

His verses are, therefore, full of mysticism and religion.Īfter him, Pir Shams Sabzwari Multani, Pir Shahabuddin and Pir Sadruddin are recognized as poets of Sindhi language. His poetry is an interesting record of the language which was spoken commonly at that time. He came to Sindh during the year 1079 AD. His verses, known as "ginans", can be taken as the specimen of early Sindhi poetry. Shortly afterwards, Pir Nooruddin, an Ismaili Missionary, wrote Sufis tic poetry in Sindhi language.

It is also recorded that treatises were written in Sindhi on astronomy, medicine and history during the eighth and ninth centuries. There is evidence of Sindhi poets reciting their verses before the Muslim Caliphs in Baghdad.


It is established that Sindhi was the first and the earliest language of East in which the Quran was translated in the eighth or ninth century A.D. The earliest reference to Sindhi literature is contained in the writings of Arab historians. At present, these forms continue to co-exist, albeit in a varying degree, with Azad Nazm having an edge over them all. Soon after the partition of the sub-continent, these forms were reinforced by Triolet, Haiku, Ranga and Tanka etc. Sindhi poetry is continuity oral tradition of thousand years.the verbal verse were based on folk stories.Sindhi is an oldest language of Indus valley having own literary colour both in poetry and prose.Sindhi poetry is very rich in thoughts as well as contain variety of genres like other developed languages.Old sindhi poetry impact upon contemporary languages and also accept the healthy influencce of some languages like Hindi.Sindhi Poetry contain two main original forms of vers,such as 'Beit' and 'Vaei'.Beit slightly resemble with form Dohas and Sorthas, moreover also influenced by Persian forms of prosody like Ghazal, Mathnavi, Rubai Kaafi etc., and, thereafter, in the forties of this century, was further strengthened by Sonnet and Blank Verse.
