
| Children | Two sons and a daughter |
| Awards | Sitara-i-Imtiaz |
Shaikh Ayaz SI (Sindhi: شيخ اياز, Urdu: شیخ ایاز) born Mubarak Ali Shaikh (Sindhi: مبارڪ علي شيخ, Urdu: مبارک علی شیخ) (March 1923 – 28 December 1997) was a Sindhi language poet, prose writer and former vice-chancellor of University of Sindh.[2] He is counted as one of the prominent and great Sindhi poet of Pakistan in general and Sindh in particular. He authored more than 50 books[3] on poetry, biographies, plays and short stories in both Sindhi and Urdu languages. His translations of Shah Jo Risalo, which was written by the 18th-century Sufi poet Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai, from Sindhi to Urdu language established him as an authority in his domain.
He received Sitara-i-Imtiaz for his literary works and is regarded as a "revolutionary and romantic poet".[4]
In 2018, a university, Shaikh Ayaz University, was established and was named after him.
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