The influence of Persian poetry is seen in the first attempts to use the aruz system of versification this influence increased during the 19th century. Among those who continued in the tradition of Shah ‘Abdul Latif Bhitai were the lyric poet Sacal Sarmast (1739–1826), the author of popular songs, and Sami (1743–1850), whose work synthesized Sanskrit and Persian poetry these poets introduced the genres of the doha, bait, sloka, sur, and kafi into Sindhi poetry. Well-known contemporaries included the poets Shah ‘Inayatullah Rizwi, Mahdum Muhammad Hasim, and Mahdum Diya’uddin Tattawi. The greatest poet of the classical period was Shah ‘Abdul La-tif Bhitai (1689 or 1690–1752), who wrote The Book of the Shah the main sections of this work are reworkings of popular folk dastans and songs. There are surviving fragments of poetic works by the earliest poets (14th century), but the uninterrupted poetic tradition begins with the Sufi verses of Qadi Qadan Sehwani (died 1551) and Shah ‘Abdul Karim Bulri (1528–1623). rich folklore: folk songs, romantic and heroic dastans, tales, and legends. For the most part, Sindhi literature comprises a.
The oldest work of Sindhi literaure is the Sindhi Mahabhar-ata (ninth-tenth centuries), which is known from Arabic and Persian versions. The literature of the Sindhi people, who inhabit the region of Sind in the lower Indus Valley.