Jameel Jalibi

Jameel Jalibi
Born	(1929-06-12) June 12, 1929 Aligarh, UP
Residence	Karachi
Citizenship	Pakistani
Nationality	Pakistani
Fields	Urdu literature and Linguistics
Institutions	University of Karachi
Alma mater	University of Karachi
Doctoral advisor	Ghulam Mustafa Khan
Known for	Urdu literature and Linguistics
Notable awards	Sitara-e-Imtiaz, Hilal-e-Imtiaz

Muhammad Jameel Khan (Urdu: محمد جمیل خان) is a noted linguist, critic, writer, and scholar of Urdu literature and linguistics from Pakistan. He was Vice-Chancellor at the University of Karachi.^[1]

Life and career

Jameel Jalibi was born on 12 June 1929 in a Yusufzai family of Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh. His early schooling was in Aligarh. He matriculated in Saharunpur and did his Bachelor of Arts from Meerut College. One day before the partition of India, on 13 August 1947, Jalibi migrated to Karachi, Pakistan, where he continued his education and literary activities. He gained a Master of Arts, Bachelor of Laws degree and a Ph.D from Sindh University. He then worked for the Income Tax Department until retirement. In 1983 he became Vice-chancellor of Karachi University, where he remained until 1987, when he joined the Muqtadara Quami Zaban (National Language Authority). He enjoyed the company of Karrar Hussain, Sabzwari, Jalib Dehlvi and Ghayur Ahmed Ramzi. From 1950-54, he remained Co-editor of an Urdu monthly by the name of "Saqi" and wrote a monthly column "Baaten". He started a quarterly by the name of "Naya Daur"

Publications

• Pakistani Culture
• Tanqeed aur Tajarba (Criticism and Experience)
• Nai Tanqeed (New Criticism)
• Adab, Culture aur Masa'el (Literature, Culture and Problems)
• Muhammad Taqi Meer
• Maasir-e-Adab (Contemporaries Of Literature)
• Quami Zaban (National Language)
• Yak-Jehti Nafaz aur Masa'el (Solidarity Of Self and Problems)
• Masnavi Kadam Rao aur Pidam Rao
• Diwan-e-Hasan Shauqi (Collection of Hasan Sahuqi's Poetry)
• Farhang-e-Istalahaat (Dictionary of Terms)
• Qadeem Urdu Lughat (Ancient Urdu Dictionary)
• Tareekh-e-Adab-e-Urdu (History of Urdu Literature)
• Diwan-e-Nusrati (Collection of Nusrati's Poetry)
• Elliot ke Mazameen (Essays of Elliot)
• Pakistan: The Identity Of Culture
• Janwarsitan (Animalised)
• Arastoo Se Elliot Tak (From Aristotle to Elliot)

Awards

He received the Sitara-e-Imtiaz and the Hilal-e-Imtiaz. He is the only writer to have won "Qaumi Adabi Inam" (National Literary Award) given by Pakistan Academy of Letters four times.^{[citation needed]}

References

Persondata
Name	Jameel
Alternative names
Short description	Pakistani academic
Date of birth	June 12, 1929
Place of birth	Aligarh, UP
Date of death
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