Din Muhammad Wafai Explained

Din Muhammad Wafai
دين محمد وفائي
Birth Date:4 April 1894
Death Date:10 April 1950
Death Place:Sukkur, Sindh
Occupation:Scholar, poet, journalist
Nationality:Pakistani
Citizenship:Pakistani
Genre:Prose, Poetry

Din Muhammad Wafai ([<nowiki/>[[Sindhi language|Sindhi]]: مولانا دين محمد وفائي], 4 April 1894 - 10 April 1950) was a writer, poet and journalist of Sindhi language who was a member of the Khilafat Movement.

Childhood and Education

Din Muhammad Wafai was born on 4 April 1894 in the village of Khathi (Sindhi: کٿي) of taluka Garhi Yaseen, district Shikarpur, Sindh, Pakistan.[1] His father Khalifo Hakeem Gul Muhammad Bhatti was a scholar and poet.[2] He received early education from his father, who died when he was nine years old.[3] He then learnt Persian from Muhammad Alim and Arabic from Ghulam Umar of Sonu Jatoi and Ghulam Qasim of Garhi Yaseen.[4]

Career

He started his career as a journalist in 1916 from Ranipur, when he launched a monthly magazine Sahifa Qadria. He then launched magazine Alkashif in 1918. He joined the daily Al-Waheed in 1920 as an assistant editor.[5] He launched monthly Tauhid from Karachi in 1923,[6] and Alhizb newspaper in 1927.[7] He was appointed as an editor of daily Al-Waheed in 1930. He also served as an editor of the daily Azad. In 1940,[8] he was selected as a member of the central advisory board for promotion of Sindhi literature and also a member of the Sindhi Dictionary committee. He was also member of the editorial board of the literary magazine Mehran published by the Sindhi Adabi Board.[9] After the creation of Pakistan, in January 1949, Sindh government formed a committee to write and edit Sindhi course books, and Wafai was a member of that committee.[10]

Books

Din Muhammad Wafai authored more than 60 books.[11] These include:

Death

Din Muhammad Wafai died on 10 April 1950 in Sukkur. He was buried in Waria Jo Tarr graveyard of Sukkur.[12]

Notes and References

  1. Khushk . Afshan Khatoon . Rind . Bashir Ahmed . 2018 . A Research Review of Maulana Din Muhammad Wafai's Work on Religious and Literary Biography . The Scholar . Urdu . 4 . 2 . 84–105.
  2. Web site: مولانا دین محمد وفائی . 2022-06-11 . jang.com.pk.
  3. Book: Sheedai, Rahimdad Khan Maulai . تاريخ سکر . . 1992 . 1st . . 432 . Sindhi.
  4. Web site: شیخ . طارق عزیز . 2022-04-04 . مولانا دین محمد وفائی . 2022-06-11 . ہم سب . ur.
  5. Web site: Maulana Din Muhammad Wafai – Daily News . 2022-06-10 . en-US.
  6. Web site: Bio-bibliography.com - Authors . 2022-06-11 . www.bio-bibliography.com.
  7. Book: Shah Jahanpuri, Abu Salman . مولانا دین محمد وفائی . Maulana Din Muhammad Wafai Academy . 1992 . 1st . Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan . 24 . Urdu.
  8. Web site: 2022-04-05 . مولانا دین محمد وفائی… سندھ کے وہ عالم جس نے قلم کی طاقت سے قوم کو بیدار کیا . 2022-06-11 . Nawaiwaqt . ur.
  9. Book: Abro, Habib . مولانا دين محمد وفائي (Maulana Din Muhammad Wafai) . Sindh Culture and Tourism Department, Government of Sindh . 1990 . 1st . Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan . 18 . Sindhi.
  10. Web site: دين محمد وفائي مولانا : (Sindhianaسنڌيانا) . 2022-06-10 . www.encyclopediasindhiana.org . sd.
  11. Web site: مولانا دین محمد وفائی . 2022-06-11 . akhbar-e-jehan.com . en.
  12. Book: Girami, Ghulam Muhammad . ويا سي وينجھار . . 1977 . 1st . . Sindhi.

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