Nazir Ahmed (scholar)

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Nazir Ahmed
Born(1915-01-03)3 January 1915
Kolahi Gareeb, (Gorra) Gonda
Died19 October 2008(2008-10-19) (aged 93)
Aligarh
Resting placeAligarh Muslim University Graveyard
Occupation(s)Indian Scholar and Writer
ChildrenProfessor Rehana Khatoon
Awards
    • Padma Shri,
    • Ghalib Award,
    • Presidential Award and Lifetime Fellowship,
    • Khusro Award,
    • Hafez Sanaash,
    • Jaizah Afshar,

Nazir Ahmed (1915-2008) was an Indian scholar, writer, and teacher of the Persian language. He was honoured by the Indian Government in 1987 with the Padma Shri. He received this award for his contributions to the propagation of Persian Language and literature.[1]

Biography

Aligarh Muslim University where Dr. Nazir Ahmed worked

Nazir Ahmed was born on 3 January 1915, in the small hamlet of Kolahi Gharib (Ghurrah/Gorra), near Gonda, in Uttar Pradesh, India.[2] He attended a local primary school from which he graduated in 1930. He then attended Gonda High School to complete his matriculation in the first division, along with a distinction in mathematics in 1934. Subsequently, he joined Lucknow Christian College and completed his intermediary and Munshi examinations in 1936, and went on to secure a BA (Hons) in Persia in 1939, with first rank and first division. He completed his master's degree in 1940, acquiring a first rank, which earned him two gold medals and a scholarship for higher studies.[2][3][4]

Ahmed started his career as a teacher at the

Lucknow University, and his thesis on the Persian poets of the Aadil-Shah period earned him the degree of D.Litt in 1950.[2][3][4]

Ahmed joined Lucknow University as a lecturer in 1950 and continued his research and studies by securing a diploma in Farsi Baastan-e-Pahlawi and Modern Persian from the

Adil Shah in 1956. After seven years of teaching at the Lucknow University, Nazir Ahmed moved to Aligarh Muslim University in 1957, as the Assistant Director of Aligarh-Taareekh-e-Urdu Adab, on invitation from the then Vice-Chancellor of AMU, Col. Bashir Zaidi. A year later in 1958, he became the Reader in the Department of Persian Language. In 1960, he became a Professor and Chairman of the department.[2][3][4][5]

At AMU, Ahmed founded the quarterly journal, Fikro-Nazar, along with

Professor Emeritus.[2][3][4]

Nazir Ahmad died on October 19, 2008, in Aligarh. He inspired his daughter, Rehana Khatoon,[7] to follow in his footsteps and she eventually became a Padma Shri winner and a scholar in her own right.[8] Professor Ahmed's remains were buried in the Aligarh Muslim University graveyard.[2][4]

Ahmed left a legacy by way of his students such as Prof. Azarmi Dukht Safavi, Prof. S. M. Tariq Hasan

Mirza Ghalib whom he claimed to have been influenced by Bedil and Abul Fazal, but achieved literary success through the great poet's creative brilliance.[2][4]

Positions

Nazir Ahmed has contributed to the propagation of the Persian language in more than one ways. He served in many academic committees and editorial boards of many Persian journals.

Amir Khusro, with the support from Hakim Abdul Hameed, the founder of Jamia Hamdard of New Delhi and former Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University.[2][4] In connection with the UNESCO announcement declaring the year 1988 as the Year of Hafez, Professor Ahmed edited and published two old manuscripts by the 14th-century Persian mystic and poet.[2]

Awards and recognitions

Ahmed was awarded the Padma Shri, in 1987.[1] Twenty seven years later, his daughter, Rehana Khatton would also be honored by the Government of India.[11]

He has also received many other awards such as:

Publications

Some of the notable works of Ahmed are:[2][4]

  • Nazir Ahmed. Zahoori- Life and Work. Aligarh.
  • Nazir Ahmed. Tahqeeqi Maqaley (in Urdu). Aligarh.
  • Nazir Ahmed. Nauras (in Urdu). Aligarh.
  • Nazir Ahmed. Nauras. Aligarh.
  • Nazir Ahmed. Makaateeb Sanashi (in Persian). Aligarh.
  • Nazir Ahmed. Tareekh aur Adabi Mutaaley (in Urdu). Aligarh.
  • Nazir Ahmed. Beewan-e-Hafiz (in Persian). Aligarh.
  • Nazir Ahmed. Farhang Qawaas (in Persian). Aligarh.
  • Nazir Ahmed. Dasturul Afzal (in Persian). Aligarh.
  • Nazir Ahmed. Kitabus Sidna (in Persian). Aligarh.
  • Nazir Ahmed. Deewan Saraji (in Persian). Aligarh.
  • Nazir Ahmed. Taarekh aur Ilmi Maqalat (in Urdu). Aligarh.
  • Nazir Ahmed. Naqd Qatey Burhan (in Urdu). Aligarh.
  • Nazir Ahmed. Deewan Ameed Lawaiki (in Persian). Aligarh.
  • Nazir Ahmed. Zafaan Goya (in Persian). Aligarh.
  • Nazir Ahmed. Fazala-e-Balakh (in Urdu). Aligarh.
  • Nazir Ahmed. Ghalib per Chand Maqaley (in Urdu). Aligarh.
  • Nazir Ahmed. Farsi Qaseedah Nigari (in Persian). Aligarh.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Padma". Government of India. 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "Aligarh bio". Aligarh Movement. 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Two Circles". Two Circles. 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "The Aligs". The Aligs. 22 March 2009. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  5. ^ "AMU". AMU. 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  6. ^ "Unrest". Two Circles. 13 November 2009. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  7. ^ "Bio". Web profile. 2014. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  8. ^ "Sir Syed awards". Sir Syed Foundation. 2012. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  9. ^ "Tariq Hasan" (PDF). AMU. 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  10. ^ "AKSA". AKSA. 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  11. ^ "Padma Awards Announced". Circular. Press Information Bureau, Government of India. 25 January 2014. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
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