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).

[3] 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.