Khwaja Muhammad Afzal
Khwaja Muhammad Afzal was an Urdu poet in East Bengal, India.
Early life
In 1875, Afzal was born into the Dhaka Nawab family.[1] His father was Khwaja Yusuf Jan. He received formal education in English and Persian. He studied poetry under Syed Mahmud Azad, a Dhaka-based poet.[2]
Career
Afzal wrote poetry in Urdu and Persian and used Afzal as his pen name. He wrote a Diwan, which is an Islamic traditional collection of poetry, and a number of Ghazals in Urdu. He used the Abjad writing system to publish three volumes of a history book. After the death of Khwaja Ahsanullah, he published the Gam-e-ma-paikar in the Abjad writing system. Between 1895 and 1933, he regularly kept a diary, which is now preserved in the Library of the University of Dhaka.[2][3]
References
- ^ Division, Bangladesh Ministry of Cabinet Affairs Establishment; Ishaq, Muhammad (1969). Bangladesh District Gazetteers: Dacca. Bangladesh Government Press. p. 347.
- ^ a b Billah, Abu Musa Mohammad Arif. "Afzal, Khwaja Muhammad". en.banglapedia.org. Banglapedia. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
- ^ Haider, Azimusshan (1966). A City and Its Civic Body: A Description of Facts and Events Spotlighting Certain Aspects of Life in and Around Dacca During the Last Hundred Years, and an Account of Dacca Municipality : a Souvenir to Mark the Centenary of Dacca Municipality. Dacca Municipality. p. 23.