Mast Tawakali

Vocally opposed to the feudal system and the absolute rule of the tribal chiefs (sardars), he was an advocate for the underprivileged.

[3] Tawakali was born in about 1825 in Mank Band, near Kahan in Kohlu at the time of Afghan rule over northern Balochistan.

[4] At the age of 28 he saw woman named Samoo, when seeking refuge from a storm, upon seeing her it is reported that he fell in love, immediately.

[5] After that night, he spent his entire life like a vagabond and known as Mast Tawakali meaning "Nobody cares" and started his poetry.

Over this, the villagers turned harsh to him and asked him not to visit the same hamlet again and again, but this word did not have an effect on Mast.

Mast Tawakali is the greatest Sufi poet of Balochi language and his poetry is closely attached to the suffering of common men.

He says in a stanza: نندون کاہان آ بیثغوں کوہانی مری" "وا رضا بیثو ،بہانغے سمو اے کثئی " Nindo;n Kahan a Bisagho'n Kohaani Marri; Wa Raza Beeso Bahanaghe Samoo e Kuth ey" (I am an ordinary Marri of Kahan, not speak of my status, It was God and His acceptance I earned, Samoo was a mere means).