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Saraiki literature is the literature of the Saraiki language, which is mostly spoken in central Pakistan. The main Saraiki-speaking areas are Multan, Bahawalpur, Dera Ghazi Khan, Dera Ismail Khan, Mianwali and Bhakkar. Saraiki is also spoken widely in the Sindh and Baluchistan provinces of Pakistan. Before the formation of Pakistan, Saraiki was written in Devanagari script by Hindus while Muslims always used Persian-Arabic script.Saraiki medium Saraiki University for Health , Engineering, Sciences & Arts is suggested, proposed and demanded due to the importance of this language.Saraiki is an official language of Saraiki daily newspaper Jhoke. It is also official language of Saraiki Parties such as Saraiki Qaumi Movement, Saraiki Qaumi Ittehad, Pakistan Saraiki Party

Since the start of consciousness-raising efforts about common ethnic language in the 1960s, the number of Saraiki publications has increased. Most of the writings from the 1960s to the 1980s were political in nature and are coloured by the ethnopolitical aims of the writers. Even though the number of publications has increased in the last and present decade, the Saraiki intellectuals themselves admit that there is not much readership, except perhaps for the works of some renowned contemporary poets, especially of the revolutionary poet Shakir Shujaabadi. Although writings in all the regional languages are suffering from lack of readership for similar reasons, in the case of Saraiki there are two additional reasons. Firstly, most of the writers bring in colloquial phraseology (which varies from one variety to the other) in their writings and secondly, many writers, in their zeal to prove the antiquity of Saraiki language and to promote its Indo-Aryan feature, tend to use more Sanskrit words instead of the more common Arabic-Persian words in order to distinguish it from Punjabi and Urdu, thus blocking the understanding of their general readers.

Folk literature and tales

There many folk tales associated with Ghazi Khan and his minister Gaaman Sachar, which is a legendary character in Saraiki folk tales.

Poetry

Some of the prominent Sindhi and Hindko poets have also done poetry in Saraiki. Sultan Bahu's (1628–1691) poetry is one of the examples of the junction of Saraiki and Punjabi.

Early poetry

There are very rare written poems available from the early history in Saraiki. The research is going on about the early Saraiki poetry.

18th century

• Sachal Sar Mast (1739–1829)

19th century

• Qadir Bux Bedil ( 1814–1873), known as Bedil Sindhi, has also written in Saraiki (Dewan-i-Bedil)
• Khawaja Ghulam Farid (1845–1901), his famous collection is Deewan-e-Farid. His poems, known as Kafi, are still famous.

20th century

• Shakir Shujabadi (Kalam-e-Shakir, Khuda Janey, Shakir Diyan Ghazlan, Peelay Patr, Munafqan Tu Khuda Bachaway, Shakir De Dohray are his famous books) is very well recognized modern poet.
• Ejaz Dervi
• Hamal Leghari (Dewan-i- Hamal)
• Lutf Ali (Saifal Nama)
• Rasheed Khan Qaisrani
• Khurum Bahawalpuri (Khiaban-i-Kurum)
• Safeer Leshari (Vepray)
• Mumtaz Haider Daher (Andharay-de- raat and Kashkool vich samandar)
• Ashoo Lal (Chhero hath nah murli)
• Iqbal Sokri (Kalay Roh, Chitti Baraf)
• Bashir Ghamkhawr
• Mustafa Khadim
• Refat Abbas (Parchhian ute Phul and Sangat Ved)
• Nasrullah Khan Nasir (Ajrak and Aoey Hoey)
• Qais Faridi (Nemro)
• Aman-ullah Arshad
• Naseer Sarmad (Sojhla)
• Saeed Akhtar Sial
• Bakht Fakir of Ahmad pur Lamma
• Ahamad Khan Tariq
• Hazrat Pir Mitha
• Ashaq Buzdar
• Haji Qadir Gurmani
• Nazir Leghari
• Safeer Lashari
• Fayyaz Baqir
• Mustafa Khadim
• Mohsin Naqvi
• Folk or Lok Gawan
• Nawab Wali Laghari
• Ghulam Hussan Taa-ib
• Janbaz Jatoi
• Nasrullah Khan Nasir
• Shamim Aarif Qureshi
• Yaasin Phhirwani
• Jahangir Mukhlis
• Tasleem Feroz
• Zubair Ahmad
• Tahir Shirazi
• Sadiq Junaid Hoat
• Saeed Sanwal
• Ahmad Aqeel
• Irshad Taunsvi
• Ahsan Wagha
• Suleman Sahoo
• Aziz Shahid
• Sajjad Bari
• 8Ahmad Khan Tariq
• Naseer Sarmad
• Abdul Latif Bhatti
• Riffat Abbas
• Shakir Shujabadi
• Iqbal Sokri
• Ashoo Lal
• Khawaja Ghulam Farid

