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{{short description|Indian poet}}
{{Infobox religious biography
|title= [[Khan Sahib]], [[Khan Bahadur]]
|name= Aziz al-Hasan Ghouri
|religion = [[Islam]]
|image = Majzub Poetry Thana Bhawan.jpg
|caption = Couplets of Aziz a-Hasan Ghouri hanging in the khanqah of [[Thana Bhawan]]
|nationality      = [[India]]n
|birth_date = 12 June 1884
|birth_place = [[Orai]]
|death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1944|08|17|1884|06|12}}
|disciple_of = [[Ashraf Ali Thanwi]]
}}
'''Aziz al-Hasan Ghouri''' (also known as '''Aziz al-Hasan Majzoob''' or '''Khwaja Aziz al-Hasan''')<ref name="thesis">{{cite book |author1=Mohammed Parvez |title=A Study of the Socio-Religious Reforms of Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanvi |publisher=Department of Islamic Studies, Aligarh Muslim University. |url=https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/144510843.pdf |pages=146–147 |accessdate=3 April 2020 |language=English}}</ref> (12 June 1884 – 17 August 1944) was an [[Indian people|Indian]] Islamic scholar and poet. He wrote books including the four volume biographical work ''Ashrafus Sawaneh'', which is regarded as one of the primary sources for biography of [[Ashraf Ali Thanwi]]

Born in 1884 in [[Orai]], Ghouri was an alumnus of [[Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College]]. He was a disciple of Ashraf Ali Thanwi in Sufism and held the titles of [[Khan Sahib]] and [[Khan Bahadur]]. He died on 17 August 1944.

Ghouri's couplet ''Har Tamanna Dil Se Rukhsat Hogayi'' has been deemed to be one of the 100 most popular Urdu couplets. Thanwi commended it saying that if he had one hundred thousand rupees, he would give it to Ghouri.

==Biography==
Ghouri was born on 12 June 1884 in [[Orai]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Nadwi |first1=Sayyid Sulaimān |authorlink1=Sulaiman Nadwi |title=Yād-e-Raftgān |page=303|language=Urdu}}</ref> He got [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]] and [[Bachelor of Laws|LLB]] from [[Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College]], now [[Aligarh Muslim University]].<ref name="thesis" /><ref name="shams">{{cite book |author1=Muhammad Shamsul Haq |title=Paymana-e-Ghazal (Volume 1) |publisher=National Book Foundation |location=[[Islamabad]] |url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/paimana-e-ghazal-volume-001-mohammad-shamsul-haq-ebooks/?lang=ur |accessdate=3 April 2020 |language=Urdu |chapter=Majzoob, Khwaja Aziz al-Hasan Ghouri}}</ref> He was a disciple of Ashraf Ali Thanwi.<ref name="rekhta">{{cite book |author1=Shaukat Thanwi |authorlink1=Shaukat Thanwi |title=Sheesh Mahal |page=127 |url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/sheesh-mahal-khake-shaukat-thanvi-ebooks/ |accessdate=3 April 2020 |language=Urdu |format=ebook}}</ref>

Ghouri worked as deputy collector for 7 years<ref name="thanwi1">{{cite web |title=Notable students of Thanwi |url=https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/jspui/bitstream/10603/57075/9/09_chapter%25206.pdf |website=shodhganga |accessdate=3 April 2020 |pages=206–207}}</ref> and later joined the Department of Education. He was the Deputy Inspector for Islamic [[madrassa]]s and then became the Inspector of the English schools in [[Lucknow]],<ref name="thanwi1" /> [[United Provinces of British India]] and retired only from this post.<ref name="shams" /> He was honored with titles of [[Khan Sahib]] and [[Khan Bahadur]] by the [[British Raj|Government of British India]].<ref name="kashmir" />

Ghouri was a poet and wrote in the [[ghazal]], [[nazm]], [[hamd]] and [[naat]] genre of Urdu poetry. He firstly used "Hasan" and then "Majzoob" as his poetic name. His poetic collection ''Kashkol-e-Majzoob'' was published in 1950.<ref name="kashmir" /> His poem "Dars-e-Ibrat", "Jagah Ji Lagane Ki Dunya Nahi Hai" was released by [[Junaid Jamshed]] in his [[Jalwa-e-Janan]] album.

