Khurshid Rizvi

Professor Dr Khurshid Rizvi is amongst the prominent Urdu poets, researchers, & men of letters in Pakistan. His publications include:
*1. Shakh-e-Tanha (poetry)
*2. Sarabon ke Sadaf (poetry)
*3. Rayegan (poetry)
*4. Imkan (poetry)
*5. Taleef (essays)
*6. Atraaf (essays)
*7. Tareekh-e-uloom mein Tehzeeb-e-Islaami ka Muqam (translation from Arabic)
*8. Hukm al-Mahkamat-al-Shar’iyyah…… (translation from English into Arabic of the judgment of the Federal Shari’at Court of Pakistan on bank interest)
*9. Qala’id al-Juman ……. (critical editing of a 13th century Arabic manuscript)

Born on May 19th 1942 in Amroha, India, he migrated as a child to Montgomery (now Sahiwal) in Punjab, Pakistan. Here he studied at Islamia High School, Government High School & finally graduated from Government College, Montgomery in 1959. He moved to the University Oriental College Lahore for higher studies and did his MA in Arabic in 1961, winning a gold medal. Later , he got his Ph.D. in Arabic from the University of the Punjab in 1981. He started his teaching career as Lecturer in Arabic at Government College Bahawalpur from where he moved to Government College Sargodha and continued there up to 1984 when he became the principal of Government Ambala Muslim Collage Sargodha. In 1985 he proceeded on deputation to the Islamic Research Institute, International Islamic University, Islamabad where he served as Chief Bureau of Translation for six years. In 1991 he became Head of the Department of Arabic at Government College Lahore (now a university), retiring in 1995. He still continues there as a visiting professor.