# Bhittaipedia

Bhittaipedia (Sindhi: ڀٽائيپيڊيا) is a project on Shah Jo Risalo, where all compilations, translations, books, research articles on the works of Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai are published. The project is developed by Abdul Majid Bhurgri Institute of Language Engineering, Hyderabad, Sindh Pakistan.

## Development

Idea development was by computational linguist Amar Fayaz Buriro, who presented the concept of Bhittaipedia, where all translations of Shah Jo Risalo made by different authors and research papers including books may be publish on one Website as like Encyclopedia. Scientific data of animals, birds, places and human characters which were sung by Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai in his poetry will be provided in the research portal. Then Abdul Majid Bhurgri Institute of Language Engineering started work on this project.

## Languages

Sindhi is a primary language of Bhittaipedia, while English, Arabic, Persian, Urdu and Punjabi translations are available on the web application. The transliteration in Devanagari and Latin typography of each verse has been also published. Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology, Bhittaipedia provides web portal users with machine translations in 130 different languages.

## Risalo's Translations

Some of the translations of the Risalo available via Bhittaipedia are listed below with links.
| Translator | Language | Link |
| Amar Fayaz Bu | English | https://bhittaipedia.org/english-risalo/amar-fayaz-buriro |
| Elsa Kazi | English | https://bhittaipedia.org/translated-by/elsa-kazi/en |
| Muhammad Yakoob Agha | English | https://bhittaipedia.org/translated-by/muhammad-yakoob-agha/en |
| Amena Khamisani | English | https://bhittaipedia.org/translated-by/amena-khamisani/en |
| Faiz Muhammad Khoso | English | https://bhittaipedia.org/translated-by/faiz-muhammad-khoso/en |
| Agha Saleem | English | https://bhittaipedia.org/translated-by/agha-saleem/en |
| Fazal Rahim Soomro | Arabic | https://bhittaipedia.org/translated-by/soomro-fazal/ar |
| Faiz Muhammad Khoso | Arabic | https://bhittaipedia.org/translated-by/faiz-muhammad-khoso/ar |
| Niaz Hamayuni | Farsi | https://bhittaipedia.org/translated-by/hamayuni-niaz/pr |
| Kartar Singh Arsh | Punjabi | https://bhittaipedia.org/translated-by/kartar-singh-arsh/pa |
| Shakeel Ahmed Tahiri | Punjabi | https://bhittaipedia.org/translated-by/shakeel-ahmed-tahiri/pa |
| Sheikh Ayaz | Urdu | https://bhittaipedia.org/translated-by/sheikh-ayaz/ur |
| Agha Saleem | Urdu | https://bhittaipedia.org/translated-by/agha-saleem/ur |

