Himat Ali Shah Rizvi, of Rohri ‘Kotaee Saadaat’

Himat Ali Shah Rizvi, a sufi master & poet was a resident of Rohri. He belonged to the family of Syeds locally known as ‘Kotaee Saadaat’, he lived in the neighborhood of Syed Yaquub Ali Shah. The dates of his birth & demise are not known. However, his handwritten manuscript bears his signature that dates 20th Rabi-ul-Awal 1290 AH/1873 AD. Three of his poems are presented in the Kafiyuun.
Some works of two other poets are recorded in the manuscript by Himat Ali Shah; their names are Behraam and Safiullah, their poems are presented the Dr.N.B.K.Baloch’s collection Kafiyuun.

[Note by Yawar Ali Kazmi, 2010]