Background
Daudpota was born on March 25, 1896 at Talti, Dadu District. His father, Mohammad Daudpota, was a farmer and Carpenter.
Daudpota was born on March 25, 1896 at Talti, Dadu District. His father, Mohammad Daudpota, was a farmer and Carpenter.
His family was poor. His primary education was in his hometown. Foreign secondary education, he went to Larkana in 1914 and later to the Madressah school of Naushahro Feroze. He got first position in 1917.
After passing his Matriculation, he went to Doctorate. J. Science College, Sindh at Karachi, where he passed his examinations getting first position overall.
The Government of India awarded him a scholarship for higher studies at Cambridge University. Later on, he joined Ismail College Bombay as professor of Arabic.
He worked there for nine years. He was appointed Director of Public Instruction in Sindh in 1939 taking over from Khan Bahadur Ghulam Nabi Kazi.
He was given the honorary title of Shams-ul-Ulama ("Sun of the Scholars") from the British Government in 1940.
He performed Hajj in 1955. He served as superior (care taker) of Quarterly Mehran in 1957. Daudpota did his scholarly research in English, Arabic, Persian and Sindhi.
His fields of research included history, poetry, criticism, biography, religion and Sindhi literature.
He wrote more than two dozens books and a number of columns and essays. Daudpota died on November 22, 1958 at Karachi.
His last resting place is at the Shrine of Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai at Bhitshah.
He was a member of the Pakistan Public Service Commission from 1950 to 1955.