Mir Sikandar Khan Khoso (1912–1975) was a poet, politician, and well-known landowner from the Jacobabad District

Jacobabad District

Jacobabad District is a district of Sindh, Pakistan. According to the 1998 census it had a population of 1,425,572 of which 24.10% were urban. The city of Jacobabad is the capital of the District.-Administration:...

 in Sindh

Sindh

Sindh historically referred to as Ba'ab-ul-Islam , is one of the four provinces of Pakistan and historically is home to the Sindhi people. It is also locally known as the "Mehran". Though Muslims form the largest religious group in Sindh, a good number of Christians, Zoroastrians and Hindus can...

, Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

. He was the youngest son of Mir Bahadur Khan Khoso

Mir Bahadur Khan Khoso

Mir Bahadur Khan Khoso was the son of Dil Murad Khan Khoso, who during the 1857 Mutiny revolted against the British in Jacobabad. Bahadur Khan was a well known Zamindar of Jacobabad District who was said to own a sizable portion of the agricultural lands in Jacobabad...

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He was a devout Sufi who entered politics with a vision to serve humanity after the death of his brother, Khan Sahib Shahal Khan Khoso

Khan Sahib Shahal Khan Khoso

Khan Sahib Shahal Khan Khoso came from a family which had, since the many last centuries, been prominent among the landed aristocracy of the Sindh. He was a Member of the West Pakistan Legislative Assembly from 1953 to 1956, belonging to Khoso Baloch family of Thul district Jacobabad Sindh...

. He was a humble man who never kept his door closed for the poor people. Whenever he was needed he served them with all his efforts. He introduced Mir Dariya Khan Khoso

Mir Dariya Khan Khoso

Mir Dariya Khan Khoso was a politician of the Jacobabad District who was a Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 1962-77. He was the grandson of Mir Bahadur Khan Khoso.Soyem of Mir dariya khan was held in his village Dinpur...

 into politics; by defeating the political giant Mir Jafar Khan Jamali

Jafar Khan Jamali

Mir Jafar Khan Jamali was a prominent politician, tribal leader and a Muslim League veteran from Balochistan province, Pakistan. He was a close friend of Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah. He belongs to the Jamali tribe, a powerful and influential Baloch tribe. He actively participated in the...

 he proved his coin there.

Mir Sikandar Khan published his first book of Sufi lyrics under the name Subh Mein Punhoon Paan in 1973. The following lyrics were adapted into a kafi by the late musician Ustad Muhammad Juman

Muhammad Juman

Ustad Muhammad Juman was a modern Sindhi musician and classical singer. He was born in the village of Sorra, Balochistan, Pakistan.He was fond of music and went to Radio Pakistan in Karachi to start a career as a fiddler...

 in 1974 on Radio Pakistan in Hyderabad

Hyderabad, Sindh

is the second largest city in the Sindh province of Pakistan. It is the seventh largest city in the country. The city was founded in 1768 by Mian Ghulam Shah Kalhoro upon the ruins of a Mauryan fishing village along the bank of the Indus known as Neroon Kot...

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"Ishq munjhoon izhar thee ayo nehin karey nirwar thee ayo."