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About Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai

Shah Abdul Latif, a Sayed and a Saint, a great scholar, an observer, a thinker, and a mystic, and an unobtrusive missionary, and more prominently an illustrious spiritualised poet of many dimensions, was born in 1102 A.H. corresponding to 1689 A.D. in Hala Haveli near Khatiyan village in Hala Taluka of Hyderabad District, Sind. His ancestors originally belonged to Herat in Afghanistan. One of them, Mir Hyder Shah, had visited Sind and married and remained at Hala for about 31/2 years. He then went back to Herat. It is said that Shah’s father Sayed Habib Shah had shifted from Matyari, his ancestral place, to Bhainpur to have spiritual contacts with Makhdum Bilawal, a local pious man. He is different from Makhdum Bilal of Dadu district, who had died earlier during the reign of the Arghuns.The poet seems to have received good education. It commenced at the madressah of Akhund Noor Muhammad Bhatti, situated about 6 miles away from Shah’s residence. Whether it was continued and concluded cannot be ascertained. Some persons think that Shah had no schooling. That is simply absurd. One has only to read his Risalo to admit it. He was proficient in the knowledge of the Quran,…