Hosh Muhammad Sheedi Qambrani هوش محمد شيدي قمبراڻي
Nickname(s)
Hoshu Sheedi Qambrani
Born
1801 Sindh
Died
1843 Hyderabad, Sindh, Durrani Empire (now in Pakistan)
Buried
Hyderabad
Battles/wars
Battle of Hyderabad
Spouse(s)
Alina Sheedi
General Hosh Muhammad Sheedi Qambrani or Hoshu Sheedi (Sindhi: هوش محمد شيدي قمبراڻي) was an Askari unit, and also supreme commander of Sindh's Talpur army led by Mir Sher Muhammad Khan Talpur.[1] Hoshu Sheedi fought against the British forces under Sir Charles James Napier at the Battle of Hyderabad, and was killed during battle in 24 March 1843.[2][3]
Hosh Muhammad belonged to the Soomro community of Sindh, Pakistan. Before his death in the Battle of Hyderabad, he called out the famous slogan:
مرويسون پر سنڌ نه ڏيسون
Marvesoon par Sindh na desoon
(I will die but not give Sindh)
— Hoshu Sheedi, War Slogan against British
Hosh Muhammad was respected by the British commanding officer, Sir Charles James Napier, who buried him with full military honours.[4]
^Mir Atta Muhammad Talpur. "Sher-i-Sindh". talpur.org. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
^Mir Atta Muhammad Talpur. "Remembering Battle of Dubbo". www.talpur.org. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
^Sikander Ali Nizamani (18 April 2006). "Sheedi Community of Sindh, Pakistan" (PDF). www.sanalist.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 January 2014. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
^Faiz Mohammad Soomro (1997). Cultural History of Sind. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
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