{{Short description|Folktale from Sindh, Pakistan}} {{Infobox folk tale | Folk_Tale_Name = Umar Marvi | Image_Name = File:Umarkot Fort view3.JPG | Image_Caption = The [[Umarkot Fort]], where Marvi was imprisoned | Aarne-Thompson Grouping = | AKA = Marui | Mythology = | Country = Pakistan | Region = [[Sindh]] | Origin_Date = 14th century }}
'''Umar Marvi'''{{efn|or '''Marui'''; [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]]: {{Naskh|عمر مارئي}}}} is a traditional [[Sindhi folklore|Sindhi folktale]] dating back to the 14th century, and first penned by [[Shah Abdul Karim Bulri]] in the 16th century. It follows the story of a village girl Marvi, who resists the overtures of a powerful local ruler and the temptation to live in the palace as a queen, preferring to be in a simple rural environment with her own village folk.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Schimmel |first1=Annemarie |title=Shah Abdul Latif's Life and Teaching |journal=Pain and Grace |date=1 January 1976 |page=157 |doi=10.1163/9789004378544_010 |url=https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004378544_010 |publisher=Brill |isbn=978-90-04-37854-4 |language=en|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{cite book| title=Popular Folk Stories: Umar Marui|author=Dr. N. A. Baloch|place=Hyderabad: Sindhi Adabi Board| year=1976 }}</ref>
== Origins ==
The story first appears in the text of "'''Bayan Ul Arifeen'''", known to the [[Sindhis]] as "'''Karim Jo Risalo'''" of [[Shah Abdul Karim Bulri|Shah Abdul Karim of Bulri]], the great-great-grandfather of [[Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oMhmKS73XtIC&q=schimmel+bulri&pg=PA12|title=Sindhi Literature|last=Schimmel|first=Annemarie|date=1974|publisher=Otto Harrassowitz Verlag|isbn=978-3-447-01560-8|language=en}}</ref> It then appeared in [[Shah Jo Risalo]] and forms part of seven popular tragic romances from [[Sindh]], [[Pakistan]]. The other six tales are ''[[Sassui Punnhun]]'', ''[[Sohni Mahiwal|Sohni Mehar]]'', ''[[Lilan Chanesar]]'', ''[[Noori Jam Tamachi]]'', ''[[Sorath Rai Diyach]]'' and ''[[Momal Rano]]'' commonly known as [[the Seven Queens of Sindh]], or the Seven heroines of [[Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai]].
==Folklore== The protagonist of the story is Marvi, a young [[Tharparkar| Khaskheli ]] girl of the Panhwar tribe abducted by the then-ruler of [[Umerkot]], Umar Soomro, who wanted to marry her because of her beauty. Upon her refusal, she was imprisoned in the historic [[Umarkot Fort]] for several years. Because of her courage, Marvi is regarded as a symbol of love for one's soil and homeland.<ref name="ShahLatif">{{citation | title= Shah Jo Risalo | author = Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai | url = https://bhurgri.com/bhurgri/amar/%D8%B3%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A6%D9%8A/}}</ref>
==In popular culture==
* [[Pakistan Television Corporation]] ran a serial adaptation called [[Marvi]] in 1993. The series depicts the story of Marvi and Umar in a modern setting. Ghazal Siddique played the title role, while [[Hassam Qazi]] played Umer. * [[Umar Marvi (film)|Umar Marvi]] is a Pakistani film adapted from this folktale, produced by Syed Hussain Ali Shah Fazlani, directed by Shaikh Hassan and starring Fazlani himself, [[Nighat Sultana]], [[Noor Mohammed Charlie]] and [[Bibbo (actress)|Bibbo]]. Released on March 12, 1956, it was the first-ever [[Sindhi cinema|Sindhi-language feature film]] made in Pakistan. *''Umar Marui'', is a [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]] play by Indian writer [[Ram Punjwani|Ram Panjwani]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Drama - Professor Ram Panjwani|url=http://rampanjwani.com/Drama|access-date=2020-11-07|website=rampanjwani.com}}</ref> *''Aayi Aayi'', a Sindhi song in [[Coke Studio (Pakistani TV series) season 15|Coke Studio season 15]], was inspired by the story of Umar Marvi.{{cn|date=May 2026}}
==See also== * [[Sindhi folklore]] * [[Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai]]
==Further reading== *[[Nabi Bux Khan Baloch|Baloch, N. A.]] 1976. [http://www.sindhiadabiboard.org/Catalogue/Folk_Litrature/Book16/Book_page1.html ''Umar Marvi''] (in Sindhi). Jamshoro: [[Sindhi Adabi Board]]. *[https://books.google.com/books?id=9-yUPk_Q5VsC&dq=The+dynasty+of+sumra+260&pg=PA260 Chapter on Marui from the book Tarikh i Tahiri written by the author Mir Tahir Muhammad Nasyani ]<ref>[[The History of India, as Told by Its Own Historians]] by Eliot and Dawson, Volume 1, Page 260</ref>
== Notes == <references group="lower-alpha" /> ==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.museindia.com/focuscontent.asp?issid=39&id=2813 "Umer Maruee: A Symbol of Patriotism"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304121255/http://www.museindia.com/focuscontent.asp?issid=39&id=2813 |date=2016-03-04 }}. [http://www.museindia.com ''MuseIndia''], 39, Sept.-Oct. 2011. * [http://bhurgri.com/bhurgri/sd_shah_marui.php Sur Marvi] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110425040846/http://www.bhurgri.com/bhurgri/sd_shah_marui.php |date=2011-04-25 }}, by [[Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai]] (Sindhi). * [https://web.archive.org/web/20091019173003/http://geocities.com/thebhittai/lateef28.html Sur Marvi] (translated into English by [[Elsa Kazi]]). * [http://www.pakistanitvdrama.com/tag/noor-muhammad-lashari Drama Adaptation of Umar Marvi (Urdu)]
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