Mehr Abdul Haq
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Mehr Abdul Haq | |
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| Born | (1915-06-01)1 June 1915 |
| Died | 23 February 1995(1995-02-23) (aged 79) |
| Occupations | Philologist, Linguist, Research Scholar |
| Awards | Pride of Performance (1994) |
Mehr Abdul Haq (Urdu: مہر عبدالحق; (1915-06-01)1 June 1915 – (1995-02-23)23 February 1995) was a philologist from Pakistan.[1]
Mehr got his Ph.D. degree from the University of Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan, on “Multani Zaban ka Urdu se Talaq" (lit. The relation of Multani language with Urdu). After completing his education, he joined the education department, where he worked on different posts. He retired in 1970. He was a Saraiki linguist, research scholar, critic, and historian. He was also an expert on the Pakistani Sufi poet Khwaja Ghulam Farid and the life and works of Ghulam Farid (Faridiat).[2][3][4]
Awards named after him
Pakistan Academy of Letters, a Pakistani literary organization, has an award named after him, Mehr Abdul Haq Award for Seraiki-language prose for writers in that language.[5]
Awards and recognition
He was awarded the Pride of Performance award by the President of Pakistan in 1994.
Works
- Translation of Quran in Saraiki
- Multani Zaban ka Urdu se taaluq (Connecting relations between Urdu and Multani (Saraiki) language), Published in 1967[1]
- Mazeed Lisani Tahqiqan (More linguistic research)
- Lughat-I-Faridi (Dictionary of Khawaja Ghulam Farid) (A Saraiki folk poet)
- Vision of Khawaja Farid-Past and
- Saraiki lok Geet (Saraiki folk songs)
- Lalarian (Poetry in Saraiki language)
- Hindu Sanmiat (Hindu mythology)
- Multan ke badshah, namwar governor aur hamla aawar (Kings, gove and invaders of Multan)
- Saraiki Zaban aur us ki hamsaya ilaqi zabaneen
- Saraiki zaban de qaeday, qanoon (Rules and regulations of Saraiki language)
References
- 1 2 Rauf Parekh (16 September 2013). "The jury is still out on when, where and how Urdu was born". Dawn newspaper. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
- ↑ Tariq Rahman. "Linguistic In Pakistan". Academy of Punjab in North America (APNA) website. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
- ↑ Re-Thinking Punjab: The Construction of Saraiki Identity GoogleBooks website, Retrieved 29 May 2019
- ↑ Tariq Rahman (Spring 1995). "The Saraiki Movement in Pakistan". John Benjamins Publishing Company. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
- ↑ "Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL) to give literary awards". Dawn newspaper. 30 March 2022. Archived from the original on 31 March 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2026.
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