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Shams-ul-Ulama Dr. Umar Bin Mohammad Daudpota was a Researcher

Researcher

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, Historian

Historian

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, Linguist and dutiful Scholar of great Indus Valley, internationally acclaimed scholar as he served the field of literature

Literature

Literature is the art of written works, and is not bound to published sources...

. Umar Bin Muhammad Daudpota was born in 1897 and died in 1958.

Life History

Daudpota was born on June 1, 1897 (some say March 15, 1896), at Talti, Dadu District

Dadu District

Dadu is a district of Sindh Province, Pakistan.Dadu district was created in 1933 by the British Indian administration by merging Kotri and Kohistan tehsils from Karachi district and Mehar, Khairpur Nathan Shah, Dadu, Johi and Sehwan tehsils from Larkana district. The population of the district is...

. His family was poor. His father, Mohammad Daudpota, was a farmer

Farmer

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and a Carpenter

Carpenter

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. He got his primary education in his home town. For secondary education, he went to Larkana

Larkana

Larkana or Larkano is the fourth largest city in the north-western part of Sindh Province, Pakistan, and is located within Larkana District.The old name of larkano is chandka which was changed in 1901. In August 2000 Larkana celebrated its hundred years of existence...

in 1914and later on Madressah school of Naushahro Feroze

Naushahro Feroze

Naushahro Feroze , is town in Naushahro Feroze District, Sindh, Pakistan. Naushahro Feroze is the capital of Naushahro Feroze District. The district is located at 26°50'0N 68°7'0E with an altitude of 38 metres ....

. Eventually, he passed Matriculation

Matriculation

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from Sindh-Madrasa-tul-Islam

Sindh-Madrasa-tul-Islam

Sindh Madrasa-tul-Islam: is a high school in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.Sindh Madrasa was founded in 1st September, 1885 bySindh Madrasa-tul-Islam: is a high school in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.Sindh Madrasa was founded in 1st September, 1885 bySindh Madrasa-tul-Islam: is a high school in 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...

. He got first position in 1917. After passing his Matriculation, he went to D. J. Science College

D. J. Science College

D. J. Science College is an educational institute located in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.- History :Inaugurated as Sindh Arts College by Lord Reay, Governor of Bombay, on January 17, 1882, the college was renamed D. J. Science College upon completion of the present structure in 1887...

, 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...

at Karachi

Karachi

, where he passed his examinations getting first position overall. The Government of India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

awarded him scholarship

Scholarship

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for higher studies at Cambridge University. In 1927 he wrote his doctoral thesis entitled "The effect of [[Arabic]] Poetry on Persian Poetry" and got the degree of Ph.D. After completion of his doctoral degree he returned to his homeland in 1927 and was appointed as Principal of Sindh-Madrasa-tul-Islam

Sindh-Madrasa-tul-Islam

. Later on, he joined Ismail College Bombay as professor of Arabic. He continued working there for 9 years. He was appointed Director of Public Instruction in Sindh

Sindh

in 1939 taking over from Khan Bahadur Ghulam Nabi Kazi

Khan Bahadur Ghulam Nabi Kazi

Khan Bahadur Ghulam Nabi Kazi MBE was a veteran educationist of Sind and rose to the position of the first Director of Public Instruction Sindh after remaining Educational Inspector Sindh in the Bombay Presidency....

. He was given the appellation [honorary title] of Shams-ul-Ulama (Sun of the Scholars) from the British Government in 1940. He was a member of the Pakistan Public Service Commission

Pakistan Public Service Commission

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from 1950 to 1955. He performed Hajj

Hajj

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in 1955. He served as superior (care taker) of Quarterly Mehran in 1957. Dr. Daudpoto did his scholarly research work in English

English language

English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

, Arabic

Arabic language

Arabic is a name applied to the descendants of the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century AD, used most prominently in the Quran, the Islamic Holy Book...

, Persian

Persian language

Persian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence...

and Sindhi

Sindhi language

Sindhi is the language of the Sindh region of Pakistan that is spoken by the Sindhi people. In India, it is among 22 constitutionally recognized languages, where Sindhis are a sizeable minority. It is spoken by 53,410,910 people in Pakistan, according to the national government's Statistics Division...

languages. His fields of research included History

History

History is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians...

, Poetry

Poetry

Poetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning...

, Criticism

Criticism

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, Biography

Biography

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, Research

Research

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, Religion

Religion

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and Sindhi literature

Sindhi literature

Sindhi literature is very rich and is generally considered to be among the world's oldest. Its writers have contributed extensively in various forms of literature both in poetry and prose.- Sufi literature and poetry :...

. He wrote more than two dozens books and a number of columns and essays. Dr Daudpota died on November 22, 1958 at Karachi

Karachi

. His last resting place is at the Shrine

Shrine

A shrine is a holy or sacred place, which is dedicated to a specific deity, ancestor, hero, martyr, saint, daemon or similar figure of awe and respect, at which they are venerated or worshipped. Shrines often contain idols, relics, or other such objects associated with the figure being venerated....

of Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai

Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai

Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai was a Sindhi Sufi scholar, mystic, saint, poet, and musician. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest poets of the Sindhi language...

at Bhitshah.

In Karachi

Karachi

, Dr. Daud Pota Road‎ was named after Dr. Umar Bin Mohammad Daudpota.

Sources

Maro je Malir Ja By Khadim Hussain Chandio
Muhammad Umar Chand A Sindhi Scholar
Mangrio

Life History

Sources

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