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词条 Syed Mohammed Saeed Raza
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  1. Early life and family

  2. Academic career

  3. Further reading

  4. External links

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Syed Mohammed Saeed Raza (1890 – 1963) was a Muslim professor and scholar.

Early life and family

Raza was born in Desna, Bihar, a village . He belonged to a family of scholars and well-educated landowners. His father, Hakim Syed Liaqat Hassan was an Unani physician. His cousin, Syed Sulaiman Nadvi, was a Muslim scholar, historian, and a biographer of the Islamic prophet Muhammed. His other cousin, Najeeb Asharf Nadvi, was also a historian and writer. Raza graduated from Darul-uloom Nadwatul Ulama, one of the major Islamic schools on the Indian subcontinent.

Academic career

Raza join the staff of St. Xavier's College, Mumbai in 1922 as a professor and head of the Urdu, Arabic and Persian language departments. From 1938 to 1942, Urdu was a subject at the undergraduate level. Knowing the importance of Urdu as a language of culture and integration, the authorities made arrangements for the honours course in Urdu.

The Urdu Literary Society was established in 1944 with the object of propagating the study of the Urdu language and literature, and as such it also founded the St. Xavier's Urdu Gold Medals in 1950 for the Bachelor of Arts and Inter Arts Examinations. Raza also helped found the S. M. Saeed Raza Scholarship for college-level students.

Raza taught many famous scholars, poets and teachers during his tenure at St. Xavier's College, Mumbai. He retired from the college in 1955. After retirement, he settled back to his village, occupying his time with social work for the development of the village. He died in Desna in 1963.

Further reading

  • Ek Aur Mashriqi Kutub Khana by Abdul Qavi Desnavi, Publisher, Jamiat Tulba, Desna.
  • Mataihiyat (Autobiography by Abdul Qavi Desnavi).
  • Bombai Se Bhopal Tek by Abdul Qavi Desnavi.

External links

  • http://theindianawaaz.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2992&catid=12
  • http://twocircles.net/2011jul08/urdu_litterateur_prof_abdul_qavi_desnavi_passes_away_bhopal.html
  • Abdul Qavi Desnavi
  • http://litterateurabdulqavidesnavi.blogspot.com/2012/03/abdul-qavi-desnavi-november-11930-july.html
  • http://indianmuslimlegends.blogspot.com/2011/12/284-abdul-qavi-desnavi.html
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