Sindhi, the official language from ancient to caliphate and even in the British era, has been banned since 1947

 Sindhi, the official language from ancient to caliphate and even in the British era, has been banned since 1947 

۰Abū Maʿshar al-Sindī (d. Ramaḍān 170/ 787 AD), was a traditionist, a narrator of historical events and one of the first narrators of the biography of the Prophet (sīra).

.Sind ibn Ali-Musa, Sind ibn ʿAlī (died after 864 AD), was a renowned Sindhi Muslim an eighth-century astronomer, translator, mathematician and engineer employed at the court of the Abbasid caliph Al-Ma’mun. A later convert to Islam, his father was a learned astronomer who lived and worked in Baghdad.

He is known to have translated and modified the Zij al-Sindhind. The Zij al-Sindhind was the first astronomical table ever introduced in the Muslim World. As a mathematician Sanad ibn ʿAlī was a colleague of al-Khwarizmi and worked closely with Yaqūb ibn Tāriq together they calculated the diameter of the Earth and other astronomical bodies. He also wrote a commentary on Kitāb al-ğabr wa-l-muqābala and helped prove the works of al-Khwarizmi. The decimal point notation to the Arabic

numerals was introduced by Sanad ibn Ali.

۰Abu Raja Al-Sindi 321 AH/d. 10th century AD, was an Arabic scholar of Sindhi origin in the present day Pakistan. He specialised in the study of Quran, Hadith and Arab literature. He is ranked among the foremost poets of Arabic and sindhi from Mansura, Sindh.  

.Abū ʿAṭāʾ al-Sindī, Aflaḥ (or Marzūq) b. Yasār (d. probably between 136/754 and 158/775), was one of the mukhaḍramū al-dawlatayn poets (i.e., those who lived in the late Umayyad and early ʿAbbāsid periods). His father came from India (al-Sind), and he himself grew up as a mawlā in Kufa. 

۰Shaikh-ul-Islam Makhdoom Muhammad Hashim Thattvi (1692- 1761)was an islamic scholar, author, philanthropist, and a spiritual leader who was considered a saint by his followers. He was the first ever translator of the Quran in Sindhi language.He also ran the office of the Chief Justice and remained the Governor of Sindh. Makhdoom was also a feudal lord and tribe chief. He was the leading Islamic theologian and the Imam of the Grand Mosque at Thatha. He engaged himself in missionary duties and was famous among Sufis. He wrote Madah Nama Sindh (a book about Islam in Sindhi society and culture), Dirham al-Surrat Fi Wada al-Yadayn Taht al-Surrah (a book based on the Hanafi theology), AlBaqiyat as-Salihat (a biography of great Islamic figures) and other books. His religious guidance shaped Sindhi culture and Islamic tradition in Sindh. He was considered to be a leading expert authority on the Fatawa-e-Alamgiri. He belonged to the Qadri order of Sufism, and followed the Hanafi school of thought. He has a large following throughout the Muslim world specially in Sindh and Thattha district.Makhdoom Hashim wrote around 400 books, some of them are lost.Major part of his works related to Fiqh his work still taught in Al-Azhar Egypt and universities of turkey

.Imam Abul Hassan Al-Sindi (d.1176 AH/1724 AD). His full name was Abu'l Hasan bin Abu'l Hadi Al Sindi. He was a famous scholar of the Qur'an and Sunnah in Medina who is known as the founder of the modern Sindhi writing system. the muhadith of al-Madina al-Munawra and one of those who served the Sunnah from the latest generation (of the scholars) and his services cannot be disregarded. He has footnotes on the six books, Musnad Ahmad and al-adkar al-Nawawia, his footnote on al-Bukhari, al-Nesa’i, ibn Majah are published and his footnotes on Musnad imam Ahmad. I have the first quarter of it and the reader cannot dispense from reading it. He has footnotes on Sharh al-Nukhba and Sheikh Ismail bin Muhammad Saeed said about him: ‘He was one of the researchers, hufaz and great auditors’. He narrated from al-Shams Muhammad bin Abdulrasool al-Berzenji, al-Burhan al-Korani, Abdullah al-Basri and this generation. He died in the year 1139 at al-Madina al-Munawra and the chain of narration is linked to him in a successive chain from Sheikh Muhammad Saeed Zaman al-Sindi from his father Sheikh Muhammad Zaman al-Sindi from Sheikh Abed al-Sindi from his uncle Muhammad Hussain ibn Murad al-Sindi from Abi al-Hassan Muhammad bin Sadiq al-Sindi from Sheikh Muhammad Hayat al-Sindi. 

