Abdul Ghafoor Shahbaz
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1857
Syed Muhammad Abdul Ghafoor Shahbaz | |
|---|---|
| Born | Syed Muhammad Abdul Ghafoor 1857 |
| Died | 1908 Patna, British Raj |
| Education | Patna University |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, Poet, Researcher |
| Notable work | Zindagani-e-Benazir |
| Father | Syed Talib Ali |
Maulvi Syed Mohammad Abdul Ghafoor Shahbaz (1857–1908) was an Indian Poet, Translator and Researcher of Urdu-language. He had his research on Kulliyat-e-Nazeer of Nazeer Akbarabadi. He had served as a professor at Aurangabad College and also the first Director of Public Instruction, Bhopal in 1905.[1][2]
He was the founder and editor of Noor-e-Baseerat, a monthly literary magazine published from Bengal since its foundation in July 1884. He had also contributed to Darus Saltanat and Lucknow Awadh Panch, a satirical magazine.[3]
Shahbaz was born in 1857 at Purab Sarmehra village of Patna district (now in Nalanda district of Bihar) into a noble Sayyid family of Syed Talib Ali, a zamindar as Syed Muhammad Abdul Ghafoor.[4][5][6]
He had his early education under Syed Talib Ali and then went to Muzaffarpur Zila Highschool with Khan Bahadur Syed Abdul Aziz.[6] He was admitted to National Collegiate College, Patna in 1887 after passing in the entrance examination, he studied here till Matriculation and passed F. A. from Bihar National College.[7]
