Dr. Nabi Bux Khan Baloch
Dr. Nabi Bux Khan Baloch is a scholar of the Sindhi, Persian, Arabic, and Urdu languages. He has written many books on Sindh's History, and about 42 volumes on Sindhi Folklore. In addition, he has compiled and published Sindhi dictionary in five volumes-- which has lately been revised in three volumes. He has also compiled Sindhi-to-Urdu, Urdu-to-Sindhi dictionaries co-authored with Dr. Ghulam Mustafa Khan. He has compiled works of Classical Sindhi poets including Shah Inayat, Qadi Qadan, Khalifo Nabibakhsh, Hamal Faqir and compiled works of Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai in ten volumes.
Early Years
Dr. Nabi Bux Khan Baloch was born in December 16, 1917, in Jaffer Khan Laghari village, Taluka Sinjhoro, Sanghar District. His father's name was Ali Mohammad Khan Baloch.
Baloch started his education from Nowshera Feroz High School. He obtained his B.A. from Jhuna Gharh College from Bombay University and got his M.A. Arabic First Class First and LL.B from Aligarh Muslim University .In 1946 AD he went to Columbia University where he did his Master's in Education and got his Doctoral Degree. His thesis was on Teacher Education in Pakistan.After completing the Education he returned to Pakistan. For a short period of time, he worked in Information and Broadcasting Division as Officer in Special Duty and was to join Damascus in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs when Allama I. I. Kazi invited him to join newly established University of Sindh as Professor of Education to establish first Department of Education in Pakistan. Later on he rose to the positions of the first Dean of Education Department and Vice Chancellor of University of Sindh. In 1976, he was called upon to join Ministry of Education in Islamabad where he established first Islamic University Islamabad, initiated the scheme of Great Books of Islamic Civilization under Pakistan National Hijra Council. He also worked as first Chairman of Sindhi Language Authority and Chairman of Allama I.I. Kazi Chair. He is Professor Emeritus. His correspondence in the Sindhi Language has been published by Sindh Moti Manik Tanzeem Hyderabad and Institute of Sindhology, University of Sindh. Latest work covering his correspondence with world scholars from 1946 to 2006 has been published under the title WORLD OF WORK: A SCHOLAR'S DILEMMA edited by Muhammad Umar Chand with an introduction covering biographical landmarks of his life, published by Institute of Sindhology, University of Sindh in March 2007.
Dr. Nabi Bux Khan Baloch is a scholar of the Sindhi, Persian, Arabic, and Urdu languages. He has written many books on Sindh's History, and about 42 volumes on Sindhi Folklore. In addition, he has compiled and published Sindhi dictionary in five volumes-- which has lately been revised in three volumes. He has also compiled Sindhi-to-Urdu, Urdu-to-Sindhi dictionaries co-authored with Dr. Ghulam Mustafa Khan. He has compiled works of Classical Sindhi poets including Shah Inayat, Qadi Qadan, Khalifo Nabibakhsh, Hamal Faqir and compiled works of Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai in ten volumes.
Early Years
Dr. Nabi Bux Khan Baloch was born in December 16, 1917, in Jaffer Khan Laghari village, Taluka Sinjhoro, Sanghar District. His father's name was Ali Mohammad Khan Baloch.
Baloch started his education from Nowshera Feroz High School. He obtained his B.A. from Jhuna Gharh College from Bombay University and got his M.A. Arabic First Class First and LL.B from Aligarh Muslim University .In 1946 AD he went to Columbia University where he did his Master's in Education and got his Doctoral Degree. His thesis was on Teacher Education in Pakistan.After completing the Education he returned to Pakistan. For a short period of time, he worked in Information and Broadcasting Division as Officer in Special Duty and was to join Damascus in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs when Allama I. I. Kazi invited him to join newly established University of Sindh as Professor of Education to establish first Department of Education in Pakistan. Later on he rose to the positions of the first Dean of Education Department and Vice Chancellor of University of Sindh. In 1976, he was called upon to join Ministry of Education in Islamabad where he established first Islamic University Islamabad, initiated the scheme of Great Books of Islamic Civilization under Pakistan National Hijra Council. He also worked as first Chairman of Sindhi Language Authority and Chairman of Allama I.I. Kazi Chair. He is Professor Emeritus. His correspondence in the Sindhi Language has been published by Sindh Moti Manik Tanzeem Hyderabad and Institute of Sindhology, University of Sindh. Latest work covering his correspondence with world scholars from 1946 to 2006 has been published under the title WORLD OF WORK: A SCHOLAR'S DILEMMA edited by Muhammad Umar Chand with an introduction covering biographical landmarks of his life, published by Institute of Sindhology, University of Sindh in March 2007.
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