page_title: Sachal Sarmast
section_title: Biography
hierarchical_section_title: Sachal Sarmast / Biography
caption_attribution_description: English: Shrine of Hazrat Sachal Sarmast
context_page_description: Sachal Sarmast, born Abdul Wahab Farooqi was a Sindhi Sufi poet from Sindh in modern-day Pakistan.
context_section_description: Sachal Sarmast wrote poetry in seven languages, principally Sindhi, during the Kalhoro/Talpur era. He was born in 1152 H. (A.D. 1739) in Daraza, near Ranipur. He was a Sunni Muslim.
caption: Shrine of Sachal Sarmast
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