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Early life, education

Allah Baksh was born on January 21 in 1907 in the city of Karachi

Karachi

Karachi is the largest city, main seaport and the main financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of 13 to 15 million, while the total metropolitan area has a population of over 18 million...

. After his matriculation, Allah Bux went to the D.J Science College earning a B.A.

Bachelor of Arts

A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...

with Honors. During this period he begain participating in Sindhi culture and poetry, in which he had had deep interest since his childhood.

Work

Allah Bux published his first book, Ramooz-un-Nisa in 1920, his second in 1923, Dawat-e-Islam, in 1924 Manasik-e-Hajj and in 1929 Khalid bin Walid. During this time his poetry and articles used to appear in magazines like Al-Waheed, Sindh Madarisa magazine, Al-Hafiz al-jamia Sindh College. He wrote in Urdu

Urdu

Urdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...

for the magazine Tasawuff, published in Lahore

Lahore

Lahore is the capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab and the second largest city in the country. With a rich and fabulous history dating back to over a thousand years ago, Lahore is no doubt Pakistan's cultural capital. One of the most densely populated cities in the world, Lahore remains a...

under the pen name "Sarshar 'Uqaili".

He also served as the editor of Al-Waheed newspaper for four years. From 1942 till 1945, Uqaili served as chief Officer of District Local board in Karachi, in the same period he was the president of Rajmikal music club in Karachi

Karachi

and wrote a book entitled as The history of Sindhi Rag (Sindhi mystic folks).

Also, books like ilm-e-hinat (The study of astronomy) appeared in his name. In 1947, when Pakistan and India separated, he was given the office of "food and live stock" in the government of Sindh and used to broadcast historical and literary speeches from Radio Pakistan, and wrote for Nai Zindagi magazine.

From 1950 to 1953, Sarshar Uqaili served as City Mayor of Karachi.

In October 1950, he founded a centre for literary studies and served as its President, and served in many other such centres. His affection for Sindh poetry led him to compile a large collection of Sindhi national poems with the title SINDH JO TARANO, which was published by the Sindh Society. In November 1955, he founded the Sindh Library in Karachi and at the same time founded the Bazm-Talib-ul-Mola academy in Hyderabad. Due to all these efforts, Makhdoom Muhammad Zaman Talib-ul-Mola

Makhdoom Muhammad Zaman Talib-ul-Mola

Makhdoom Muhammad Zaman Talib -ul- Mola was a renowned scholar, poet, and leader of his time. He was the Sajjadah Nasheen of Nooh Sarwar Shrine in Hala. He was born on October 4, 1919 in New Hala....

declared him as his vice gerent in 1952.

After that he ran the office of Director of Settlement Services in Hyderabad. Following his tenue at that post, he was designated as Commissioner and District Magistrate of Hyderabad and stayed as chairman of the Sindhi Adabi Board

Sindhi Adabi Board

Sindhi Adabi Board is a government sponsored institution in Pakistan for the promotion of Sindhi literature. It was established in 1955 in Jamshoro, Sindh. It is under the Education Department of the Government of Sindh.-Activities:...

from March1955-September1961

Amongst his other contributions is that he collected his family tree. In his last days, 'Uqaili suffered dacoity at his house in Thatta. His personal library, with all his of writings, was stolen and many of his works were lost. Since then, much of his work is believed to have been plagiarized.

On January 15, 1971, when he was 64, the sufi poet died and was buried in his ancestral graveyard in Thatta

Thatta

Thatta is a historic town of 220,000 inhabitants in the Sindh province of Pakistan, near Lake Keenjhar, the largest freshwater lake in the country. Thatta's major monuments especially its necropolis at Makli are listed among the World Heritage Sites. The Shah Jahan Mosque is also listed...

, leaving behind a widow, his younger brother N M Uqaili

N M Uqaili

N. M. Uqaili was the Finance Minister of Pakistan and chairman of Pakistan Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation . He headed the privatisation commission during the Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq government to study the state of the State enterprises and served as the Governor of State Bank of Pakistan...

, four daughters and a son who married the grand daughter of Allama Makhdoom Muhammad Hashim Thattvi

Allama Makhdoom Muhammad Hashim Thattvi

Allama Makhdoom Muhammad Hashim Thattvi علامه مخدوم محمدهاشم ٹھٹوي : was a famous and eminent Islamic Scholar, Author, Philanthropist, Spiritual leader, Pir. He was the first ever Quranic Exegesis writer in the Sindhi dialect. He also ran the office of the Chief Justice and stayed the Governor of...

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