Qazi Qadan

Qazi Qadan (1493–1551) (Sindhi: قاضي قادن‎), born in Bakkar/Bukkur (present day Sukkur, Sindh), was the first Sindhi Sufi poet from Sindh in modern-day Pakistan, during the Samma Dynasty. He is also called "The Father of Classical Sindhi Poetry".^[2][3] Qadan died in Madina, Hejaz, Ottoman Empire (present day Saudi Arabia).

Qazi Qadan
قاضي قادن‎
Born	1493 Bakhar, Sindh, Samma Dynasty
Died	1551 (1552) (aged 58) Madina, Hejaz, Ottoman Empire
Children	Bībī Fāṭima (daughter)[1]
Father	Abu Saeed Bakhari
Philosophical work
School	Sufism
Main interests	lyric poetry
Notable ideas	Sufi poetry, Sufi philosophy, and Sufi music

Name

There has been a dispute regarding his name. Some have listed it as "Qazi Qazan" and others "Qazi Qadam", the former appearing less frequently in the earliest sources. Many scholars have concluded "Qazi Qazan" was a misspelling of his real name "Qazi Qadan".^[3]

Family

Masum Shah writes in his Tariki e Masoom that Qazi came from a pious religious family, his ancestors were from Sehwan and Thatta. His great-grandfather Qazi Abdul-ul-Khair was the first person who migrated to Bukkur.^[4] His ancestors were from Sehwan; taking that reference, many scholars likes of Daudpota have called Qazi Qadam "Sehwani" (one who came from Sehwan).^[3]