## Sindhi Editions of Risalo

A list of Sindhi editions of the Risalo, available via Bhittaipedia, their editors and links are listed in the following table.
| Editor's Name (Sindhi) | Editor's Name (English) | Link |
| ڊاڪٽر ارنيسٽ ٽرمپ | Dr. Ernest Trumpp | https://bhittaipedia.org/risalo-by/dr.-ernest-trumpp |
| تاراچند شوقيرام آڏواڻي | Tara Chand Shokeeram Aadwani | https://bhittaipedia.org/risalo-by/tara-chand-shokeeram |
| مرزا قليچ بيگ | Mirza Qaleech Baig | https://bhittaipedia.org/risalo-by/mirza-qaleech-baig |
| ھوتچند مولچند گربخشاڻي | Hotchand Molchand Gurbakhshani | https://bhittaipedia.org/risalo-by/gurbakhshani |
| غلام محمد شاھواڻي | Ghulam Muhammad Shahwani | https://bhittaipedia.org/risalo-by/gm-shahwani |
| محمد عثمان ڏيپلائي | Usman Diplai | https://bhittaipedia.org/risalo-by/usman-diplai |
| ڪلياڻ بولچند آڏواڻي | Kaliyan Bolchand Aadwani | https://bhittaipedia.org/risalo-by/adwani-kaliyan |
| علامہ آءِ. آءِ. قاضي | Allama I. I. Qazi | https://bhittaipedia.org/risalo-by/allama-i.-i.-qazi |
| ڊاڪٽر بلوچ (برٽش ميوزيم) | Dr. Baloch (British Museum) | https://bhittaipedia.org/risalo-by/dr-baloch-(british-museum) |
| ڊاڪٽر بلوچ (1269-1270 ھ) | Dr. Baloch (1269-1270 Hijri) | https://bhittaipedia.org/risalo-by/dr-baloch-(1269-hijri-and-1270-hijri) |
| ڊاڪٽر بلوچ (1165-1207 ھ) | Dr. Baloch (1165-1207 Hijri) | https://bhittaipedia.org/risalo-by/dr-baloch-(1165_1207-hijri) |
| عثمان علي انصاري | Usman Ali Ansari | https://bhittaipedia.org/risalo-by/usman-ali-ansari |
| ٻانهون خان شيخ | Banhoo Khan Shaikh | https://bhittaipedia.org/risalo-by/banhoo-khan-shaikh |
| ڊاڪٽر نبي بخش بلوچ | Dr. Nabi Bakhsh Baloch | https://bhittaipedia.org/risalo-by/dr.-nabi-bakhsh-baloch |

## Bhittaipedia Edition of Risalo

The Bhittaipedia team has made a unique and invaluable contribution to global knowledge by consolidating all the poems and vaayis of Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai into a single electronic edition. This comprehensive resource is easily accessible through the following links.
* In Arabic script: https://bhittaipedia.org/risalo/arabic-perso
* In Devnagri script: https://bhittaipedia.org/risalo/devnagri
* In Roman Sindhi script: https://bhittaipedia.org/risalo/roman
Here are the Surs and their poem (bayt and vaayi) count in the Bhittaipedia edition of Risalo:
| Sur Count | Sur Name in Sindhi | Total Poems (Bayts) in a Sur | Total Vayyis in a Sur |
| 1 | ڪلياڻ | 84 | 7 |
| 2 | يمن ڪلياڻ | 254 | 12 |
| 3 | کنڀات | 110 | 8 |
| 4 | سريراڳ | 137 | 10 |
| 5 | سامونڊي | 116 | 11 |
| 6 | سھڻي | 283 | 21 |
| 7 | سارنگ | 85 | 6 |
| 8 | ڪيڏارو | 89 | 7 |
| 9 | آبڙي | 173 | 21 |
| 10 | معذوري | 192 | 13 |
| 11 | ديسي | 299 | 20 |
| 12 | ڪوھياري | 95 | 8 |
| 13 | حسيني | 349 | 30 |
| 14 | سورٺ | 97 | 6 |
| 15 | بروو سنڌي | 84 | 4 |
| 16 | راڻو | 224 | 10 |
| 17 | کاھوڙي | 65 | 5 |
| 18 | رامڪلي | 348 | 21 |
| 19 | پورب | 75 | 12 |
| 20 | بلاول | 87 | 5 |
| 21 | ليلا | 119 | 4 |
| 22 | ڏھر | 160 | 5 |
| 23 | جاجڪاڻي | 52 | 4 |
| 24 | ڪاپائتي | 43 | 1 |
| 25 | رِپ | 45 | 3 |
| 26 | آسا | 181 | 10 |
| 27 | گهاتو | 27 | 2 |
| 28 | ڪيڏارو | 25 | 1 |
| 29 | مارئي | 443 | 26 |
| 30 | ڪاموڏ | 43 | 3 |
| 31 | ڪارايل | 86 | 3 |
| TOTAL | | 4470 | 299 |
In summary, the whole Risalo has 299 Vayyis and 4,470 Bayts. That is: 4,769 poems in total.