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Karachi 12 March, 1997) was a Pakistani Islamic scholar and a prolific translator of classical Islamic texts from Persian and Arabic into Urdu . He was the professor of Persian/Arabic at Manzar-e-Islam in Bareilly, prior to his migration to Karachi, Pakistan.1Two of his own books and one of his translations can be found in the Library of Congress .2He also wrote Nizam-e-Mustufa , a treatise on the economic and cultural aspects of the prophets of Islam.3His book Sarwar-e-Kaunain ki Fasahat won him an award from the Government of Pakistan for being the first book on the poetic aspect of the Prophet Muhammad 's speech.4 He lived and died in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan where he migrated from British India. The later years of his life were plagued by health problems. He had nine children in various countries and his wife died before him. He received the Sitara-i-Imtiaz for his academic work in 1995. His books can be found in university libraries such as those of Harvard , the University of California , and LUMS . Jahan-e-Shams by Ismail Raza is a biography of Hazrat.5
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Karachi 12 March 1997) was a Pakistani Islamic scholar and a prolific translator of classical Islamic texts from Persian and Arabic into Urdu . He was the professor of Persian and Arabic at Manzar-e-Islam in Bareilly, prior to his migration to Karachi, Pakistan. He also wrote Nizam-e-Mustufa , a treatise on the economic and cultural aspects of the prophets of Islam. He lived and died in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan where he migrated from British India. The later years of his life were plagued by health problems. He had nine children in various countries and his wife died before him. He received the Sitara-i-Imtiaz for his academic work in 1995. He also received the literary award Hilal-e-Quaid-i-Azam.
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Shamsul-hasan Shams Barelvi (1917, in Bareilly , British India – 12 March 1997, in Karachi) was a Pakistani Islamic scholar and a translator of classical Islamic texts from Persian and Arabic into Urdu . He was a professor of Persian and Arabic at Manzar-e-Islam in Bareilly, prior to his migration to Karachi, Pakistan. His book Sarwar-e-Kaunain ki Fasahat won an award from the Government of Pakistan. He lived and died in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan where he migrated from British India. The later years of his life were plagued by health problems. He had nine children in various countries and his wife died before him. He received the Sitara-i-Imtiaz for his academic work in 1995. He also received the literary award Hilal-e-Quaid-i-Azam.
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Shamsul-hasan Shams Barelvi (1917 – 12 March 1997) was a Pakistani Islamic scholar and a translator of classical Islamic texts from Persian and Arabic into Urdu . He was a professor of Persian and Arabic at Manzar-e-Islam in Bareilly, prior to his migration to Karachi, Pakistan. His book Sarwar-e-Kaunain ki Fasahat won an award from the Government of Pakistan. He lived and died in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan where he migrated from British India. The later years of his life were plagued by health problems. He had nine children in various countries and his wife died before him. He received the Sitara-i-Imtiaz for his academic work in 1995. Library of Congress Office, New Delhi. : CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link ) Pakistan, Research Society of (1992).Journal of the Research Society of Pakistan .
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Pakistani Islamic scholar, professor and translator Shamsul-hasan Shams Barelvi (1917 – 12 March 1997) was a Pakistani Islamic scholar and a translator of classical Islamic texts from Persian and Arabic into Urdu . He was a professor of Persian and Arabic at Manzar-e-Islam in Bareilly, prior to his migration to Karachi, Pakistan. His book Sarwar-e-Kaunain ki Fasahat won an award from the Government of Pakistan. He lived and died in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan where he migrated from British India. The later years of his life were plagued by health problems. He had nine children in various countries and his wife died before him. He received the Sitara-i-Imtiaz for his academic work in 1995. Journal of the Research Society of Pakistan .
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pakistani islamic scholar and a prolific translator of classical islamic texts from persian and arabic into urd
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pakistani islamic scholar and a translator of classical islamic texts from persian and arabic into urdu
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