| Qazi Qadan | |||||||||
| Birth Date: | 1493 | ||||||||
| Birth Place: | Bakhar, Sindh, Samma Dynasty | ||||||||
| Death Place: | Madina, Hejaz, Ottoman Empire | ||||||||
| Father: | Abu Saeed Bakhari | ||||||||
| Children: | Bībī Fāṭima (daughter)[1] | ||||||||
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Qazi Qadan (1493–1551) (Sindhi: {{Naskh|قاضي قادن), born in Bakkar/Bukkur (present day Sukkur, Sindh), was the first Sindhi Sufi poet from Sindh in modern-day Pakistan, during the Samma Dynasty. He is also called "The Father of Classical Sindhi Poetry".[2] Qadan died in Madina, Hejaz, Ottoman Empire (present day Saudi Arabia).
There has been a dispute regarding his name. Some have listed it as "Qazi Qazan" and others "Qazi Qadam", the former appearing less frequently in the earliest sources. Many scholars have concluded "Qazi Qazan" was a misspelling of his real name "Qazi Qadan".
Masum Shah writes in his tariki e masoom, Qazi came from a pious religious family, his ancestors were from Sehwan and Thatta. His great grandfather Qazi Abdul-ul-Khair was first person who migrated to Bukkur.[3] His ancestors were from Sehwan, taking that reference many scholars likes of Daudpota have called Qazi Qadam, "Sehwani" (One who came from Sehwan).