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Agha Muhammad Yaqoob (1 July 1904 – 1987) was a Pakistani civil servant and translator from Sindh. He served as Deputy Commissioner in several districts and produced English translations of the Shah Jo Risalo and the Quran.
Early life and education
[edit]Yaqoob was born on 1 July 1904 in Shikarpur, Sindh.[1] He graduated from D. J. Sindh College in Karachi.[1]
Career
[edit]Yaqoob entered government service in July 1926.[1] He held several administrative positions, including Deputy Commissioner of Dadu (1952), Hyderabad (1955), and Thatta (1956).[1] He also served as Provincial Secretary for Health, Education, and S&GAD, Revenue Officer for Kotri Barrage (1946), and Chief Officer of Sukkur Barrage (1956).[1]
He retired from government service and spent his later years in Latifabad, Hyderabad, where he died in 1987.[1]
Translations
[edit]Shah Jo Risalo
[edit]Between 1970 and 1975, Yaqoob translated Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai's Sindhi poetry collection, the Shah Jo Risalo, into English.[2] The translation was first published in three volumes in 1985 by the Shah Abdul Latif Bhitshah Cultural Centre Committee, Hyderabad.[3]
In his preface, Yaqoob stated that he used his knowledge of the Quran, religious traditions, and the poetry of Rumi to produce the translation.[2] He also incorporated approximately 750 Quranic verses and traditions, along with more than 700 selected poems from other poets, and compiled a glossary of over 6,000 difficult words from the Risalo with equivalents in colloquial Sindhi and English.[2]
According to a 2016 article in The News International, critics described Yaqoob's translation as "exhaustive and commendable work despite a few disagreements."[4]
His translation has been cited in academic scholarship. A 2026 study in the peer-reviewed Research Journal for Social Affairs used his translation as the primary source text for a comparative analysis of struggle themes in Bhittai's poetry and Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea.[5]
Holy Quran
[edit]Yaqoob completed an English translation of the Quran in 1982. It was published in five volumes as The Holy Quran Text, Translation (Dhalik al-Kitab la Rayba Fi).[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "آغا محمد يعقوب" [Agha Muhammad Yaqoob]. Sindhiana Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2026-09-08.
- 1 2 3 Agha, Muhammad Yaqoob (1985). Shah Jo Risalo alias Ganj-e-Latif. Vol. I. Hyderabad: Shah Abdul Latif Bhitshah Cultural Centre Committee. pp. Preface – via Internet Archive.
- ↑ "Shah jo risalo, alias Ganje Latif". HathiTrust. Retrieved 2026-09-08.
- ↑ Sanai, Muhammad Habib (2016-11-20). "The spirit of his verse". The News International. Retrieved 2026-09-08.
- ↑ Shah, Shazia; Khokhar, Muhammad Ibrahim; Soomro, Abdul Rasheed (2026-03-27). "The Unvanquished Will: Struggle as Praxis in Hemingway's the Old Man and the Sea and Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai's Sasui across the Five Surs of Shah Jo Risalo". Research Journal for Social Affairs. doi:10.71317/RJSA.004.03(s2).0900. ISSN 3006-5240.