He also wrote poetry in Urdu which is spread to two books, Booye Gul, Nala-i-dil' and Neel Kanth Aur Neem Ke Pate. He wrote short stories, Operas, essays, poetry, travelogues, diaries, an autobiography and the translation of Shah Jo Risalo in Urdu. His literary career spanned almost six decades and covered a wide range of poetry and prose forms, ranging from the traditional bait, wa'i, nazm,'azad nazm' and ghazal to plays in verse. Literary career Īyaz is one of the major voices in twentieth-century poetry. He died on 28 December 1997 in Karachi, Sindh after suffering from cardiac-arrest - leaving behind two sons and a daughter. In his book Shah Jo Risalo he has discussed in details about his struggle and always mentioned that in the Islamic country like Pakistan the only true friend he found was Deewan Parmanand Gangwani whom he considers to be the bravest person he met in his life and always consider Deewan Gangwani the finest person one would have as a friend.

Ayaz married Iqbal Begum, who was also a Sindhi poet. He was a lawyer but he also served as the vice-chancellor of Sindh University. Shaikh Ayaz was born as Mubarak Ali on 2 March 1923 in Shikarpur, Sindh. In 2018, a university, Shaikh Ayaz University, was established and was named after him. He received Sitara-i-Imtiaz for his literary works and is regarded as a 'revolutionary and romantic poet'. His translations of Shah Jo Risalo, which was written by the 18th-century Sufi poet Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai, from Sindhi to Urdu language established him as an authority in his domain. The author of more than 50 books on poetry, biographies, plays and short stories in both Sindhi and Urdu languages.

He is counted as one of the prominent and great Sindhi poet of Pakistan in general and Sindh in particular. Shaikh Ayaz SI ( Sindhi: شيخ اياز‎, Urdu: شیخ ایاز) born Mubarak Ali Shaikh ( Sindhi: مبارڪ علي شيخ‎, Urdu: مبارک علی شیخ) (March 1923 – 28 December 1997) was Sindhi language poet, prose writer and former Vice Chancellor of University of Sindh. Poet, lawyer, vice chancellor of Sindh University

Farewell poetry in sindhi