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|name = Allama Rashid ul Khairi<br> راشد الخیری<br />
|image = Portrait_of_Allama_Rashid-ul-Khairi.jpg<br />
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|birth_date = January 1868<br />
|birth_place = [[Delhi]], [[British India]]<br />
|death_date=February 1936<br />
|death_place=[[Delhi]], [[British India]]<br />
|relations= [[Sadiq ul Khairi]] (son)<br> Raziq ul Khairi (son)<br>[[Amina Nazli|Begum Amma Nazli]] (daughter-in-law)<br>[[Haziqul Khairi]] (grandson)<br />
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'''Allama Rashid-ul-Khairi''', born as '''Mohammad Abdur Rashid''' and largely known as Musavire Gham (مصوّرِ غم; lit "illustrator of grief"), was a social reformer from [[British India]]. He is recognised for his contributions to [[Urdu|Urdu literature]]. Khairi blended reformist and didactic teachings with literary works and is considered among the pioneers of the Urdu short story.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1460390|title=literary notes: Feminism, social reform and Rashid-ul-Khairi|first=Rauf|last=Parekh|date=29 January 2019|website=DAWN.COM}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/725323|title=COLUMN: Pioneers of women's right|first=From|last=InpaperMagazine|date=10 June 2012|website=dawn.com|accessdate=13 March 2018}}</ref> He was the father of Urdu novelist [[Sadiq ul Khairi]] and grandfather of prominent jurist [[Haziqul Khairi]]. <br />
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Khairi founded ''ISMAT'' in June 1908, a social and literary magazine for women that served the cause of Muslim women's education in India and fought for their legal rights. He wrote more than ninety books and booklets, including ''Sath Ruhoon K Aamalnamay'' and ''Nani Ashu'', two comedic works.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1073704|title=Ismat's 105 years celebrated|first=Peerzada|last=Salman|date=14 December 2013|website=dawn.com|accessdate=13 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks?author=rashidul-khairi|title=Rashidul Khairi's urdu books - Author Books|website=Rekhta|accessdate=13 March 2018}}</ref> Khairi's work depicts the circumstances of women during his time in the Indian subcontinent.<ref>{{cite book|last1=By Maneka Gandhi, Ozair Husain|title=The Complete Book of Muslim and Parsi Names|year=2004|isbn=9780143031840|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SSdCL2ZfflIC&dq=rashid+alkhairi+was+novelist&pg=PA369}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/amp/566083-just-individual-life |title=Not just an individual life |website=thenews.com.pk |date=2018-08-12 |accessdate=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1073704|title=Ismat's 105 years celebrated|first=Peerzada|last=Salman|date=14 December 2013|website=DAWN.COM}}</ref><br />
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According to [[Munshi Premchand]], "Rashid ul Khairi was a great name in literature for women in Urdu, and all those who know Urdu language should be grateful to him." [[Gail Minault]], Professor of History at the [[University of Texas]], in her book ''Secluded Scholars'' wrote that, "Rashid ul Khairi was a pioneer of women's right in the Islamic tradition and was one of the biggest bestsellers in the history of Urdu Novel. He saw the oppression of women, their physical and mental imprisonment, and how they were deprived of their rights and he wanted to do something about it."<ref name="auto"/> Renowned Urdu literature novelist [[Qurratulain Hyder]] stated, "Rashid ul Khairi was one of the greatest reformers of the nation in the twentieth century."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fp.brecorder.com/2008/07/20080726775838/|title=LITERARY NOTES: Urdu short story: A century of progress | date=26 July 2008 | publisher=Business Recorder | accessdate=18 November 2019}}</ref><br />
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== Literary works ==<br />
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* ''Samarna Ka Chand''<br />
* ''Subh-e-Zindagi''<br />
* ''Sham-e-Zindagi''<br />
* ''Shab-e-Zindagi''<br />
* ''Nauha-e-Zindagi''<br />
* ''Mah-e-Ajam''<br />
* ''Shaheen-o-Darraj''<br />
* ''Nani Ashu''<br />
* ''Jauhar-e-Ismat''<br />
* ''Mahboob-e-Khudawand''<br />
* ''Amna Ka Lal''<br />
* ''Aroos-e-Karbala''<br />
* ''Azzuhra''<br />
* ''Sarab-e-Maghrib''<br />
* ''Bintul Waqt''<br />
* ''Hayat-e-Saliha''<br />
* ''Syyeda Ka Lal''<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Haziqul Khairi]]<br />
*[[Nazir Ahmad Dehlvi]]<br />
*[[Amina Nazli]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:1868 births]]<br />
[[Category:1936 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Urdu-language novelists]]<br />
[[Category:Urdu-language humorists]]<br />
[[Category:Urdu-language religious writers]]<br />
[[Category:Urdu-language writers from British India]]</div>LaverneHenry