Qazi Athar Mubarakpuri

Maulana Qazi Athar Mubarakpuri (1916-1996) at Mubarakpur, Azamgarh U.P. India, he has written many articles and books on the history of the early Muslims in India and the Arab world he was presented the highest literary award for the Arabic language in India and has been awarded many awards from the Arab world as well his works are both in Arabic and Urdu language. He was also an active member of the congress beore and after the independence on India. For a long period he served in the Inqalab daily newspaper with his writing and his strong hold on the Islamic history. He has also written book on the well know personalities of Mubarakpur known as 'Uluma-e-Tazkera Mubarakpur'.

He also served as the editor of Al-Balagh published from Bombay, a monthly journal in the following years 1961-62, 1966-67, 1973-76.

*Hindustan men °Arabon ki hukumaten Publisher: Maktabah-yi °Arifin .published in 1967 340 pages

:One of the best books about social condition and historical happenings of West and Southern parts of India was a travelogue by Arab traders of pre-Islamic era. The late Qazi Athar Mubarkpuri, of Inquilab, translating the book on the evidence of certain Arabic sources, the historian Ahtar Mubarkpuri, concludes that some Hindu rulers knew Arabic or at least some verses which they could quote on appropriate occasions (mubarkpuri 1989,315-316) hindustan main arbon ki hukumatey, lahore 1989).