![]() But ʿAbd-al-Vahhāb Sačal, it is said, “lifted the lid from the kettle” and sang of his firm belief in the Unity of Being in enthusiastic verses which bear comparison with the great mystical poetry of Iran and Turkey. Until 1826, when he died in his birthplace at the age of almost ninety lunar years, Sačal led a solitary, reclusive life, though he did attract followers, most of whom indulged in music and dance and occasionally also in narcotics.įrom the 16th to the early 18th century Sindhi poetry developed a very distinctive way of alluding to the secrets of the Truth, using hidden puns and a grammatically complicated style. He was educated in the local madrasa (traditional school), where he acquired knowledge of both Arabic and Persian his uncle, ʿAbd-al-Ḥaqq, instructed him in the mystical path and is praised by him as his true pīr. The grandson of a noted faqir, ʿAbd-al-Vahhāb was born in 1739 in Daraz (Drazan) near Ranipur in the Khaipur district of Upper Sind. Sačal is one of the numerous poets in the Indus valley who composed mystical poetry not only in their native tongue, Sindhi, and its northern dialect, Siraiki, but also in Urdu and Persian. ʿABD-AL-VAHHĀB SAČAL SARMAST ĀŠKĀR, late 18th-early 19th century Sindhi mystical poet. ![]()
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