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Ata Kakwi
Born
Syed Shah Ataur Rahman

1907
Died18 March 1998(1998-03-18) (aged 90–91)
Patna, Bihar, India
OccupationProfessor, writer, poet
Academic background
Academic work
DisciplineHistory, religion
Sub-disciplineSufism, Bihar
InstitutionsPatna University

Syed Shah Ataur Rahman (1907–18 March 1998) popularly known as Ata Kakwi was an Indian poet and writer.[1][2] He was a contemporary of Wali Azimabadi, Akhtar Qadri, Azizuddin Balkhi and Fasihuddin Balkhi.[3] He served as the head of the Department of Persian at Patna University.[4]

He was a director of Arabic and Persian Research Institute, Patna.[5] He had served as the professor in the Urdu, Arabic and Persian department of Langat Singh College, Muzaffarpur from 1937 to 1954 succeeding Dr. Abdul Majeed Akhtar.[6] He was related to the Abulolai-Naqshbandi order of Sufism.[7]

He was the father of Arshad Kakvi, a known Urdu poet.[8]

Early life[edit | edit source]

Syed Shah Ataur Rahman was born to Syed Shah Ghafurur Rahman Hamd Kakvi in Kako, Jehanabad district, Bihar in 1907.[9]

He passed matriculation from Gaya Zila School, Gaya.[9] He was a student of Shad Azimabadi in poetry.[2]

Books[edit | edit source]

  • Pesh-i guftār: dībācon̲ kā majmūʻah, 1989
  • Miʻyār va mīzān: tabṣire, 1989
  • Taḥqīqī mut̤ālaʻe: Taḥqīqī maqālon̲ kā majmūʻah, 1965
  • Ās̲ār-i Kāko, 1986
  • Mut̤ālaʻah-yi Shād, 1966
  • Ḥarf-i avvalīn: apnī taṣānīf va tālīfāt ke dībāce, 1989
  • Gulhā-yi rang rang, 1970

Death and legacy[edit | edit source]

He died on 18 March 1998, in Patna and buried under the campus of Dargah Shah Arzan.[7][10]

The Urdu Directorate, Bihar organized a commemorative program for Ata Kakwi on 26 October 2022 at the Abhilekh Bhawan Bihar State Archive Directorate, Patna.[11]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. A Peep Into Seventyfive Years of Bihar: Souvenir, 75th Annual Session of Numismatic Society of India. Bihar Research Society. 1987. p. 70.
  2. 2.0 2.1 K̲h̲udā Bak̲h̲sh Lāʼibreri jarnal (in اردو). K̲h̲udā Bak̲h̲sh Oriyanṭal Pablik Lāʼibreri. 2008. p. 124.
  3. Sinha, Bindeshwari Prasad (1976). Comprehensive History of Bihar: pt. 2 [1976]. Kashi Prasad Jayaswal Research Institute. p. 502.
  4. Siddiqi, Muhammad Zubair (1993). Khuda Bakhsh Lectures, Indian and Islamic (in اردو). Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library. p. 6.
  5. Indo-iranica. Iran Society. 1970. p. 117.
  6. "Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Bihar University". www.brabu.ac.in. Retrieved 2024-12-15.
  7. 7.0 7.1 "अता काकवी का परिचय | सूफ़ीनामा". Sufinama (in हिन्दी). Retrieved 2024-12-15.
  8. Ashraf, Md Umar (2022-02-18). "अरशद काकवी, सहते रहे हैं ज़ुल्म हम अहल-ए-ज़मीन के ~ इल्ज़ाम आसमान पे धरते रहे हैं हम - Heritage Times हिन्दी". hindi.heritagetimes.in. Retrieved 2024-12-15.
  9. 9.0 9.1 ʻArabī, Fārsī, aur ʻalūm-i Islāmiyah men̲ Bihār kā ḥiṣṣah: semīnār men̲ pesh kiʼe gaʼe maqālāt kā majmūʻah (in اردو). Idārah-yi Taḥqīqāt-i ʻArabī va Fārsī. 1983. pp. 6–13.
  10. Qaumī zubān (in اردو). Anjuman Taraqqī-yi Urdū Pākistān. 1999. p. 71.
  11. Bharat, E. T. V. (2022-10-26). "Joint Events Orgnized in Patna عطا کاکوی اور اختر اورینوی کی مشترکہ تقریبات کا انعقاد". ETV Bharat News (in اردو). Retrieved 2024-12-15.

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