Mohammad Ayyub Qadiri

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Muhammad Ayub Qadri
Born28 July 1926
Aonla, Uttar Pradesh, British India
Died25 November 1983
Karachi, Pakistan
NationalityPakistani
EducationPhD in Urdu prose evolution up to 1857
Alma mater Federal Urdu College (now University)
Occupation(s) Urdu scholar, historian, biographer, translator, educator

Muhammad Ayub Qadri was an Urdu scholar, historian, biographer, translator and educator from Pakistan. [1] [2] [3]

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Muhammad Ayub Qadri was born on 28 July 1926 in Aonla, Uttar Pradesh, British India. He learned Persian from his father, Maulvi Mushitullah Qadri, and Arabic from Hakim Abdul Ghafoor, a well-known scholar and elder in his hometown. He passed the Intermediate Examination before migrating to Pakistan in 1950 in Budaun and came to Pakistan. In Pakistan, he first settled in Dadu District of Sindh and then in Karachi. He did BA from then Federal Urdu College (now University) in 1956 and joined Pakistan Historical Society as a Research Officer. [4]

Qadri's writings include Arbab Fazl and Kamal Bareli, Maulana Faiz Ahmad Badayuni, Makhdoom Jahanian Jahan Gasht, Maulana Muhammad Ahsan Nanotvi, Jang-e-Azadi 1857 and Caravan Rafta. He also translated many important Persian books into Urdu. These include Tazkira Ulema-i-Hind, Ma'asir al-umara, Jumulah Wasaya Arba'a, Farhat-ul-Nazareen and Tabaqat-e-Akbari. He also wrote footnotes to many important and rare books. He received his PhD by writing a dissertation on the role of scholars in the evolution of Urdu prose in northern India up to 1857. [5]

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Death

Qadri died in a traffic accident in Karachi, Pakistan on 25 November 1983 and buried in Sakhi Hassan's graveyard in Karachi. [5]

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References

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  2. "اعتراف فضیلت۔ ڈاکٹر محمد ایوب قادری سہ ماہی "اردو" کی تقریب تعارف انجمن میں نقارخانے میں…جمیل الدین عالی". jang.com.pk.
  3. "پروفیسر ایوب قادری – اردو مضامین و مقالات".
  4. "Ayoob Qadri's contribution to biographical research". 25 November 2008.
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