Imdad Ali Imam Ali Kazi

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Imdad Ali Imam Ali Kazi
Allama I I Kazi as Vice Chancellor University of Sindh.jpg
I. I. Kazi
Born(1886-04-18)18 April 1886
Village Paat (now Dadu District), Bombay Presidency, British India
Died13 April 1968(1968-04-13) (aged 81)
Hyderabad, Pakistan (buried at Jamshoro)
Spouse(s)Elsa Kazi
(married her in 1910)
Elsa Kazi died on 28 May 1967

Imdad Ali Imam Ali Kazi (Sindhi: علامه آء آء قاضي‎) (18 April 1886 – 13 April 1968), also known as Imdad Ali Kazi, the son of Kazi Imam Ali Ansari, was a scholar, philosopher, jurist, and educationist. He is considered to be a founding father of the University of Sindh at its present location at Jamshoro.[1] He published works of Sindhi art, literature, mysticism, education and history. Along with his wife Elsa, he wrote a book on comparative religion, The Adventures of the Brown Girl in her Search for God, which was published by Arthur H Stockwell Ltd., England, in 1933.[2] They also worked on a translation of the verses of Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai.[3]

Education and early life[]

Imdad Ali Kazi was the second son of the second wife of Kazi Imam Ali Ansari, the District Magistrate of Hyderabad, and was born on 18 April 1886, at Hyderabad.[3] His family was originally from Paat of Dadu District. He studied the Quran, Persian language, Arabic, Sindhi language and Urdu language from a private tutor.[4]

I.I. Kazi went to London in 1907 for higher education, where he studied Economics at the London School of Economics. In 1910, he married a German woman, Elsa, who was thereafter called Elsa Kazi.[4] Elsa Kazi was also well-versed in literature.[3] In 1911, Kazi received the degree of Bar-at-Law, after which he returned home to Hyderabad with his wife.[3]

Imdad Ali Kazi studied Arabic in Cairo in 1932. Next year in 1933, he further studied Arabic at the London School of Oriental and African Studies.[3]

While he was studying in England, he was a contemporary of Allama Iqbal and Muhammad Ali Jinnah.[4]

Career[]

The British offered the young barrister the post of Civil Judge of Tando Muhammad Khan.[5] He also served as the district and sessions judge of Khairpur during the British rule.[6]

Allama I.I. Kazi served as Vice-Chancellor of University of Sindh from 1951 to 1958.[3]

Inscriptions on the dome of the last resting place of Mr and Mrs I I Kazi in Sindh University, Jamshoro

Death and legacy[]

I.I. Kazi died on 13 April 1968 in Hyderabad, Pakistan at age 81. He was buried at the campus of University of Sindh at Jamshoro.[3] Several books and articles have been written on the life of Kazi and tributes paid to him annually on the anniversary of his death[7][4][6][8]

Many well-known scholars like Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, Allama Iqbal, Maulana Ubaidullah Sindhi and George Bernard Shaw were deeply impressed by his writings.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ Bab-i-Allama I.I. Kazi Dawn (newspaper), Published 26 December 2008, Retrieved 8 March 2019
  2. ^ A catalogue of The Adventures of the Brown Girl in her search for God
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h Jawed Inayatullah Mughal (13 April 2016). "I.I. Kazi remembered". Dawn (newspaper). Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Ghulam Nabi Kazi (23 July 2007). "Allama I.I. Kazi - A few glimpses from his life". All Things Pakistan website. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  5. ^ Mushtaq Ali, Justice (1994). Allama I.I. Kazi. Karachi: Royal book company. p. 18.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b Tributes paid to noted Sindh intellectual Allama Kazi Dawn (newspaper), Published 17 April 2006, Retrieved 8 March 2019
  7. ^ Management – The life of Allama I I Kazi Pakistan Economist (business magazine), Published 13 May 2002, Retrieved 8 March 2019
  8. ^ I. I. Kazi's services for education eulogized Dawn (newspaper), Published 16 April 2003, Retrieved 8 March 2019
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