Zakaullah Dehlvi
Maulvi Mohammad Zakaullah | |
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| Born | 20 April 1832 Delhi, Mughal Empire |
| Died | 7 November 1910 (aged 78) Delhi, British India |
| Pen name | Munshi Zakaullah Dehlvi |
| Occupation | Writer Translator professor |
| Nationality | British Indian |
| Alma mater | Zakir Husain Delhi College (Delhi College) |
| Period | Mughal era, British Indian |
Maulvi Mohammad Zakaullah or Munshi Zakaullah (20 April 1832 – 7 November 1910) was a British Indian Urdu writer and translator. He wrote Tarikh-e-Hindustan, a fourteen-volume compilation of Indian history in Urdu.[1]
Early life and education
[edit]Zakaullah was born on 20 April 1832 in Delhi. His father Mohammad Sanaullah was the tutor of one of the princes in the Mughal courts.[2] He commended his studies under his grandfather Hafiz Mohammad Barkatullah and got his education in the Delhi College under professor Ramchundra, who was a distinct mathematical teacher.[1] His other teachers include Mamluk Ali Nanautawi.[3]
Career
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He started his service as a scholar at the Delhi College and continued to serve in the education department until he was 55.[1] At Delhi College he also headed the Vernacular Translation Society in translating texts in western sciences, history and philosophy into Urdu.[4] In 1855, he was appointed Deputy Inspector of Schools of Bulandshahar and Muradabad.[5] In 1866, he was then appointed the head master for the Normal School in Delhi.[6] In 1872 he was appointed professor of vernacular literature and science at the Muir Central College in Allahabad.[7] He retired on pension from Allahabad in 1877. Shortly before his retirement he was awarded the title of Khan Bahadur and Shams-ul-Ulema. After his retirement he spent some time in Aligarh working for the literary movement of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan and his friend Maulvi Samiullah.[1] He was an early supporter of the Aligarh Movement and translated works for Scientific Society along with his contemporaries Maulvi Nazir Ahmad and Altaf Hussain Hali.[2][8]
He died on 7 November 1910 at Delhi, aged 78. He was survived by his son Inayatullah Delhvi who was also an Urdu writer and translator.[1]
Literary work
[edit]The literary work of Maulvi Zakaullah include.[9]
- Aain-e-Qaisari
- Falsafa-e-Imsal aur Mauntakh-ul-Imsal
- Iqbalnama-e-Akabari
- Karzan Nama
- Mabadiul Insha
- Mahasin-ul-Akhlaq
- Makarim-ul-Akhlaq
- Musalman Aur Science
- Risala Majalis-e-Munazira
- Risala Taqvim-ul-Lisan
- Sawaneh Umari
- Taqveem-ul-Lisan
- Tareekh-e-Hindustan
- Tareekh-e-Arooz Ahd-e-Saltanat Englishia Hind
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Qadir, Abdul (1947). Famous Urdu Poets and Writers (PDF). New Book Society. pp. 159–167.
- ^ a b C F Andrews (1929). Zaka Ullah Of Delhi.
- ^ Khan, Syed Ahmad. Shahjahanpuri, Abu Salman (ed.). Tazkirah Khānwāda-e-Wali'ullāhi (in Urdu). Hyderabad, Sindh: University of Sindh. p. 456.
- ^ Kumar, Anu. "Thomas Macaulay won the debate on how to shape Indian education. So who were the losers?". Scroll.in. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
- ^ Khan, Javed Ali (2005). Early Urdu Historiography. Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library.
- ^ Tahseen, Rana (1993). Education and Modernisation of Muslims in India. Deep & Deep Publications. ISBN 978-81-7100-495-9.
- ^ Govt. Sectt., N.W.P. and Oudh (1881). "Educational department". History of services of gazetted officers employed under the government of the N.W.P. and Oudh. Allahabad: North-Western Provinces and Oudh Govt. Press. p. 296.
- ^ Saikia, Yasmin; Rahman, M. Raisur (21 March 2019). The Cambridge Companion to Sayyid Ahmad Khan. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-108-48387-2.
- ^ "Urdu Books of Mohammad Zakaullah". Rekhta. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
Further reading
[edit]- Andrews, Charles Freer (2003). Zaka Ullah of Delhi. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195659092. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
- Famous Urdu Poets and Writers, Abdul Qadir, 1947
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