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| birth_place = [[Delhi]], British India
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| death_place = [[Mississauga, Ontario]], Canada<ref name=Dawn/>
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| spouse = Begum Salma Haqqee<ref name=TFT/>
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'''Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee''' ({{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|شان الحق حقی}}}}), ''[[Sitara-e-Imtiaz]], [[Tamgha-e-Quaid-i-Azam]],'' was a notable [[Urdu]] poet, writer, journalist, broadcaster, translator, critic, researcher, [[linguist]] and [[lexicographer]] of [[Pakistan]].<ref name=Dawn>{{cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1070547/dawn-features-october-09-2007|author=Rauf Parekh|date=9 October 2007|title=Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee: lexicography was his first love|publisher=Dawn (newspaper)|accessdate=8 May 2018}}</ref><ref name=TFT/>

==Early life==
Born in [[Delhi]], Haqqee acquired his BA degree from [[Aligarh Muslim University]]. He obtained a Master's degree in English literature from [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi]].<ref name=Dawn/><ref>[https://www.rekhta.org/poets/shaanul-haq-haqqi/profile Profile of Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee on rekhta.org website] Retrieved 9 May 2018</ref>

His father, Ehtashamuddin Haqqee, wrote short stories, a study of renowned Persian poet [[Hafez|Hafez Shirazi]], ''Tarjuman-ul-Ghaib'', a translation of ''Diwan-i-Hafez'' in verse and assisted [[Baba-e-Urdu]] [[Maulvi Abdul Haq]] in compiling his ''Lughat-i-Kabeer'' (Grand Urdu Dictionary).<ref name=Dawn/>

== Contribution to Urdu ==
Haqqee published two collections of his own poems, ''Taar-i-Pairahan'' (1957) and ''Harf-i-Dilras'' (1979).<ref name=Dawn/> He also published ghazals under the title, ''Dil ki Zaban''.

His other publications include:
* ''Naqd-o-Nigarish'' (a work of [[literary criticism]])
* ''Maqalaat-e-Mumtaz''
* ''Shaakhsaanay'' (Short Stories)
* ''Maqam-e-Ghazal'' (edited work of Hafiz Hoshiarpuri)
* ''Nashid-i-Hurriyat''
* ''Nukta-e-Raz'' (collection of research articles dealing with Urdu poetry)<ref name=Dawn/>
* ''Bhagvad Gita'' (Urdu translation)<ref name=Dawn/><ref name=TFT/>
* ''Darpan Darpan'' (translated poetry from various languages)<ref name=Dawn/><ref name=TFT/>
* ''Intikhab-e-Kalam-e-Zafar'' (a selection of [[Mughal emperor]] [[Bahadur Shah Zafar]]'s poetry)<ref name=Dawn/>
* ''Qitaat-e-Tareekh-e-Wafat-e-Ahle-Qalam-wa-Mutaliqeen-e-Ahle-Qalam''
* ''Lisani Masail-o-Lataif'' (collection of research articles dealing with Urdu poetry)<ref name=Dawn/>
* ''Nazr-e-Khusro Pahelian Keh Mukarniyan''
* ''Aaeena-e-Afkar-e-Ghalib''
* ''Nok Jhonk''
* ''Suhaanay Taraanay''
* ''Phool Khilay Hain Rung Birnagay''
* ''Anjaan Rahi'' (translation of Jack Shaffer's novel Shane)
* ''Teesri Duniya'' (translation of essays on politics and economy)
* ''Soor-i-Israfeel'' (translation of Bengali poet Qazi Nazrul Islam)
* ''Khayabaan-e-Pak'' (anthology of Pakistan's folk poetry of about 40 poets)<ref name=Dawn/>

His autobiography was serialized in the Urdu journal ''Afkaar''. He also translated [[Shakespeare]]'s [[Antony and Cleopatra]] and Chanakya Kautilya's [[Arthashastra]].

He also wrote other genres of poetry, such as ''Peheylian'', ''Kehmukarnian'', and ''Qitat-i-Tareekhi''.

==As a lexicographer==
In addition to his regular professional duties, he remained associated with the Urdu Dictionary Board for 17 years from 1958 to 1975, compiling a 22-volume dictionary.<ref name=TFT/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/537479 |author=Rauf Parekh|date=23 May 2010|title=Urdu Dictionary: a great dream comes true, but no celebrations|publisher=Dawn (newspaper)|accessdate=9 May 2018}}</ref> He compiled two other dictionaries. ''Farhang-e-Talaffuz'' is a pronouncing dictionary of Urdu published by the [[National Language Authority]]. The ''Oxford English-Urdu Dictionary'' is a translation of the eighth and ninth editions of the [[Concise Oxford English Dictionary]].<ref name=Dawn/>

One of his personal friends was the former Chairman of [[Pakistan Academy of Letters]] and [[National Language Authority]], [[Iftikhar Arif]], who remembers him fondly. After his death in 2005, he said that Haqqee had worked diligently and hard most of his life and had a strong belief in the proper use of ''talaffuz'' with special emphasis on diction and pronunciation.<ref name=TFT/>

==Awards and recognition==
*[[Sitara-i-Imtiaz]] (Star of Excellence) by [[President of Pakistan]]<ref name=TFT>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefridaytimes.com/beta3/tft/article.php?issue=20130301&page=22 |author=Zareen Muzaffar|title=The man of letters (Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee)|date=1 March 2013|publisher=The Friday Times (newspaper)|accessdate=8 May 2018}}</ref>
* [[Tamgha-e-Quaid-e-Azam]] by [[Ayub Khan (President of Pakistan)]]<ref name=TFT/>

== Death ==
He died from complications of lung cancer in [[Mississauga, Ontario]], Canada while under his daughter's care on 11 October 2005.<ref name=Dawn/> He was 87. Haqqee left five sons and one daughter. Like his wife, teacher Salma Haqqee, who died exactly two years earlier, he was buried in Mississauga, Canada. His wife was also a well-educated person and also a graduate of Aligarh Muslim University. Being an intellectual herself, she understood Haqqee's passion for his work and was a source of support for him all his married life.<ref name=TFT/>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.dawn.com/news/1169798 LITERARY NOTES: The 100 best Urdu books on Dawn (newspaper)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfRf00Ll3JA Mushaira Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee, Urdu Poet and Linguist on YouTube]

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