Ashraf Ali Thanwi commended one couplet from Ghouri's poem ''Har Tamanna Dil Se Rukhsat Hogayi'' and said that if he had one hundred thousand rupees, he would give it to Ghouri.<ref name="kashmir">{{cite web|title=Aziz al-Hasan Majzoob |author1=Faiz Qaziabadi |url=http://kashmiruzma.net/NewsDetail?action=view&ID=59064 |website=kashmiruzma.net |publisher=Kashmir Uzma |accessdate=3 April 2020}}</ref><ref name="express">{{cite web |author1=Shakeel Farooqi |title=Tazkirah Majzoob |url=https://www.express.pk/story/101243/ |website=express.pk |accessdate=3 April 2020 |date=11 March 2013}}</ref> This couplet has been deemed to be one of the 100 most popular Urdu couplets.<ref name="anynews">{{cite news |title=Read 100 popular Urdu couplets on the International Poetry Day |url=https://urdu.arynews.tv/100-urdu-couplets/ |website=anynews.tv |accessdate=3 April 2020}}</ref>

==Literary works==
Literary works of Ghouri include:<ref name="books">{{cite web |title=Urdu Books of Aziz al-Hasan Majzoob |url=https://www.rekhta.org/Poets/khwaja-aziz-ul-hasan-majzuub/ebooks |website=Rekhta.org |accessdate=3 April 2020}}</ref>
* ''Kashkol-e-Majzoob''
* ''Ashrafus-Sawaneh'', biography of [[Ashraf Ali Thanwi]].<ref name="ganga">{{cite web |title=MAULANA ASHRAF ALI THANVI: INFLUENCES |url=https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/52380/12/12_chapter%206.pdf |website=shodhganga |accessdate=3 April 2020 |page=139}}</ref><ref name="thesis"/><ref name="deoband1">{{cite web |author1=Abdul Lateef Qasmi |title=حکیم الامت حضرت مولانامحمد اشرف علی صاحب تھانوی کی کثرت تصانیف کے ظاہری اسباب |url=http://www.darululoom-deoband.com/urdu/magazine/new/tmp/03-Hazrat%20Thnvi_MDU_10_Oct_11.htm |website=darululoom-deoband.com |publisher=[[Darul Uloom Deoband]] |language=ur|accessdate=3 April 2020}}</ref>
* ''Kalam-e-Majzoob''
* ''PhooloN ki dali''
* ''Sada-e-Majzoob''
* ''Deewan-e-Majzoob''
* ''Nafeer-e-Ghaib''<ref name="archive1">{{cite web |title=Nafeer-e-Ghaib |url=https://archive.org/download/NafeerEGhaibByShaykhKhawajaAzizUlHasanMajzoobr.a/NafeerEGhaibByKhawajaAzizUlHasanMajzoobr.a.pdf |website=archive.org |accessdate=3 April 2020}}</ref>

==Death and legacy==
Ghouri died on 17 August 1944.<ref name="thesis"/> According to [[John Mohammed Butt]], {{quote|No one enshrines the life and mission of [[Ashraf Ali Thanwi]] more than Majzub. Not only did he write beautiful poetry about his time with Thanwi, he also provided proof that a free spirit could flourish in the highly disciplined and austere environment of Thanwi khānqah.<ref name="john">{{cite book |last1=Butt |first1=John |authorlink1=John Mohammed Butt |title=A Talib's Tale: The Life and Times of a Pashtoon Englishman |publisher=[[Penguin Random House]] |isbn=9788184004397 |page=185 |edition=2020}}</ref>}}

==Bibliography==
* {{cite book |last1=Nadwi |first1=Sayyid Sulaimān |authorlink1=Sulaiman Nadwi |title=Yād-e-Raftgān |publisher=Majlis Nashriyāt-e-Islām |location=[[Karachi]] |pages=301-314 |edition=2003|chapter = Khwājah Azīz al-Hasan Ghouri Majzūb |language=Urdu}}

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