Prose

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Novelists

• Ismail Ahmedani (1930-2007) is probably the most celebrated novelist and fiction writer in modern Saraiki literature. Ahmedani has done much to promote the Saraiki language as a language for modern fiction writing. He was awarded Khwaja Ghulam Farid award by the government of Pakistan on Chholian. Ismail Ahmedani died at Karachi on 6 June 2007 and buried in his home village of Rasoolpur.

Fiction authors

• Ismail Ahmedani (1930-2007), novelist and fiction writer, author of Amar Kahani, Peet de Pandh and Chhulian
• Ghazala Ahmedani, fiction writer, author of Aj de Marvi
• Mussrat Kalanchvi, fiction writer, author of Uchi Dharti Jhika Asman
• Batool Rahmani, fiction writer
• Zafar Lishari, fiction writer and novelist, author of novels Nazoo and Pahaj
• Ahsan Wagha, fiction writer, author of Thal Karen Darya and Aadi Was
• Hafeez Khan, fiction writer, author of Veendi Rut De Sham
• Aslam Aziz Durani, fiction writer
• Bast Bhutti, fiction writer

Linguists

• Mehr Abdul Haq (1915-1995), author of Multani Zaban Ka Urdu Se Taaluq
• Zami Bahawalpuri, author of Saraiki Lughat and Saraiki Zaban Ka Irtaqa
• Dilshad Kalanchvi, author of Saraiki Lisaniat
• Ahsan Wagha, M.Phil thesis The Saraiki Language: Its Growth and Development
• Shaukat Mughal, author of Saraiki Dian Khas Awazan Di Kahani, Saraiki Muhawaray, Saraiki Masadir, Saraiki Parhoon Te Saraiki Lekhoon and others

Critics

• Ejaz Dervi
• Sadique Taher, writer of the collection of articles Wewaray
• Javed Chandio, Head of the SAraiki Department in The islamia University of Bahawalpur(Pakistan). He is the first Ph.d in Saraiki literature from the Saraiki Department. Author/editor of eight books on Saraiki literature. writer of valuable critical work on Khwaja Ghulam Farid. His major works are Divan-i-Farid (1998), Khwaja Farid (1999), Allah Mailay Wal Sang Yaara (2003), Maqalaat (2003), Armughan-i-Khwaja Farid (2003), Saraiki Zaban Adab Aur Mua'shra (2007), Savail I & II (1995 & 1997). Having many valuable research articles on his credit. Edited the oldest qurterly journal "Saraiki" since 1999. Headed the oldest Saraiki literary organization "Saraiki Adbi Majlis(Regd.), Bahawalpur" Since 1999. The First Gold Medalist in M.A. Saraiki and the first regular teacher of the Saraiki language & Literature in any University of Pakistan. He is still teaching in the University.

Dramatists

• Ismail Ahmedani
• Hafeez Khan

See also

• Saraiki people
• Saraiki language
• Saraiki culture
• Saraikistan
• Saraiki Waseb
• Sauvira Kingdom
• Christopher Shackle, a researcher on Saraiki language

References

1. http://www.wasaib.com/shakir-shujabadi/
2. http://iub.edu.pk/teacher.php?dept_id=26&teacher_id=563

External links

• Saraiki Web Portal
• http://www.seraikigeet.com

• Articles with too many examples from April 2010
• Pakistani literature
• Pakistani literature by language
• Seraiki culture