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| name = Mukhtaruddin Ahmad Arzoo<br />
| image = Dr.Mukhtaruddin-Ahmed.jpg<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1924|11|14}}<br />
| birth_place = Zafar Manzil, [[Azimabad]], [[Patna district]], Bihar<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2010|06|30|1924|11|14}}<br />
| death_place = [[Aligarh]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
| signature = Prof Mukhtar Ud Din Ahmad Arzoo Autograph Urdu.jpg<br />
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'''Mukhtaruddin Ahmad Arzoo''' (14 November 1924 – 30 June 2010) was an Indian literary critic and Writer of Urdu language. He was former Dean of Faculty of Arts at [[Aligarh Muslim University]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=قندیل |date=2022-04-28 |title=نقشِ مختار: پروفیسر مختارالدین احمد آرزو کے وقیع علمی ، تحقیقی اور تبصراتی مضامین - شکیل رشید |trans-title=Mukhtaruddin Ahmed Arzoo's scholarly, research and commentary essays |url=https://qindeelonline.com/naqshe-mukhtar-review-by-shakeel-rasheed/ |access-date=2024-10-18 |website=قندیل - Qindeel |language=ur}}</ref> He was appointed as the lecturer in the Department of Arabic at Aligarh Muslim University in 1953. He was the founding Vice Chancellor of [[Maulana Mazharul Haque Arabic and Persian University]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=TwoCircles.net |date=2010-06-30 |title=Prof. Mukhtaruddin Ahmad Arzoo passes away |url=https://twocircles.net/2010jun30/prof_mukhtaruddin_ahmad_arzoo_passes_away.html |access-date=2024-10-18 |website=TwoCircles.net |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Milli Gazette |url=https://www.milligazette.com/Archives/01122001/23.htm |access-date=2024-10-18 |website=www.milligazette.com}}</ref> He was appointed as the Senior Fellow at [[Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought]], Jordan in 2004.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Professor Mukhtaruddin Ahmed |url=https://www.milligazette.com/Archives/2004/16-30Sep04-Print-Edition/163109200411.htm |access-date=2024-10-18 |website=www.milligazette.com}}</ref><br />
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== Early life and education ==<br />
Ahmad was born into a religious family of Maulana Zafaruddin Bihari Qadri Razvi, a disciple of [[Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi|Imam Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi]] on 14 November 1924 at [[Azimabad]] in Bihar.{{Sfn|Mahuli|2005|p=95}}<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Usmani |first=Afzal |date=2021-09-21 |title=Prof. Mukhtaruddin Ahmad 'Arzoo {{!}} Aligarh Movement |url=http://aligarhmovement.com/aligarians/mukhtaruddin_arzoo |access-date=2024-10-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210921100835/http://aligarhmovement.com/aligarians/mukhtaruddin_arzoo |archive-date=2021-09-21 }}</ref> They are a claimed descendant of [[Malik Ibrahim Bayu|Malik Ibrahim Baya]] of Bihar Sharif.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Siddiqi |first=Ather H. |date=2021-09-21 |title=Professor Mukhtar Uddin Ahmad "Arzoo" : Professor Ather H. Siddiqi {{!}} Aligarh Movement |url=http://aligarhmovement.com/mukhtaruddin_arzoo_athar_siddiqi |access-date=2024-10-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210921145554/http://aligarhmovement.com/mukhtaruddin_arzoo_athar_siddiqi |archive-date=2021-09-21 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Naqvi |first=Noorul Hasan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VZ2fAAAAMAAJ |title=Muhammad College Se Muslim University Tak |publisher=Educational Lake House |year=2001 |pages=411 |language=ur |trans-title=From Muhammad College to Muslim University}}</ref><br />
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He completed his education till Maulvi and Alimiyat under his father at Madrasa Shamsul Huda, Patna.<ref name=":1" /><br />
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== Literary works ==<br />
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* {{Cite book |last=Arzu |first=Mukhtar Uddin Ahmad |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v19OQwAACAAJ |title=The Aligarh Urdu magazine: Ghalib number |date=1949 |publisher=Muslim University Press |language=ur}}<br />
* {{Cite book |last=Ahmad |first=Mukhtaruddin |url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/detail/halat-e-zindagi-unknown-author-ebooks-1 |title=Halat-e-Zindagi-e-Abdul Haq |publisher=Sahitya Academy |location=Delhi |language=ur}}<br />
