Syed Hussamuddin Rashidi (20 September 1911- 01 April, 1982)
By Muhammad Habib Sanai Abstract This essay is a brief profile of Syed Hussamuddin Rashidi and it sheds light on his scholarship. Rashidi sahib born in a small hamlet in rural Sindh, was not properly educated in any institution but he learned Persian and Urdu with the help of some individual tutors, but excelled in these languages and historiography through his own diligence and devotion. He wrote, edited, compiled, annotated, revised, and supervised more than sixty books in Persian, Urdu, and Sindhi and also wrote 300 articles, and essays in Sindhi, Persian, and Urdu. His main contribution is to the historiography of Sindh by editing, annotating, and publishing manuscripts of history books in Persian. He also played an important role in establishing and developing numerous national institutions such as Sindhi Adabi Board Jamshoro, Anjman-e-Taraqi Urdu, Pakistan, Idara Ghaib, etc. Another prominent trait of his was extending academic, and moral support to budding and establishe...