Akhund Azaz Allah Muttalawi

Akhund Azaz Allah Muttalawi (Urdu: آخوند أعزاز الله ) was a Muslim theologian from Sindh. Akhund Azaz is considered to be the first person who translated the Quran from the Arabic to the Sindhi.

According to Sindhi tradition the first translation was made by in 270 AH / 883 CE by an Arab scholar. This one might be the same as the one mentioned above. The first extant Sindhi translation was done by Akhund 'Azaz Allah Mutta'lawi (1160-124011747-1824) and first published in Gujrat in 1870. The first to appear in print was by Muhammad Siddiq (Lahore 1867).[1]

Sindhi translators of Quran

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