Nazir Ahmad Dehlvi

Maulvi Deputy Nazir Ahmad
Deputy Nazir Ahmad
Deputy Nazir Ahmad
Born6 December 1836
Rehar Village, District Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh, India
Died28 December 1912
Delhi, India
Pen nameDeputy Nazir Ahmad
OccupationNovelist
NationalityIndian
Alma materZakir Husain Delhi College (Delhi College)
PeriodMughal era, British Indian

Maulvi Nazir Ahmad Dehlvi, also known as Deputy Nazir Ahmad, was an Urdu novel writer, social and religious reformer, and orator. Even today, he is best known for his novels, he wrote over 30 books on subjects such as law, logic, ethics and linguistics.[1]

His famous novels are Mirat-ul-Uroos, Tobat-un-Nasuh, and Ibn-ul-waqt.

He also translated the Qur’an into Urdu.

  1. ^ Khan, Mofakhkhar Hussain (2001). The Holy Qur'ãn in South Asia: A bio-bibliographic study of translations of the Holy Qurʼãn in 23 South Asian languages. Bibi Akhtar Prakasani. p. 272.

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