Kausar Chandpuri
Kausar Chandpuri کوثر چاندپوری | |
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| Born | Ali Kausar 8 August 1900 |
| Died | 13 June 1990 Delhi, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation(s) | Physician, writer |
| Known for | Poetry and fiction |
Kausar Chandpuri (8 August 1900 – 13 June 1990) was an Indian Unani physician and Urdu writer who gained repute as a novelist, short story writer and literary critic.
Biography
Kausar Chandpuri [1] was the takhallus of Ali Kausar who was born on 8 August 1900 at Chandpur, District Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh, India. He studied Unani medicine at Princess Asifa Tibbia College, Bhopal.[citation needed] Thereafter, he worked at Unani Shifakhana, Bhopal, from where he retired as Afsur-ul-Atibba. Later on he moved to Delhi and joined Hamdard Nursing Home. He died in Delhi on 13 June 1990.[citation needed]
Literary life
Kausar Chandpuri wrote seventeen novels, fourteen collections of short-stories, four books of literary criticism and six books on satire. He was a fluent writer of Urdu Prose. He held the view that short stories should seek to improve the standards of morality.[2] His book, Jahan e Ghalib,[3] which was written in response to Malik Ram’s Zikr e Ghalib, dealt with the darker side of Ghalib’s character and life, and is a classic.[citation needed] He also wrote articles and books on Unani medicine, practice and history (such as on the development of Unani medicines and treatments during the reign of the Mughals).[4] He also brought to light a ninth-century manuscript, Danish Namah e Jahan, which was reproduced in the book Studies in the History of Medicine 4 (1980), pages 53–56.[5] His major works are Jahaan e Ghalib, Atibba e ahd e Mughliyaa, Raakh aur Kaliyaan, Patthar kaa gulaab, Murjhaii kaliyaan, Karvaan hamaaraa, Hakim Ajmal Khan, Fikr o sh’uur and Didah e binaa.[6]
Zafar Ahmed Nizami published an appraisal of the life and works of Kausar Chandpuri, entitled Kausar Chandpuri (ISBN 9788126025374).[7] Obaidur Rehman Hashmi's article, "Kausar Chandpuri ki Afsana Nigari", which evaluates Kausar Chandpuri's Urdu short stories, is included in Altaf Ahmed Azmi's book Tibbe Unani.[8]
Bibliography
Kausar Chandpuri's books include:
- Mehakatii bahaaren
- Pyasii nadiyaa
- Dilchasp afsaane
- Goongaa hai Bhagwaan
- Atibba e ahd e Mughliyaa
- Hakeem Ajmal Khan
- Murjhaaii kaliyaan
- Md. Bairam Khan
- Raakh aur kaliyaan
- Patthar kaa gulaab
- Didah e binaa
- Kaarwaan hamaaraa
- Fikr o sh’uur
- Muskarahaten
References
- ^ "Index of /". khojkhabarnews.com. Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
- ^ Article Literary Notes: From Nigaristan to Angarey http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-144256425/literary-notes-nigaristan-angarey.html
- ^ Chandpuri, K. (1989). Jahan-e-Ghalib. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
- ^ Health Sciences in Early Islam: Collected Papers – Volume-1-Page 2 https://books.google.com/books/isbn=0960875409
- ^ MELA NOTES Journal of Middle Eastern Librarianship Number 8 http://www.mela.us/MELANotes/MELANotes84/MELANotes84.pdf Archived 2 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "70273265". viaf.org. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
- ^ https://openlibrary.org/OL23187468M/Kausar_Candpuri [dead link]
- ^ English Publications - Jamia Millia Islamia http://jmi.ac.in/upload/employeeresume/qhashmi.pdf
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