Sabit Ali Shah

Syed Sabit Ali Shah (1740–1810) was a Sindhi poet born in Sehwan, Sindh in the Kalhora Dynasty.

Family and education His father Syed Madar Ali Shah had three sons including Syed Sabit Ali Shah. Syed Sabit Ali Shah received early education from his teacher Akhund Abdul Rehman. When his teacher went on Hajj, he started learning Quranic teaching from Mule Chaker and Persian from Akhund Elyas. His first teacher in poetry was Makhdom Noor ul Haq Mushtaqi, and finally with Mian Sarfraz Khan Kalhoro he became the pupil of Ghulam Ali Madah.

He was The Court Poet under Mian Sarfraz Khan Kalhoro and Mir Karam Ali Talpur His first student in elegy was Mirza Murad Ali Baigh.

Death Syed Sabit Ali Shah died in 1810 (1225 Hijri), and he was entombed in Sehwan, Sindh, where the great shrine was built on his grave.