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Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai

1690 - 1751

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Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai (Sindhi: شاه عبداللطيف ڀٽائي‎; 1689/1690 – 21 December 1752), commonly known by the honorifics Lakhino Latif, Latif Ghot, Bhittai, and Bhit Jo Shah, was a Sindhi Sufi mystic and poet from Pakistan, widely considered to be the greatest poet of the Sindhi language. Born to a Kazmi Sayyid family of Hala Haweli originating from Herat, near modern-day Hala, Bhittai grew up in the nearby town of Kotri Mughal. At the age of around 20, he left home and traveled throughout Sindh and neighboring lands, and met many mystics and Jogis, whose influence is evident in his poetry. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai has received more than 756,736 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai is the 5,533rd most popular writer, the 87th most popular biography from Pakistan and the 12th most popular Pakistani Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai ranks 5,533 out of 7,302. Before him are Michael Herr, Vladislav Krapivin, Antonia Fraser, Norman Cousins, Jacqueline Wilson, and Tim Powers. After him are Louis Guilloux, Uma Aaltonen, Rick Warren, Ramsey Campbell, Wajdi Mouawad, and Albert Engström.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1690, Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai ranks 16. Before him are Patrona Halil, Edward Low, Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel, Peter Tordenskjold, Kelemen Mikes, and Christopher Middleton. After him is John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville. Among people deceased in 1751, Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai ranks 25. Before him are John Machin, Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, George Graham, Princess Gisela Agnes of Anhalt-Köthen, Henri François d'Aguesseau, and Benjamin Robins.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai ranks 87 out of 217. Before him are Reginald Dyer (1864), Noor Jehan (1926), Shekhar Kapur (1945), Babita (1947), Muhammad Zafarullah Khan (1893), and Shaukat Aziz (1949). After him are Birbal Sahni (1891), Muhammad Khan Junejo (1932), Margaret Lockwood (1916), Raja Pervaiz Ashraf (1950), J. B. Kripalani (1888), and Sadhana Shivdasani (1941).

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Among WRITERS In Pakistan

Among writers born in Pakistan, Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai ranks 12. Before him are Rahman Baba (1632), Krishna Sobti (1925), Tariq Ali (1943), Faiz Ahmad Faiz (1911), Sultan Bahu (1630), and Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi (1941). After him are Mulk Raj Anand (1905), Khushwant Singh (1915), Asma Barlas (1950), Bhisham Sahni (1915), Parveen Shakir (1952), and Hamid Mir (1966).

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