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{{Infobox person<br />
| honorific_prefix = ''[[Maulvi]]''<br />
| name = Syed Muhammad Abdul Ghafoor Shahbaz<br />
| birth_name = Syed Muhammad Abdul Ghafoor<br />
| birth_date = 1857<br />
| birth_place = [[Sarmera]], [[Nalanda district]], [[British Raj]]<br />
| death_date = 1908<br />
| death_place = [[Patna]], British Raj<br />
| education = [[Patna University]]<br />
| occupation = Writer, Poet, Researcher<br />
| notable_works = ''[[Zindagani-e-Benazir]]''<br />
| father = Syed Talib Ali<br />
| module = <br />
}}<br />
'''Maulvi Syed Mohammad Abdul Ghafoor Shahbaz''' (1857–1908) was an Indian Poet, Translator and Researcher of Urdu-language. He had his research on ''Kulliyat-e-Nazeer'' of [[Nazeer Akbarabadi]]. He had served as a professor at Aurangabad College and also the first Director of Public Instruction, Bhopal in 1905.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Institute |first=Moslem |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BycoAAAAYAAJ&dq=Abdul+Ghafoor+Shahbaz&pg=PA102 |title=Journal of the Moslem Institute: A Quarterly Chiefly Devoted to Subjects of Oriental Interest |date=1907 |pages=102 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Srivastava |first=Gouri |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ERavqiLTu7cC&dq=Abdul+Ghafoor+Shahbaz&pg=PA70 |title=The Legend Makers: Some Eminent Muslim Women of India |date=2003 |publisher=Concept Publishing Company |isbn=978-81-8069-001-3 |pages=70 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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He was the founder and editor of ''Noor-e-Baseerat'', a monthly literary magazine published from Bengal since its foundation in July 1884. He had also contributed to ''Darus Saltanat'' and ''Lucknow Awadh Panch'', a satirical magazine.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Arshad |first=S. |title=Maulana Azad And Abdul Ghafur Shahbaz Gave Constructive Shape To Urdu Literary Journalism |url=https://www.newageislam.com/islam-media/s-arshad-new-age-islam/maulana-azad-abdul-ghafur-shahbaz-gave-constructive-shape-urdu-literary-journalism/d/126419 |access-date=2024-07-21 |website=[[New Age Islam]] |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Early life and education ==<br />
Shahbaz was born in 1857 at Purab Sarmehra village of Patna district (now in Nalanda district of Bihar) into a noble Sayyid family of Syed Talib Ali, a zamindar as Syed Muhammad Abdul Ghafoor.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Diwakar |first=Ranganath Ramachandra |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TVDRAAAAMAAJ&q=Abdul+Ghafoor+Shahbaz |title=Bihar Through the Ages |date=1959 |publisher=Orient Longmans |pages=763 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Kumar |first=Nagendra |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P1cCAAAAMAAJ&q=Abdul+Ghafoor+Shahbaz |title=Image of Patna |date=1972 |publisher=Government of Bihar, Gazetteers Branch; [obtainable from the Superintendent, Government Stationery Stores and Publications] |pages=84 |language=en}}</ref>{{Sfn|Azam|2011|p=9}}<br />
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He had his early education under Syed Talib Ali and then went to Muzaffarpur Zila Highschool with Khan Bahadur Syed Abdul Aziz.{{Sfn|Azam|2011|p=9}} He was admitted to National Collegiate College, Patna in 1887 after passing in the entrance examination, he studied here till Matriculation and passed F. A. from [[Bihar National College]].{{Sfn|Azam|2011|p=10}}<br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
Shahbaz was married to Bibi Shams-un-Nissa or Shamsa Khatun, daughter of Munshi Dawood Ali in 1875, they had two daughters Sughra Begum and Bushra Begum.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Abdul Ghafoor Shahbaz Poet/Writer Biography - Bihar Urdu Youth Forum, Patna |url=https://urduyouthforum.org/biography/biography-Abdul-Ghafoor-Shahbaz.html |access-date=2024-07-21 |website=urduyouthforum.org}}</ref><br />
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== Works ==<br />
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=== Zindagani-e-Benazir ===<br />
It is translated as 'The Unrivalled Life.' This was the first biography of Nazeer Akbarabadi written by Shahbaz.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Tanavīra |first=Habība |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cLVjAAAAMAAJ&q=Abdul+Ghafoor+Shahbaz |title=Agra Bazaar |date=2006 |publisher=Seagull Books |isbn=978-81-7046-276-7 |pages=6 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Bihar (India) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ObhhAAAAIAAJ&q=Abdul+Ghafoor+Shahbaz |title=Bihar District Gazetteers: Patna (& suppl. 2 v.) |last2=Choudhury |first2=Pranab Chandra Roy |date=1971 |publisher=Superintendant, Secretariat Press, Bihar |pages=84 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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* ''Baqiyat-e-Shahbaz''<br />
* ''Khayalat-e-Shahbaz''<br />
*''Rubaiyat-e-Shahbaz''<br />
*''Sawaneh Umri Maulana Azad''<br />
*''Tafheerul Quloob''<br />
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== References ==<br />
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=== Bibliography ===<br />
* {{Cite book |last=Azam |first=Imam |url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/detail/abdul-ghafoor-shahbaz-hindustani-adab-ke-memar-imam-azam-ebooks-1 |title=Abdul Ghafoor Shahbaz: Hindustani Adab Ke Memar |publisher=[[Sahitya Academy]] |year=2011 |location=Delhi |language=ur |trans-title=Abdul Ghafoor Shahbaz: The Maker of Indian Literature}}<br />
* {{Cite book |last=Hasan |first=Mohammad Akhtarul |url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/detail/abdul-ghafoor-shahbaz-hayat-aur-adbi-khidmat-mohammad-akhtarul-hasan-ebooks |title=Abdul Ghafoor Shahbaz: Hayat Aur Adbi Khidmat |publisher=Anjuman Taraqqi Urdu |year=1988 |location=Delhi |language=ur |trans-title=Abdul Ghafoor Shahbaz: Life and Literary Works}}<br />
* {{Cite book |last=Hasan |first=Syed Sabir |url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/detail/maktoobat-e-shahbaz-ebooks |title=Maktoobat-e-Shahbaz |publisher=[[Bihar Urdu Academy]] |year=1989 |location=Patna |language=ur |trans-title=Letters of Shahbaz}}<br />
* {{Cite book |last=Hasan |first=Syed Sabir |url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/detail/nama-e-shauq-shahbaz-ke-khutut-biwi-ke-naam-ebooks |title=Nama-e-Shauq: Shahbaz Ke Khutut Biwi Ke Naam |publisher=[[Bihar Urdu Academy]] |year=1980 |location=Patna |language=ur}}<br />
* {{Cite journal |last=Anjum |first=Khalid |year=1987 |title=Abdul Ghafoor Shahbaz Number |url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/detail/urdu-adab-new-delhi-abdul-ghafoor-shahbaz-number-shumara-number-002-004-khaliq-anjum-magazines |journal=Urdu Adab |location=Delhi |publisher=Anjuman Taraqqi Urdu |issue=2, 4 |via=[[Rekhta (website)|Rekhta]]}}<br />
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[[Category:1857 births]]<br />
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[[Category:People from Nalanda district]]<br />
[[Category:People from Patna district]]<br />
[[Category:Patna University alumni]]<br />
[[Category:Writers from Bihar]]</div>Leonuqs