Abdul Halim Sharar (Urdu: عبدالØلیم شرر‎; 4 September
1860 â€" 1 December 1926)[1][2] was an Indian author, playwright,
essayist and historian from Lucknow. He left behind, in all, hundred
and two books. He often wrote about the Islamic past and extolled
virtues like courage, bravery, magnanimity and religious fervour.
Malikul Azia VÄ rjina (1889), Firdaus-e-Bareen (1899),
ZawÄ l-e-Baghdad (1912), Husn kÄ Daku (1913â€"1914),
Darbar-e-Harampur (1914) and Fateh Maftūh (1916) are some of his
famous novels.His book Guzishta Lucknow is still considered as one of
the best narrative describing the genesis of the city and its culture
of Lucknow. "جویائÛ' ØÙ‚" "Juya-e-Haq" is one of his lesser
known works, it's the story of Salman the Persian, one of Muhammad's
companions. It is based on the letters of Salman to Bahira a Christian
religious figure in Syria, about his journey to Madina to find the
last prophet and description of the Muhammad and his dealings. Abdul
Haleem Sharar added the original text of letters in biography of
Salman the persian.Abdul Halim Sharar was born in Lucknow in 1860. His
father Hakim Tafazzul Husain was a scholar of Islamic religion and
Persian literature. Sharar was educated at home where he learnt Arabic
and Persian. After spending the first nine years of his life at
Lucknow, Sharar joined his father at Matiya Burj in Calcutta in 1869,
who was in the court of the exiled King of Awadh, Wajid Ali Shah.
Sharar remained at Matiya Burj till 1879, and he also contributed to
the columns of the Urdu newspaper Avadh Akhbar as its Matiya Burj
correspondent.[3][4] He started learning Greek medicine system but did
not finish it.[citation needed] In 1880 Sharar married his first
cousin.[citation needed]
1860 â€" 1 December 1926)[1][2] was an Indian author, playwright,
essayist and historian from Lucknow. He left behind, in all, hundred
and two books. He often wrote about the Islamic past and extolled
virtues like courage, bravery, magnanimity and religious fervour.
Malikul Azia VÄ rjina (1889), Firdaus-e-Bareen (1899),
ZawÄ l-e-Baghdad (1912), Husn kÄ Daku (1913â€"1914),
Darbar-e-Harampur (1914) and Fateh Maftūh (1916) are some of his
famous novels.His book Guzishta Lucknow is still considered as one of
the best narrative describing the genesis of the city and its culture
of Lucknow. "جویائÛ' ØÙ‚" "Juya-e-Haq" is one of his lesser
known works, it's the story of Salman the Persian, one of Muhammad's
companions. It is based on the letters of Salman to Bahira a Christian
religious figure in Syria, about his journey to Madina to find the
last prophet and description of the Muhammad and his dealings. Abdul
Haleem Sharar added the original text of letters in biography of
Salman the persian.Abdul Halim Sharar was born in Lucknow in 1860. His
father Hakim Tafazzul Husain was a scholar of Islamic religion and
Persian literature. Sharar was educated at home where he learnt Arabic
and Persian. After spending the first nine years of his life at
Lucknow, Sharar joined his father at Matiya Burj in Calcutta in 1869,
who was in the court of the exiled King of Awadh, Wajid Ali Shah.
Sharar remained at Matiya Burj till 1879, and he also contributed to
the columns of the Urdu newspaper Avadh Akhbar as its Matiya Burj
correspondent.[3][4] He started learning Greek medicine system but did
not finish it.[citation needed] In 1880 Sharar married his first
cousin.[citation needed]
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