Mohiuddin Qadri Zore

Syed Mohiuddin Qadri Zore (Born 25 December 1905, Hyderabad - 25 December 1962, Kashmir)^[1] Was an Urdu poet, literary critic and historian.

Biography

Mohiuddin Qadri Zore established 'Idare Adabiyaat e Urdu' known as 'Aiwan-e-Urdu' and started an Urdu monthly magazine, 'Sabras,' for lovers of Urdu. He completed Ph.D from London and D.Litt from Paris. He served as Principal of the Chaderghat Government Degree college, head of the Urdu department at Osmania University,^[2] head of the Urdu Department and Dean of Faculty at Jammu and Kashmir university.

Dr Zore wrote many articles and books on Urdu language and literature, including "Tillsm-e-Khayaal","Sayr-e-Golconda","Golconda ke Heeray."In poetry "Hubbe Tarang","gulzaar-e-Ibrahim","Dakkani Adab ki Tareekh". In addition, Kulliyate Mohammad Quli Qutb Shah (1940),^[3] Hayat-e-Mir Muhammad Momin (1941), Dastane-adab Hyderabad (1951), Tazkira makhtutat Urdu. Vols. II and III (1951 and 1957), Talib-o-mohni (1957), Maani sukhan (1958), are notable contributions among his works as well. Hindustani lisaniat (1932), ‘the languages of India’, throws light on the interesting aspects of the evolution of the Indo-European group of languages.^[4] His English composition, Hindustani Phonetics, is a significant work on linguistics.

Dr. Zore was married to Tahniath Unnisa begum, daughter of Nawab Raffat Yaar Jang of Hyderabad, India, and she was the first female Sahiba -e- Dewaan Naatgo Urdu poetess. The most famous of her three books is “Sabro Shukar.” They had nine children, four daughters and five sons.Dr Zore died in 1963 at Srinagar, Kashmir and is buried at khaniyar shareef there.

His family still lives in their ancestral house 'Tahniath Manzil' at Hyderabad, beside the Idare Adabiyat-e-Urdu. IDARE ADABIYAT-E-URDU (since June 25, 1931 )^[4] is a center for urdu learning, museum and library built on land donated by Dr Zore's wife. One of his maternal grand daughter, Dr. Tanveer Zamani 4 is a practicing surgeon and a political activist 5 in New York - US.

References

1. ^ "Legend of Bhagmati is the monument's raison d'etre". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. October 25, 2001. http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2001-10-25/hyderabad/27252102_1_urdu-books-bhagmati-urdu-literature. Retrieved 30 October 2011. 
2. ^ Leonard, Karen Isaksen (2007). Locating home: India's Hyderabadis abroad. Stanford University Press. p. 24. ISBN 9780804754422. 
3. ^ Samiuddin, Abida (2007). Encyclopaedic dictionary of Urdu literature. Global Vision. p. 500. ISBN 9788182201910. 
4. ^ ^{a b} Zahur-ud-Din (1985). Development of Urdu language and literature in the Jammu Region. Gulshan Publishers. p. 28. OCLC 12553970. 

[4] Dr. Tanveer Zamani - Finally, She is a Common Word between Islam and the West.

http://www.prlog.org/11446839-dr-tanveer-zamani-finally-she-is-common-word-between-islam-and-the-west.html

[5] Published News and Speeches- Dr. Tanveer Zamani

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DbMtu0JCgY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZbAuZxCC4w

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asif_Ali_Zardari#cite_note-zamani-256

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iPeBJs5MSo