ABDUL MAJEED SINDHI. MEMON (Prominent scholar, Intelluctual and Linguist)

Dr. Memon Abdul Majeed Sindhi was born on 1^st January 1930 in a village Mari near Shikarpur District. He has been a well prominent scholar, intellectual, critic and a linguist. He got early education at his village but due to flood the whole family migrated to Shikarpur where he was admitted in the Madarsa of Molvi Fazlullah. He learnt Arabic, Persian, Quran Nazra and Qirat. He completed middle from Shikarpur, Matric in 1952 from Larkana and Diploma in Civil Engineering from Sukkur in 1954. After that, he was appointed as a clerk in revenue department. Meanwhile he did B.A and transferred from Revenue Department to Water Management Department. Being in this department he made the most of the time and did M.A and LL.B. In 1963 he became lecturer in Islamia College Sukkur. Together with principal of the college, Shaikh Abdul Razzak “Raz”, he started a trend of celebrating academic and literary activities to be celebrated every year in the college such as debates, poetic sessions, Youm e Latif, Youm e Sachal and Youm e Bedal. He also became founder of Sindhi Adabi Society & Latif Academy. After 1972, he remaind principal of different colleges. In 1974, he got P.hd degree from University of Sindh. His Ph.d research paper was on Bayan ul afreen Sindhi ji Tarteeb ain Uptaar. In 1988 he was appointed as a guide for M.Phil and Ph.d students at Shah Abdul Latif University Khairpur and continued till death. He also worked at many other government and non government departments. He started writing since 1953 with a pen name Faiq. His start was with poetry but later he took much interest in prose. He started writing many articles and essays in almost all the magazines and newspapers. He published almost 66 books in Sindhi and Urdu languages on different topics. He was a very nice and kind person. He loved Sindh and Sindhi language and literature. All the work that he has given in Sindhi and Urdu is about Sindh. He also wrote on mysticism. His books are really an asset for Sindhi literature. He also owned a personal library which consisted of 19000 books including the oldest books of 12^th century. Government of Pakistan awarded him  Tamgha e Imtiaz  on 23 March 1983. In 1991, he wrote a Sindhi book for class IX & X which was considered to be the best text book . Federal Text Book Board and Sindh Text Book Board honoured him with award for this work. Among his published books some names are mentioned here: Door(folk literature), Manik Moti Laal, Kareem Jo Kalam, Des Des Joon Kahaniyun, Fikr e Latif, Jotiyun Jawaharan Joon, Sindhi Adab Jo Tareekhi Jaizo, Rati Ji Rihan, Sachal Jo saniho, Tazkra e Shahbaz, Park ain Paror, Sindhi Mein Naatia Shairi, Sirat u Nabi, Porhey Jo Maan, Latifi laat, Ghariyun Ghariyam Jin Seen, Tareekh Ja Wikhriyal Warq and Sindhi Text Book for IX & X. He fell from the flight of stairs at home and was injured on 9^th February 1996. Unbearable pain did not gave him much time to survive and he left this world on 11^th February 1996.