Shah Abdul Latif

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Shah Abdul Latif (* 1689 ; † 1752 ), also Šāh ʿAbd al-Laṭīf Bhitāʾī was a Sufi scholar and classical poet in Sindh . He wrote mainly in the Sindhi language , but also mastered other Indo-Iranian languages such as Persian , Sanskrit , Urdu , Saraiki and Baluchi . The well-traveled poet and philosopher represented a spiritual and mystical poetry.

Life and effect

The descendant of Persian ancestors Abdul Latif was born in Hala Haveli near the village of Khatiyan. After a love marriage in 1713, Abdul Latif's wife died early, whereupon the poet never remarried. Fearing that his poetry would not continue after his death, Abdul Latif threw all his writings into Lake Kiran.

After his death in 1752, a mausoleum was built for him in Bhit (Matiari district), the place where he is buried. A copy of Abdul Latif's poetical writings, which a servant had made from memory, was also deposited here. At his mausoleum, groups of five to six singers regularly practice the song form ( way ), which was shaped by Abdul Latif, and accompany each other on the long-necked lute tanburo , the invention of which is attributed to him.

In 1866 the German scholar Ernst Trumpp published a collection of Shah Latif's poetry in the Sindhi language under the title Risolo . Shah Abdul Latif is still considered a great poet and ambassador of love in his homeland.

literature

  • Gerd Lüpke : Shah Abdul Latif 1689/90 - 1752/53. Are a classic poet of today's Pakistani country . VVB Laufersweiler, Wettenberg 2002, ISBN 3-89687-583-3 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Entry on Brill online (accessed on September 28, 2019)
  2. ↑ Christoph Peters: I am this nothing. In FAZ , March 23, 2016

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personal data
SURNAME Abdul Latif, Shah
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Abd-ul-Lat¯if; Latif, Shah Abdul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Sufi -Gelehrter and classical poet of today Pakistani state Are
DATE OF BIRTH 1689
DATE OF DEATH 1752