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Naz, H., D.R. (2015). Significance of the Malfuz Literature as an Alternative Source of History: A Critical Study on the Tadhkirat Al-Murad as the Earliest Malfuz Compiled in Sindh. Pakistan Historical Society. Journal of the Pakistan Historical Society, 63(2), 83-99.
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Sufism has become a primary marker of Sindhi identity for both Muslims and Hindus. Sufism ideology is continued to be practiced by locals even though some terrorists have tried to attack sufism by attacking modern sufis like
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and other poetic Persian mystics were keenly studied by both Hindu and Muslim scholars. Sachal was deeply influenced by Attar. Shah Abdul Latif was influenced by
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were disciples of Baba Farid and Lal Shahbaz Qalandar who were greatly inspired by them and continued to spread Sufism in Sindh in
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The philosophy of Persian poets deeply influenced Sindhi Sufistic thought and poetry. During Muslim rule in Sindh, the works of
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Bahauddin Zakariya, Lal Shahbaz Qalandar, Baba Farid and Syed Jalalauddin Bukhari, together became known as the legendary
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wrote that the kafi music originated from Sindh. The art of 'musical narration' had received patronisation under the
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Ansari, Sarah FD. Sufi saints and state power: the pirs of Sind, 1843-1947. No. 50. Cambridge University Press, 1992.
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Boivin, Michel. "Devotional Literature and Sufism in Sindh in the Light of Dr. NB Baloch's contribution." 
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was one of the greatest admirers of Mansur Hallaj and pays homage to him in his poetry frequently.
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Statue of Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai, A Sufi Saint and National poet of Sindh. in
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Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan: Sindhi Adabi Board (1986). See pp. 150.
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Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan: Sindhi Adabi Board (1986). See pp. 5.
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who is also known as "The Father of Classical Sindhi Poetry".
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Wiesbaden, Germany: Otto Harrassowitz (1974). See pp. 10.
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Index

Sufism (disambiguation)
Sufism
Sindh
mystics
Makli Hill
Thatta
Abdullah Shah Ghazi
Muslim
Sufis
Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya
Muhammad
Fatimah
Husain ibn Mansur al Hallaj
Anal Haqq
Gujarat
Sachal Sarmast

Sufi
12th Century
Mu'in al-Din Chishti
Chishtiyya order
South Asia
Lal Shahbaz Qalandar
Qalandariyya
Baha-ud-din Zakariya
Sunni
Suhrawardiyya
Baghdad
South Asia
Baba Farid

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