Khursheed Kamal Aziz
K. K. Aziz | |
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Native name | کے کے عزِیز |
Born | Khursheed Kamal Aziz 11 December 1927 Ballamabad, Pakistani |
Spouse | Zarina Aziz (22 June, 1933 - 6 July, 2012) Lahore |
Khursheed Kamal Aziz Urdu pronunciation:
Early life and career
Khursheed Kamal Aziz was born on 11 December 1927 to Abdul Aziz, a
Aziz taught at various reputed institutions such as the
He also delivered occasional lectures at universities in Pakistan: .He worked briefly, in the early 1970s, as an advisor to
Death and legacy
He died in Lahore, Pakistan at the age of 81, on 15 July 2009.[1] K. K. Aziz had returned from abroad to Lahore, Pakistan only in 2008, a year before his death.[3] His wife, Zarina Aziz, said in an interview to a Pakistani newspaper, after his death, that he had been somewhat sick for about last 5 years but had continued to work for 10 hours daily to write and finish his books. He had written over 50 history books in his lifetime and used to say to her that his books were his children and would keep his name alive.[1] In 2014, per a major Pakistani newspaper columnist, some young Pakistanis are starting to give K. K. Aziz credit for helping them have a balanced view of Pakistan's history. Now, at least, they got a chance to look at the history of Pakistan from a point of view other than the 'only slanted view laced with extreme ideological narratives' in the text books they studied at school and college. Pakistani people themselves and also the world at large, have the ability to sort out the truth, on individual basis, after reading many and different points of view on the history of Pakistan. Since the mid 1990s, some historians and intellectuals in Pakistan have slowly and surely tried to develop a more rational and balanced view of Pakistani history.[3]
Literary works
Aziz had a profound love for words and writing. He authored 44 valuable books on the
Bibliography
Some of his books include:
- History of the Partition of India[1]
- The Meaning of Islamic Art[1]
- Public Life in Muslim India
- The Murder of History : A Critique of History Textbooks used in Pakistan (one of his famous works)- first edition in 1985, second edition in 1993[1][3]
- The Making of Pakistan: A Study in Nationalism[1][4]
- Studies in History and Politics[1]
- Party Politics in Pakistan (1947–1958)[1]
- Britain and Pakistan[1]
- Muslims Under Congress Rule (1937–1939) - A documentary record[1]
- British Imperialism in India
- Woh Hawadis Ashna[1]
- The Partition of India and Emergence of Pakistan
- The Pakistani Historian (his autobiography)[1]
- Rahmat Ali: A Biography[1]
- British Imperialism in India[1]
- Punjab: A Historical Miscellany
- The All India Muslim Conference (1928–1935): A Documentary Record[1]
- Religion, Land and Politics in Pakistan: A Study of Piri-Muridi.[4]
- Public Life in Muslim India (1850–1947) A Compendium of Basic Information on Political, Social, Religious, and Educational Organizations Active in Pre-Partition India.[4][1]
- World Powers and the 1971 Breakup of Pakistan[4]
- The Coffee House of Lahore: A Memoir (1942 – 57)[1]
- A Journey into the Past: Portrait of a Punjabi Family (1800 - 1970)[4]
- The Indian Khilafat Movement[4]
Works on K. K. Aziz
"Evaluation of Historical Works of K. K. Aziz with Special Focus on Muslim Nationalism in the Subcontinent" is the Ph.D. thesis work on K. K. Aziz by Dr. Jamil Ahmad Khan, Islamia University Bahawalpur, 2022. HEC (PCD) # 31874
"K.K. Aziz's Historiography: A Review on "The Making of Pakistan" in Perspective of Nationalist Muslims and Muslim Nationalism" is a published article in the journal Pakistan Social Sciences Review (PSSR) http://doi.org/10.35484/pssr.2020(4-I)74
See also
Some other major historians of Pakistan:
- Nabi Bakhsh Khan Baloch
- Mubarak Ali
- Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi
- Hasan Askari Rizvi
- Rasul Baksh Rais
- Ayesha Siddiqa
- Sulaiman Nadvi
- Mahmud Hussain
- Ayesha Jalal
- Tariq Rahman
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x Historian K.K. Aziz dead Dawn (newspaper), Published 16 July 2009, Retrieved 5 July 2020
- ^ Ballamabad city of Pakistan Ballamabad town, Chiniot, Punjab, Pakistan on newstrackindia.com website, Retrieved 5 July 2020
- ^ a b c d e Nadeem F. Paracha (27 April 2014). "K. K. Aziz: Murder he wrote". Dawn. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f K. K. Aziz's books on librarything.com website Retrieved 5 July 2020