Being centrally connected to the River Indus has gained an advantage in horticulture and farming over the years. The region of Sindh is positioned atop a fertile land making conditions suitable for farming and irrigation. This research paper is confined to the Sur Maaree ‘Socio-Linguistic and Cultural Study of Dhatki Language in Sur Maaree’ which purely belongs to the area of Thar. He used Dhatki language frequently in all surs of his poetry. Like a genius artist, he used a kind of language in cultural background related to characters of Dhat/ Dhaat (Thar). In his Risalo’s Surs, fifteen surs have direct or indirect connection with this region.

He borrowed various folk tales from this region, and composed poetry based on those tales. He was inspired and impressed by all facets. He heard folk literature, especially folk tales in their native language, Dhatki. It is not proved decisively if it is a language, dialect or sub-dialect, it needs more research. They said, Dhatki is a mixture or dialect of Sindhi Language or she is a sub-dialect of Thari dialect of Sindhi. Baloch narrated that Dhatki is not an independent language. Abdul Jabbar Junejo and Hidayat prem, including Kako Bheeroo Mal Mehrchand Aadvani and Dr. Dhat/ Dhaat is neighbouring area surrounded by Marwar (Rajistan), Kathiawar, Kutch, Laar, and Naaro. He observed the culture, language(s), and other aspects of social life of inborn people. Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai visited Dhat/ Dhaat (Thar) several times. Its language is Dhatki, inhabitants are called Dhaati. ‘Buu-e-gul, Naala-e-dil’ and ‘Neel Kanth Aur Neem ke Patte’ are the two compilations of his Urdu poetry.Īyaz passed away on 28th December, 1997 in Karachi after a cardiac arrest.Dhat or Dhaat is the central part of Thar. Besides, he was also a jail mate of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, the former prime minister of Pakistan, during the regime of General Ayub Khan.

The poetry of Sheikh Ayaz played a major role in the development of progressive thinking in his country, particularly in Sindh, where there was already a very strong imprint of Shah Abdul Latif’s mystic poetry. He was rewarded with Sitara-e-Imtiaz for his literary services. Owing to its high aesthetic value, his poetry has been translated into several major languages of the world including English, Urdu, Sindh, French, Chinese, Russian and others. He also translated ‘Shah Jo Risalo’, a famous Sindhi text, into Urdu. He wrote more than 50 books on poetry, besides penning biographies, articles and short stories in both Sindhi and Urdu.

He introduced several modern trends in Sindhi and Urdu literature. Sheikh Ayaaz was born in Shikarpur, Sindh.

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