Lutf Ali Explained

Lutf Ali
Birth Date:	1716
Death Date:	1794 (aged 77–78)

Lutf Ali (1716–1794) was a saraiki^[1] poet from Bahawalpur, Punjab. He was born in the village of Mao in present day Rahim Yar Khan District. He wrote the popular narrative poem Saifalnāma in 1781 based on a tale from the One Thousand and One Nights.

Bibliography

• Book: Shackle, Christopher. Christopher Shackle. The Siraiki language of central Pakistan : a reference grammar. 1976. London. School of Oriental and African Studies.
• Wagha. Muhammad Ahsan. 1997. The development of Siraiki language in Pakistan. Ph.D.. School of Oriental and African Studies. 2016-12-26. 2017-02-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20170214205829/http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.267685. dead. (requires registration).

Notes and References

1. Web site: lutf ali . 2023-10-11 . www.libertybooks.com.