Mir Ali Sher Qaune Thattvi
BornMir Ali Sher Shirazi
1728 (1728)
Thatta
Died1788 (aged 5960)
Thatta
Pen nameQaune
Occupationhistorian, poet and hagiographer
LanguagePersian
GenreHistory, Masnavi, Ghazal
Notable worksTuhfatul Kiram
Makli Namah
Divan-e-Ali Sher
Maqalat al-Shora

Mir Ali Sher Thattavi, Qaune (b.1728 - d.1788) was a Sindhi Muslim historian born after the rule of Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb. It has been said that he composed his first verses of poetry while still a boy, he studied the Fatawa-e-Alamgiri and later began to write essays independently. Thereafter began a career as a scholar, poet and historian. He went on to produce a great number of works under the pen-name Qani, on a variety of topics, including: the works of Al-Ghazali, Rumi. His most prominent work was the Gift of the Generous (Tuhfatul karaam) was his most famous work it dealt with a compendium of the lives of Sufis from the times of Muhammad until the late 12th/18th century, an account of the martyrs of Karbala, and a work of general history.[1]

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