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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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