* He was born in 1690 & died in 1752.
* Belongs to a notable Sayyed family of Mattiaree(mutaalvi sadaat).
* His father Shah Habib was also a poet.
* Great Saint-Poet Shah Karim Bulrai was his great grand father. A contemporary of Bhagat Kabir.
* Shah Latif was fifty years old when Nadir Shah sacked Delhi & made Sindh tributary to Persia.
* He was fifty eight when Ahmed Shah Durrani captured Delhi & founded modern Afghanistan & made Sindh subject to Kabul.
* Six years after his death second East India Company’s factory was established at Thatta.
* He is one of the greatest poet of globe(world).
* He produced a very considerable quantity of poetry : called Shah jo Risalo.
* He was not active against stirring political events. He lived a secluded life as a Sufi-Saint- Poet at Bhit.
* But he wrote intensely, deeply , symbolically about the tyranny of the time.
* His melodious & embalming poetry contains enormous layers of wisdom and aesthetic pleasure.
* The divine message of his poetry emerges as it was sung.
* Poetic truth in his poetry stimulates emotional level of hearer, and that’s the power & appeal of the poetry.
* All from Beloved’s side is sweet پريان سندي پار جي مڙئي مٺائي
What ever He gives to you ڪانهي ڪڙائي چکين جي چيت ڪري
There is no bitter, if you knew
the secret how to taste .
* As a young boy he was very different from the rest:
Fond of loneliness.
Loved to wander.
Contemplative & thoughtful.
* He was a gentleman with manners & speech.
* Kind, compassionate, generous.
* As a worthy person with a charismatic persona he intensely appeals to the downtrodden people.
* He has an enormous message of Peace and tranquility for whole Universe:
On my Sindh aye shed water, O! Lord,
And plenty, Mercy’s self, accord .
Make this whole world to burgeon with thy grace of rainy deeds.
* سائين سدائين، ڪرين مٿي سنڌ سۡـڪار
دوست مٺا دلدار،عالم سڀ آباد ڪرين
