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{{Short description|First Indian women Urdu Novelist (1855 – 1929)}}

{{Infobox writer
| birth_date = 1855
| death_date = 1929
| occupation = Novelist, social reformer and author
| birth_place = Patna, Bihar, India
| notable_works = Islah-un-Nisa
}}

'''Rashid Un Nisa''' (1855{{Spaced en dash}}1929) or '''RashidatunNisa, Raseedan Bibi''' was the first Indian women [[Urdu]] Novelist, social reformer and author. She is known for her first Novel ''Islah un Nisa.'' She opened a school for girls, which is considered to be the first girls' school in Bihar.<ref>{{Cite web |last=तिवारी |first=सीटू |date=2023-03-25 |title=जब बेटे के नाम से छपा मां का लिखा उपन्यास |url=http://www.navbharatgold.com/literature/rashid-un-nisa-was-the-first-indian-woman-novelist-the-book-was-published-in-the-name-of-her-son/story/98977969.cms |access-date=2024-03-17 |website=Navbharat Gold |language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Qadeer |first1=Haris |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jTFCEAAAQBAJ&dq=Rashid-un-Nisa&pg=PT41 |title=Sultana's Sisters: Genre, Gender, and Genealogy in South Asian Muslim Women's Fiction |last2=Arafath |first2=P. K. Yasser |date=2021-09-27 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-1-000-45801-5 |language=en}}</ref>

== Early life and background ==
Rashid un-Nisa was born in Patna in 1855 to Shamsul Ulama Syed Waheeduddin [[Khan Bahadur]]. She acquired her education at home and subsequently entered into matrimony with the lawyer Maulvi Mohammad Yahya.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9ADFgmvSf_cC&dq=Rashid-un-Nisa&pg=PA54 |title=The Indian Law Reports: Containing Cases Determined by the Chief Court of Oudh and by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council on Appeal from that Court. Lucknow series |date=1945 |publisher=Superintendent, Government Press |language=en}}</ref>

== Life ==
After 13 long years of waiting, Rashid finally overcame the significant challenge of getting her work, [[Islah-un-Nisa]], published in 1881. It had been languishing amidst discarded papers until Mohammad Suleman's valuable education abroad came to the rescue.{{clarify|date=March 2024}} With gratitude, the author expresses her hope that Allah bestows abundant success upon him in his future endeavors.<ref>{{Cite web |title=First woman Urdu novelist didn't have name as author |url=https://www.awazthevoice.in/women-news/first-woman-urdu-novelist-didn-t-have-name-as-author-5963.html |access-date=2024-03-17 |website=awazthevoice.in |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VWgrAQAAMAAJ&q=Rashid-un-Nisa |title=Indian Cases: Containing Full Reports of Decisions of the Privy Council, the High Courts of Allahabad, Bombay, Calcutta, Madras and Batna, the Chief Courts of Lower Burma and the Punjab, the Courts of the Judicial Commissioners of Central Provinces, Oudh, Sind and Upper Burma, Reported in the Following 25 Legal Periodicals: Allahabad (1) Indian Law Report, (2) Law Journal; Bombay (1) Indian Law Reports (2) Law Reporter; Burma (1) Law Times, (2) Lower Burma Rulings, (3) Upper Burma Rulings; Calcutta (1) Indian Law Reports, (2) Law Journal, (3) Weekly Notes; Madras (1) Indian Law Reports, (2) Law Journal, (3) Law Times, (4) Law Weekly, (5) Weekly Notes; Nagpur Law Reports; Oudh (1) Cases, (2) Law Journal; Patna (1) Cases, (2) Law Journal, (3) Law Weekly; Punjab (1) Law Reporter, (2) Record, (3) Weekly Reporter; Sind Law Reporter, with a Large Number of Extra Rulings Not Reported Elsewhere |date=1923 |publisher=Manager, at the "Law Publishing Press" |language=en}}</ref>

Despite coming from a highly educated background, Rashid un-Nisa did not receive a formal education. A homemaker, she had a keen interest in literature. The groundbreaking Urdu novel [[Mirat-ul-Uroos|Mirat-ul-Urus]] greatly influenced her, as it promoted women's education during that era. This novel served as an inspiration for her to pursue writing novels.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4mdFAQAAMAAJ&q=Rashid-un-Nisa |title=The Law Reports: Being Cases in the Privy Council on Appeal from the East Indies .... Indian appeals |date=1908 |publisher=Council of Law Reporting |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aGAvAQAAMAAJ&q=Rashid-un-Nisa |title=Allahabad Law Journal |date=1919 |publisher=Allahabad law journal Press. |language=en}}</ref>

== Islah-un-Nisa ==
The initial release of Islah un-Nisa occurred in 1894, followed by a second edition in 1968. Subsequently, the third edition was published in Pakistan in 2001. In 2006, the [[Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Library|Khudabaksh Oriental Public Library]] of Patna also released this book, which is currently out of circulation. Rashid un-Nisa, an advocate for girls' education, established the first girls' school in Bihar, located in Patna. Lady Stephenson, the wife of the then Lieutenant Governor, commended Rashid's school.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Sam |first1=Gul |last2=Hashmi |first2=Dr Munawwar |date=2022-07-24 |title=Islamic Values in the Urdu naval Rasheed un Nisa |url=https://ojs.tahdhibalafkar.com/index.php/taa/article/view/152 |journal=Tahdhib-al-Afkar |language=en |volume=9 |issue=1 |pages=123–134 |issn=2411-6211}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Sajjad |first=Mohammad |title=RASHEED-un-NESA: A Reformer and 'Secluded Scholar' |url=https://www.academia.edu/17300049 |journal=[[Academia.edu]]}}</ref>

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[[Category:People from Patna district]]

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