| Shaheed Ustad Syed Sibt e Jaafar Zaidi | |
| Birth Date: | 7 March 1957 |
| Birth Place: | Karachi, Pakistan |
| Death Place: | Liaquatabad, Karachi, Pakistan |
| Resting Place: | Wadi-e-Hussain, Karachi,[1] |
| Nationality: | Pakistani |
| Other Names: | Ustad Shaheed Sibte Jaafar |
| Occupation: | Professor, Poet, Religious Reciter (Soazkhwani) and Writer |
| Known For: | Poetry & Religious Reciter |
Sayyid Sibte Jaffar Zaidi (ur| سيد سبط جعفر زيدى) or commonly known as Ustad Sibte Jaffar (Urdu: اُستاد سبطِ جعفر) (born 1957) was a Pakistani professor, poet, advocate, principal, religious reciter, writer and social worker.[2] [3] [4]
He started seven colleges in interior Sindh, each costing around Rs 6 million. He had set up educational centers. Apart from looking after educational wings of around five welfare organizations, he oversaw numerous charity organizations and orphanages. He received an Honorary award from Harvard University. He ran a school in Tando Adam where Muslim and Hindus studied for free. He was a poet, an intellectual, a principal in a college. He was shot down when he was returning from his college on his bike.[5]
Born and raised in Shia Muslim family, Sibte Jaffer got the early attachment with Ahl al-Bayt. Sibte Jaffer chose to write poetry for Ahl al-Bayt, through this Zaidi started getting momentum among masses, he used to recite Eulogies which was written by himself in different Majalis organized by different people at different locations mostly in Karachi, Pakistan. His skilled poetry and unique recitation style gave him the Title of "Sha'ir-e-Ahle Bait" (Poet of Ahle Bait).
He is also the paternal grandson of Nasim Amrohvi and childhood bestfriend of Rehan Azmi
Sibt e Jaafar was shot and killed by two people on a motorcycle in Liaquatabad, Karachi on 18 March 2013.[2] [3] [4]
On 4 April 2013, two suspects were arrested in Karachi.[6] [2]