Mirza Qaleech Baig Explained

Mirza Kalich Baig مرزا قليچ بیگ
Birth Date:	1853 10, df=yes
Birth Place:	Tando Thoro, Hyderabad, Bombay Presidency, British India (now in Pakistan)
Death Place:	Buland Shah, Tando Thoro

Mirza Qaleech Baig (Sindhi: مرزا قليچ بيگ) was a Sindhi scholar within Sindhi literature. He was born on 4 October 1853 in Tando Thoro on the bank of Phuleli Canal in Hyderabad, British India (presently in Pakistan).^[1]

Family chronicle

The lives of the Mirza family and their Georgian connections are a subject of the 2005 book A Georgian Saga: From the Caucasus to the Indus by family's scion Meherafroze Mirza Habib, Vice-President of All Pakistan Women's Association.^[2]

Books

He wrote 457 books in 43 disciplines, "including chemistry, physics, biology, zoology, plant sciences, Sindhi literature and anthropology" and in over eight languages, including Sindhi, Persian, Arabic, English, while he knew 25 languages as a whole.^[3]

Mirza Kalich's books include:^[4]

• Maqalat-ul-Hikmat
• Khoodyari
• Alamat-ul-Quran (Signs of Quran)
• Bagh ae Bayani
• Hashrat-ul-Arz
• Zameen pokhin jo ilm ae Hunr
• Keemya-e-Saaat
• Dilaram
• Zeenat novel^[5]
• Sao Pan Karo Pano (Auto-Biography)^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tribute to Qaleech Baig & Shah Bokhari. uzairakhan. 2010-10-18. DAWN.COM. en. 2019-06-02.
2. Meherafroze Mirza Habib (2005), A Georgian Saga: From the Caucasus to the Indus. Oxford University Press,
3. Imdad Ali Khushik (4 July 2019), "Mirza Qaleech Baig remembered on his 90th death anniversary", Daily Times. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
4. Web site: Homage paid to Shamsul Ulema Mirza Qaleech Baig. 2009-10-06. DAWN.COM. en. 2019-06-02.
5. Book: Beg, Mirzā Qalīc. Zeenat: Novel. 2009. Shams-ul-Ulama Mirza Kalich Beg Chair, Faculty of Arts, University of Sindh. en.
6. Web site: HYDERABAD: SU to display Qaleech Baig's literary works. 2008-12-17. DAWN.COM. en. 2019-06-02.