Mirza Kalich Beg
Mirza Qaleech Baig, also Kalich Baig/Beg, was a Sindhi scholar within Sindhi literature. He was born on 4 October 1853 in Tando Thoro on the bank of Phuleli Canal in Hyderabad, British India (presently in Pakistan).
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Mirza Kalich Beg
- Name
- Mirza Kalich Baig مرزا قليچ بیگ
- Born
- 4 October 1853
- Birthplace
- Tando Thoro, Hyderabad, Bombay Presidency, British India (now in Pakistan)
- Died
- 3 July 1929
- Place of death
- Buland Shah, Tando Thoro
- Nationality
- British Raj
- Occupation
- translator · novelist · linguist · playwright · historian · poet · lexicographer · scholar
- Fields
- drama fiction · autobiography · history of Sindh · dictionary
- Education
- Elphinstone College
- Languages
- English · Sindhi · Persian
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• Name — Mirza Kalich Baig مرزا قليچ بیگ • Born — 4 October 1853 • Birthplace — Tando Thoro, Hyderabad, Bombay Presidency, British India (now in Pakistan) • Died — 3 July 1929 • Place of death — Buland Shah, Tando Thoro
Documentary record
Mirza Kalich Beg appears in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek as a scholar, “Steuerbeamter” and writer (7 October 1853 – 3 July 1929). Mirza Kalich Beg was born on 7 October 1853 and died on 3 July 1929 in Tando Thoro, Hyderabad (Sind, Pakistan). For the birthplace of Mirza Kalich Beg, Tando Thoro, Hyderabad (Sind, Pakistan) is recorded by the Bibliothèque nationale de France and Hyderabad by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
Family chronicle
Family chronicle
The lives of the Mirza family and their Georgian connections are a subject of the 2005 book A Georgian Saga: From the Caucasus to the Indus by the family's scion Meherafroze Mirza Habib, vice-president of All Pakistan Women's Association.
Books
He wrote 457 books in 43 disciplines, "including chemistry, physics, biology, zoology, plant sciences, Sindhi literature and anthropology" in eight languages, including Sindhi, Persian, Arabic and English, while he knew 25 languages. Mirza Kalich's books include: • Maqalat-ul-Hikmat • Khoodyari • Alamat-ul-Quran (Signs of Quran) • Bagh ae Bayani • Hashrat-ul-Arz • Zameen pokhin jo ilm ae Hunr • Keemya-e-Saaat • Dilaram • Zeenat (novel) • Sao Pan Karo Pano (autobiography)
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