.Al-Sindi Muhammad bin Abdulhadi al-Sindi Noor al-Deen Abu al-Hassan al-Hanafi, the resident of Madina al-Munawra. Died in year 1138 H. From his books: Bahjat al-Nadar ala Sharh Nukhbat al-Fikr fi Uool al-Hadith, Hashya ala al-Adkar of al-Nawawi, Hashya ala Anwar al-Tanzeel of al-Baydhawi, Hashya ala Sharh J’ame al-J’awame, Hashya ala al-Zahrawin of Ali al-Qari, Hashya ala al-Mujtaba Sharh Sunnan al-Nesa’i, Hashya ala Sharh Musnad imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal, al-Hawashy ala al-Kutub al-Satah except the Hashya of al-Tirmidhi which was incomplete, Fath al-Wadood be Sharh Sunnan abi Dawoud, Manhal al-Hudat Sharh M’adan al-Salawat. 

.Muhammad al-Sindi (1138 H – 000) ( 1726 – 000) Muhammad bin Abdulhadi al-Sindi, then become al-Madani, al-Hanafi ( Abu al-Hassan al-Kabir), Muhadith, Hafiz, Mufasir, Faqih.

He was born in Sind and attained knowledge from the scholars (of Sind), he then migrated to the holy Haramayn (Makka & Madina) from where he acquired knowledge from a group and residents in Madina and studied at the shrine of the Holy Prophet until he died there in the month of Shawwal.

From his authorship Hashya ala Sunnan ibn Majah, Hashya ala Tafsir al-Baydhawi, Hashya ala Sharh Ja’me al-J’awame, Hashya ala Fath al-Qadir of ibn Humam about the Furu of Hanafi fiqh and Fath al-Wadood be Sharh Sunnan abi Dawoud. 

.(Kushadim), Mahmoud bin Al-Hussein bin Ibrahim bin Al-Sindi.

An accomplished poet, a writer, from the authors of creation, he was one of the famous poets in the Abbasid era, and one of the poets of the court of Saif al-Dawla al-Hamdani[r].  His origins are Sind, but his family was residing in Iraq, and he grew up in (Al-Ramla) of the cities of Palestine, to which he was attributed (Al-Ramli).  Kashajem belongs to a family of social and scientific importance, which had contact with the service of the caliphs and princes since the era of Al-Mansur and Harun Al-Rashid, until he served in the Saif Al-Dawla Palace.  He moved at an early age from Ramleh to Mosul, and joined the service of Abu al-Hija Abdullah bin Hamdan, the father of Saif al-Dawla.  After that, he returned to the Levant, moving between Jerusalem, Aleppo and Baghdad, and finally settled in Aleppo, but he was very nostalgic and longing for Egypt, and from what he said about it:

.Sultan Jam Nizammudin bin Mubarak II reigned from 1461 to 1509 and, along with Sindh, ruled portions of Punjab and Balochistan as well. His rule is known as the golden age in the history of Sindh. During his time, Thatta, had a population of 2.5-5 lakh There were 4,000 boats in Thatta region. 1,400 mosques and all used to remain full at all prayer times. 1,000 educational intuitions. During his time, Trade, Business and Education flourished. People of Sindh were prosperous and Happy. Many people from Arabia, Iran, Afghanistan and India side used to migrate to Sindh for a better education and lifestyle Sindh was also the most peaceful kingdom in the region.. He was known for his progressive ideals and his was a peaceful rule. He was a deeply religious man and was known for his pleasant disposition. His kingdom was based on strict Islamic rule where the welfare and safety of all was of paramount concern; travellers could pass through his land without being harmed. After his succession to the throne, he travelled with a large army to Bakkhar, rooting out troublemakers and robbers who had made the life of his people difficult. Jam Nizamudin spent much of his time in discourse with learned men of his time. He was known as a seeker of knowledge. It is said that Jalaluddin Rumi sent two of his pupils, Mir Shamsuddin and Mir Muin, to Thatta to arrange for his asylum. When Jam Nizam came to know of this, he sent Rumi’s pupils back with a generous amount of money for travelling expenses and instructed them to return with Rumi immediately. He then ordered spacious, comfortable homes to be prepared for Rumi to live in. Unfortunately, by the time Mir Shamsuddin and Mir Muin reached Persia, Rumi had passed away.

.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.

Makhdoom Bilawal Bin Jam Hassan Samma (Born 1451 AD/ 856 AH) was a known scholar, sufi saint, philosopher and poet. He was an erudite scholar of Tafsir (Quranic exegesis) and Hadith (Prophetic traditions). He also composed poetry in Persian language. Many of his disciples spread his mystic thoughts in every nook and corner of Sindh in 15th, 16th and 17th centuries. From Moulvi Hidayatullah Mustaque Mutalwi, we learn that Makhdoom Bilawal was a Kubrawi Sufi saint. He was a disciple of Shaikh Dost Ali Sistani, who was a disciple of Syed Shamsuddin Ali Hamdani (d. 786 H/1385) –  whose spiritual lineage can be traced back to Shaikh Najumuddin Kubra (1145-1221), Makhdoom Bilawal was ordered to be crushed alive in a seed grinder after the Battle of Talti for opposing the conquest of Sindh by Arguns on 30 Safar 929AH/1522 AD. He said poems in Persian and Sindhi languages.One of his Persian Quatrain reads as follows:

Surrender yourself to God

Lose your will into His

Self-assertion is blasphemy

Shun the Self and merge into Him

۰ Imam al-faqih Muhammad 'Abid al-Sindi al-Ansari, Raees ul-ulama al-Madinah al-Munawwarah fil-asirah, born in 1190 AH/1776 AD at Sehwan, a village in Sind on the bank of the Indus, north of Hyderabad.  was a Hanafi jurist (faqih), hadith expert (muhaddith), judge (qadi), and the shaykh of the 'ulama of his time in the city of Madina during the Ottoman Caliphate.[2] His lineage reaches back to Abu Ayyub al-Ansari.[3]

He has followed the Naqshbandi Sufi path.[4] He was appointed qadi of Zabid. In 1232 A.H. he was appointed the leader of the scholars of Madina by the ruler of Egypt, Muhammad 'Ali Pasha. His grandfather migrated to Middle East and he was known as Shaykh al-Islam.[5]

.al-Shaykh al-‘Allama al-Muhaddith Muhammad Hayat al-Sindi al-Madani al-Ash’ari (d. 1163 AH Madina), was an Islamic scholar who lived during the period of the Ottoman Empire. He belonged to the Naqshbandi order of Sufism, Major hadith teacher in Medina. Born in sind, India. Member of the Naqshbandi Sufi order Encouraged the practice of independent reasoning (ijtihad) in legal matters, rather than adherence to medieval interpretations. Taught and influenced several major eighteenth-century revivalists and reformists., the most eminent hadīth scholar in the Hijazi city of Madina in the first half of the eighteenth Century, was one of the teachers of the controversial Najdī reformist Muhammad b. 'Abd al-Wah-hāb.

.Allamah al-Shaikh Seyyed Badi ud Din Shah ar-Rashidi as-Sindhi [1416H]

Born in Peer Jhandah Hydrabaad Sindh, The Shaykh spent some years teaching in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Here, he taught at Daarul-Hadeeth al-Khayriyyah, he taught classes in the Haram, and he taught classes in Masjidun-Nabawee and lived in al-Madeenah for a few years. His students include, Shaykh Rabee’ Ibn Haadee al-Madkhalee and Shaykh Muqbil Ibn Haadee al-Waadi’ee. 

.Sindhi scholars befor 7the century

(1) احمد بن ابوبڪر الزاهد السندي البغدادي وفات 359 هه.

(2) احمد بن السندي البغدادي. 252 هه.

(3) احمد بن السندي الرازي.

(4) احمد بن عبدالله الزاهد الديبلي النيشاپوري رجب 343هه.

(5) احمد بن قاسم المدل البيع ابن السندي بغدادي.

(6) احمد بن محمد الحافظ الزاهد الديبلي المصري 373 هه.

(7) احمد بن محمد بن الحسين ابوالفوارس ابن السندي البصري.

(8) احمد بن محمد بن هارون المقري الديبلي الرازي البغدادي

 ولادت 275 هه، وفات 21 رجب 370 ھه.

(9) احمد بن نصير بن الحسين القاضي الديبلي الموصلي الانباري 598 هه.

(10) ابراهيم بن السندي بن شاهڪ:

(11) ابراهيم بن عبدالسلام السندي البغدادي

(12) مولانا اسلامي الديبلي

(13) اسماعيل بن علي الوري السندي

(14) حبيش بن السندي البغدادي

(15) رجاءِ بن السندي السيابوري.

(16) مهل بن عبدالرحمان السندي الرازي

(17) عبد بن حميد بن نصرالڪسي السندي، 249هجري

(18) عبدالرحمان بن عمروالسندي،  صفر 157هه.

(19) محمد بن احمد البيروني السندي الخوارزمي  362 هه.

(20) محمد بن رجاء السندي النيشاپوري 

(21) محمد بن زياد ابن الاعرابي السندي الڪوفي، پيدائش 150هه ۾ ۽ وفات 231 هه ۾ ٿي.

(22) محمد بن محمد الديبلي سن 354هه. 

(23) محمد بن محمد بن رجاء السندي الاسفرائيني الجرجاني سن 286 هه.

(24) محمد بن نجيح ابي معشر السندي المدني247 ھه.

(25) مڪحول بن عبدالله السندي الشامي سن 113 هه.

(26) منصور بن محمد السندي الاصبهاني

(27) موسيٰ بن السندي الجرجان سن 230 هه

(28) هيبت الله بن سهل السندي الاصبهاني

(29) ابو جعفر السندي.

(30)امام مسعود بن شيبه بن الحسين السندي (سنڌي)، لقب عمادي الدين حنفي