DOI: 10.7910/dvn/7fq6jj
title: Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai Poetry Dataset
title: Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai Poetry Dataset (43,779 Poetries Labeled)

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 &lt;h1&gt;Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai’s Poetry Dataset “Shah Jo Risalo”&lt;/h1&gt;

 &lt;p&gt;Developed by:&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Abdul Majid Bhurgri Institute of Language Engineering (AMBILE), Hyderabad&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p&gt;Under the administrative control of the &lt;strong&gt;Culture, Tourism, Antiquities & Archives Department, Government of Sindh.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

 &lt;p&gt;The “Shah Jo Risalo” Dataset is a rich linguistic and literary resource comprising &lt;strong&gt;43,779 Sindhi poetic verses&lt;/strong&gt; extracted from the 30 traditional Surs of Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai’s magnum opus. Each verse is paired with a Sindhi-language explanation, primarily derived from the authoritative interpretations of Dr. Nabi Bakhsh Baloch.&lt;/p&gt;

 &lt;p&gt;This dataset provides profound insights into the philosophical, spiritual, and cultural themes embedded in the poetry, making it an invaluable asset for Sindhi literature researchers, linguists, educators, and AI/NLP developers.&lt;/p&gt;

 &lt;h2&gt;Dataset Features&lt;/h2&gt;
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 &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Total Verses:&lt;/strong&gt; 43,779 poetic lines from 30 classical Surs&lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Language:&lt;/strong&gt; Clean Sindhi script in Unicode format&lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;File Format:&lt;/strong&gt; CSV file titled “Shah Jo Risalo labeled.csv”&lt;/li&gt;
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 &lt;h2&gt;CSV Structure&lt;/h2&gt;
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 &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;melody (سر):&lt;/strong&gt; Name of the Sur&lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;chapter (داستان):&lt;/strong&gt; Subsection within the Sur&lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;chapter_verse_number:&lt;/strong&gt; Verse number within the dastan&lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;poetry_text (بيت):&lt;/strong&gt; Original Sindhi poetic verse&lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;explanation (وضاحت):&lt;/strong&gt; Sindhi interpretation of the verse&lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;keywords:&lt;/strong&gt; Search-optimized terms&lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;compiler_name:&lt;/strong&gt; Name of the compiler of various versions of Shah Jo Risalo.&lt;/li&gt;
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 &lt;h3&gt;Compilers:&lt;/h3&gt;
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 &lt;li&gt;Allama I. I. Qazi&lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;Banhoo Khan Shaikh&lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;Dr. Nabi Bux 28 Surs Explanation&lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;Dr. Ernest Trumpp&lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;GM Shahwani&lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;Gurbakh Shani&lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;Mirza Qaleech Baig&lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;Tara Chand Shokeeram&lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;Usman Ali Ansari&lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;Usman Diplai&lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;Adwani Kaliyan&lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;Dr. Nabi Bux Baloch (1165–1207 Hijri)&lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;Dr. Nabi Bux Baloch (1269 Hijri and 1270 Hijri)&lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;Dr. Nabi Bux Baloch (British Museum)&lt;/li&gt;
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 &lt;h2&gt;Applications&lt;/h2&gt;
 &lt;ul&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;Natural Language Processing (NLP) research in Sindhi&lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;AI-based Sindhi chatbots and conversational agents&lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;Development of educational tools for literature learning&lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;Text-to-Speech (TTS) system training&lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;Verse classification and sentiment analysis tasks&lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;Digital preservation and promotion of Sindhi literary heritage&lt;/li&gt;
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 &lt;h2&gt;Data Source&lt;/h2&gt;
 &lt;p&gt;The dataset is sourced from the &lt;a href="https://bhittaipedia.org/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;AMBILE Bhittaipedia project&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;

 &lt;h2&gt;License&lt;/h2&gt;
 &lt;p&gt;This dataset is shared under the &lt;strong&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License&lt;/strong&gt;, allowing its use for educational and research purposes.&lt;/p&gt;

 &lt;h2&gt;Acknowledgments&lt;/h2&gt;
 &lt;p&gt;Special thanks to the &lt;a href="https://bhittaipedia.org/p/bhittai-pedia-team" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;AMBILE team&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; for their involvement in data compilation and cleaning.&lt;/p&gt;

 &lt;h2&gt;Contact&lt;/h2&gt;
 &lt;p&gt;For inquiries, collaborations, or contributions:&lt;/p&gt;
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 &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Email&lt;/strong&gt;: &lt;a href="mailto:datasets@sindh.ai"&gt;datasets@sindh.ai&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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