Hyderabad
The speakers paid homage and sparkling tribute to eminent literary legend Shams-ul-Ulema Mirza Qaleech Baig for his services in the domain of Sindhi language and literature.
They said that Mirza Qaleech Baig was an exceptional, international phenomenon whose influence went beyond his age and country but he was denied international fame for reasons yet to be discovered through research.
They expressed these remarks in a solemn ceremony organized by Shams-ul-Ulema Mirza Qaleech Baig Reseach Chair University of Sindh, Jamshoro at the Senate Hall of the Vice Chancellor Secretariat to mark 91st anniversary of legendary scholar Shams-ul-Ulemma Mirza Qaleech Baig.
The Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Fateh Muhammad Burfat presided over the ceremony whereas, Mirza Aijaz Ali Baig, the grandson of Mirza Qaleech Baig, Director Shah Abdul Latif Research Chair, University of Karachi Prof. Muhammad Saleem Memon and well-known writer Nafees Ahmed Shaikh were in participation as special guests/ speakers.
In his remarks, the Vice Chancellor said that Qaleech Baig was the most voluminous and versatile Sindhi writer in all branches of poetry and prose, and on all kinds of subjects from theology to horticulture and agriculture whose bibliography reached the 480 mark.