Khwaja hasan nizami biography sample
Khwaja hasan nizami biography sample
Khwaja hasan nizami...
A chronicler of 1857 par excellence
It was towards the close of the 19th century when the teenager heard about the 1857 revolt for the first time. In no time Khwaja Hasan Nizami began to find out what really happened.
In the years to come, he wrote 15 fine books on the Mutiny.
Khwaja hasan nizami biography sample pdf
Sadly, few of those survive with his family, here.
By the time he breathed his last in 1955, having almost gone blind, Nizami had authored over 500 books, all in Urdu, including those related to India's first war of independence.
All through his eventful life, he remained a Sufi teacher, earning a large following both in this city of 1857, and far beyond.
"He was not just a Pir, he was a historian and investigative journalist par excellence," says his 76-year-old son Khwaja Hasan Sani Nizami with visible pride.
The younger Nizami, too, is a man of religion, and considered an expert on Delhi's history and heritage, as well as Sufism.
Speaking at his house, which is sandwiched between his father's grave