Syed Sabit Ali Shah (1740–1810) was a Sindhi poet born in Sehwan, Sindh in the Kalhora Dynasty.
Family and education His father Syed Madar Ali Shah had three sons including Syed Sabit Ali Shah. Syed Sabit Ali Shah received early education from his teacher Akhund Abdul Rehman. When his teacher went on Hajj, he started learning Quranic teaching from Mule Chaker and Persian from Akhund Elyas. His first teacher in poetry was Makhdom Noor ul Haq Mushtaqi, and finally with Mian Sarfraz Khan Kalhoro he became the pupil of Ghulam Ali Madah.Lalsing Hazarising Ajwani. History of Sindhi Literature. Allied Book Company; 1984.Graciela de la Lama. South Asia. El Colegio de Mexico; 1982. .Meherafroze Mirza Habib. A Georgian Saga: From the Caucasus to the Indus. Oxford University Press; 2005. .
He was The Court Poet under Mian Sarfraz Khan Kalhoro and Mir Karam Ali Talpur
Poetry In the final years of Kalhora Dynasty, and early Talpur Dynasty great changes occurred in Sindhi Poetry. He was the first ever poet of Sindh who properly laid down the Elegy in Sindhi language and he was the first to write epic poetry. His first student in elegy was Mirza Murad Ali Baigh.
Death Syed Sabit Ali Shah died in 1810 (1225 Hijri), and he was entombed in Sehwan, Sindh, where the great shrine was built on his grave.
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