Zakiruddin Zaki

Zakiruddin Zaki was an author, writer and social activist during the era of the Bhopal State.

Biography

Zakiruddin Zaki was born in 1859. He was employed in the Department of Survey at Bhopal state and loved to write poetry. He died in Tijara. He belongs to a well-known and artistically successful family. He was the elder brother of the writer and poet Kabiruddin Kalim.

Life as scholar

Zaki was his pen name. In 1923, he wrote a book, on the life of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad and the Caliph Ali. His second book was , which was published in 1924.

See also

• Ghulam Mansoor
• Ghulam Ahmad Faroghi
• Kabiruddin 'Kalim'