The East India Company described Thatta "as large as London" International commerce gave Thatta its prominence with textiles exports and 4000 ships & boats and 400 schools. The Kalhoras period during which Shah Latif lived ,was a period of great prosperity and the towns of Thatta and Hyderabad thrived under the good governance of the Kalhoras who were originally ruling the north of Sindh near Sukkur. Just as the Elizabethan period is known more for Shakespeare than for the empire-builders as Raleigh and Sir Francis Drake, so the Kalhora period of Sindh history will be remembered more for Shah Latif’s poetry. He was a great saint, a nationalist, a humanist and a poet whose stature is perhaps on par with the great poets of the world. Shah Latif can be said to be the soul of Sindh. His Urs is held every year between the 13th and 15th of Safar, the second Islamic lunar month. Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai was born in the small village of Bhit about 150 miles north of Karachi. His shrine is located in Bhit and attracts hundreds of pilgrims every day. His most famous written work is the Shah Jo Risalo. He settled in the town of Bhit Shah in Sindh, Pakistan. Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai (1689–1752) (Sindhi: شاھ عبدالطيف ڀٽائيِ), was a Sufi scholar and saint, and is considered as the greatest poet of the Sindhi language.
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