Ata Kakwi

Dr. Ata Kakwi
عطا کاکوی
Born	Syed Shah Ataur Rahman 1907 Kako, Bihar
Died	18 March 1998 Patna, Bihar
Resting place	Campus of Dargah Shah Arzan, Patna
Nationality	British Raj (1907–1947) Indian (1947–1998)
Occupation(s)	Professor, Writer, Poet
Academic work
Discipline	History, Religion
Sub-discipline	Sufism, Bihar
Institutions	Patna University

Syed Shah Ataur Rahman (1907–18 March 1998) popularly known as Ata Kakwi was an Indian poet and writer.[1][2] He was a contemporary of Wali Azimabadi, Akhtar Qadri, Azizuddin Balkhi and Fasihuddin Balkhi.[3] He has served as the head of department for the Department of Persian of Patna University.[4]

He has been a director of Arabic and Persian Research Institute, Patna.[5] He had served as the professor in Urdu, Arabic and Persian department of Langat Singh College, Muzaffarpur from 1937 to 1954 succeeding Dr. Abdul Majeed Akhtar.[6] He was related to the Abulolai-Naqshbandi order of Sufism.[7]

He was the father of Arshad Kakvi, a known poet of Urdu-language.[8]

Early life

Syed Shah Ataur Rahman was born to Syed Shah Ghafurur Rahman Hamd Kakvi in Kako, Jehanabad district, Bihar in 1907.[9]

He passed matriculation from Gaya Zila School, Gaya.[9] He was a student of Shad Azimabadi in poetry.[2]

Books

• Pesh-i guftār: dībācon̲ kā majmūʻah, 1989
• Miʻyār va mīzān: tabṣire, 1989
• Taḥqīqī mut̤ālaʻe: Taḥqīqī maqālon̲ kā majmūʻah, 1965
• Ās̲ār-i Kāko, 1986
• Mut̤ālaʻah-yi Shād, 1966
• Ḥarf-i avvalīn: apnī taṣānīf va tālīfāt ke dībāce, 1989
• Gulhā-yi rang rang, 1970

Death and legacy

He died on 18 March 1998, in Patna and buried under the campus of Dargah Shah Arzan.[7][10]

The Urdu Directorate, Bihar organized a commemorative program for Ata Kakwi on 26 October 2022 at the Abhilekh Bhawan Bihar State Archive Directorate, Patna.[11]

References

1. A Peep Into Seventyfive Years of Bihar: Souvenir, 75th Annual Session of Numismatic Society of India. Bihar Research Society. 1987. p. 70.
2. K̲h̲udā Bak̲h̲sh Lāʼibreri jarnal (in Urdu). K̲h̲udā Bak̲h̲sh Oriyanṭal Pablik Lāʼibreri. 2008. p. 124.
3. Sinha, Bindeshwari Prasad (1976). Comprehensive History of Bihar: pt. 2 [1976]. Kashi Prasad Jayaswal Research Institute. p. 502.
4. Siddiqi, Muhammad Zubair (1993). Khuda Bakhsh Lectures, Indian and Islamic (in Urdu). Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library. p. 6.
5. Indo-iranica. Iran Society. 1970. p. 117.
6. "Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Bihar University". www.brabu.ac.in. Retrieved 2024-12-15.
7. "अता काकवी का परिचय | सूफ़ीनामा". Sufinama (in Hindi). Retrieved 2024-12-15.
8. Ashraf, Md Umar (2022-02-18). "अरशद काकवी, सहते रहे हैं ज़ुल्म हम अहल-ए-ज़मीन के ~ इल्ज़ाम आसमान पे धरते रहे हैं हम - Heritage Times हिन्दी". hindi.heritagetimes.in. Retrieved 2024-12-15.
9. ʻArabī, Fārsī, aur ʻalūm-i Islāmiyah men̲ Bihār kā ḥiṣṣah: semīnār men̲ pesh kiʼe gaʼe maqālāt kā majmūʻah (in Urdu). Idārah-yi Taḥqīqāt-i ʻArabī va Fārsī. 1983. pp. 6–13.
10. Qaumī zubān (in Urdu). Anjuman Taraqqī-yi Urdū Pākistān. 1999. p. 71.
11. Bharat, E. T. V. (2022-10-26). "Joint Events Orgnized in Patna عطا کاکوی اور اختر اورینوی کی مشترکہ تقریبات کا انعقاد". ETV Bharat News (in Urdu). Retrieved 2024-12-15.

Bibliography

• Azad, Aslam. "Ata Kakvi- A poet of lyrics". Khuda Baksh Oriental Library Journal (in Urdu). 166 (1). Patna, Bihar: Khuda Baksh Oriental Library: 193–200.

External links

• Ata Kakwi on Rekhta