* {{Cite book |last=Ahmad |first=Mukhtaruddin |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3MVzAAAAIAAJ |title=Abdul Haq: Maker of Indian Literature |publisher=[[Sahitya Akademi]] |year=1992 |isbn=978-81-7201-023-2 |location=New Delhi |language=en}}<br />
* {{Cite book |last=Ahmad |first=Mukhtaruddin |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2a8tAQAAIAAJ |title=Naqd-e-Ghalib |publisher=Anjuman-e-Taraqqi-e-Urdū |year=1956 |location=Delhi |language=ur}}<br />
* {{Cite book |last=Ahmad |first=Mukhtaruddin |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CzuI0AEACAAJ |title=An Introduction to and Analysis of the Leiden MS of Jamharat Al-Islām by Muslim B. Maḥmūd Al S̲h̲ayzarī, and a Critical Edition of Hitherto Unpublished Passages from Writers and Poets Down to the Fourth Century A.H., with Annotations |publisher=[[University of Oxford Press]] |year=1956 |language=en}}<br />
* {{Cite book |last=Ahmad |first=Mukhtaruddin |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HsuDHAAACAAJ |title=Maḥmūd ibn ʻAlī al-Ustādār aẓ-Ẓāhirī |publisher=[[Aligarh Muslim University|Muslim Yūnīvarsiṭī Press]] |year=1960 |location=Aligarh |language=ur}} <br />
* {{Cite book |last=Ahmad |first=Mukhtaruddin |url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/detail/meer-ali-al-katib-ka-ek-shahkar-mukhtaruddin-ahmad-ebooks |title=Meer Ali al-Katib Ka Ek Shahkar |language=ur}} <br />
* {{Cite book |last1=Ahmad |first1=Mukhtaruddin |url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/detail/nazr-e-arshi-ebooks-2 |title=Nazr-e-Arshi |last2=Ram |first2=Malik |publisher=Majlis Nazr-e-Arshi |year=1965 |location=New Delhi |language=ur}} <br />
* {{Cite book |last=Rizvi |first=Sayyad Azeez Husain |url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/detail/hayat-e-zafar-azeez-husain-rizvi-ebooks |title=Hayat-e-Zafar |publisher=Anjuman Barkat Raza |year=2009 |editor-last=Ahmad |editor-first=Mukhtaruddin |location=Mumbai |language=ur}}<br />
* {{Cite book |last=Ahmad |first=Mukhtaruddin |url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/detail/mohammad-bin-ali-al-ustadar-al-zahiri-mukhtaruddin-ahmad-ebooks |title=Mohammad bin Ali al-Ustadar al-Zahiri |publisher=Idara-e-Uloom-e-Islamia |year=1960 |location=Aligarh |language=ur}}<br />
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== Awards and honours ==<br />
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* Certificate of Honour from President of India<ref name=":0" /><br />
* [[Ghalib Award]] (1983)<ref name=":0" /><br />
* Sir Syed Lifetime Achievement Award<ref name=":0" /><br />
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== References ==<br />
=== Citations ===<br />
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=== Bibliography ===<br />
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* {{Cite book |last=Ram |first=Malik |author-link=Malik Ram |url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/detail/nazr-e-mukhtar-ebooks |title=Nazr-e-Mukhtar |publisher=Majlis Nazr-e-Mukhtar |year=1988 |location=New Delhi |language=ur}}<br />
* {{Cite journal |last=Zarrin |first=Drakhshan |title=Mukhtaruddin Ahmad aarzooki Urdu Khidmat |journal=Khuda Bakhsh Library Journal Patna Jan.-Mar. 2013 |publisher=[[Khuda Baksh Oriental Library]]}}<br />
* {{Cite book |last=Mahuli |first=Shahid |url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/detail/prof-mukhtaruddin-ahmad-mohaqqiq-aur-danishwar-ebooks |title=Professor Mukhtaruddin Ahmad: Mohaqqiq Aur Danishwar |publisher=Ghalib Institute |year=2005 |location=New Delhi |language=ur}} <br />
* {{Cite thesis |last=Zubair |first=Mohammad |title=Mukhtar Ud Din Arzoo Bahiseyat Muhaqiqe |publisher=[[University of Delhi]] |hdl=10603/376451 |url=http://hdl.handle.net/10603/376451}} <br />
* {{Cite journal |last=Ashraf |first=Chaudhary Tauqir |title=پروفیسر مختار الدین احمد : ماہر غالبیات |trans-title=Prof. Mukhtaruddin Ahmed: Dominionist |url=https://ojs.lgu.edu.pk/index.php/nooretahqeeq/article/view/1296 |journal=Noor-e-Tahqeeq |date=2020 |volume=4 |issue=15 |pages=106–118 |via=[[Lahore Garrison University]]}}<br />
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== External links ==<br />
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* [https://www.rekhta.org/authors/mukhtaruddin-ahmad/profile Mukhtaruddin Ahmad] on [[Rekhta (website)|Rekhta]]<br />
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