Mustafa Zaidi
Mustafa Zaidi as Deputy Commissioner Lahore
Mustafa Zaidi as Deputy Commissioner Lahore
BornSyed Mustafa Hasnain Zaidi
(1930-10-10)10 October 1930
Allahabad, United Provinces, British India
Died12 October 1970(1970-10-12) (aged 40)
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Pen nameTegh Allahbadi
OccupationPoet
NationalityPakistani
GenreNazms and Ghazals
Notable awardsTamgha-e-Quaid-e-Azam
SpouseVera Zaidi

Mustafa Zaidi (born Syed Mustafa Hasnain Zaidi; 10 October 1930 – 12 October 1970) was a Pakistani Urdu poet and a civil servant.[1][2]

Early life

In 1954, he passed the competitive examination and was sent to England for training before being given the posts of deputy commissioner and deputy secretary.[3]

He married Vera Zaidi, a German, with whom he had a son and a daughter.[4]

In June 1970, he was dismissed from civil service along with 38 other CSP officers by dictatorial regime of President General Agha Mohammad Yahya Khan. [5]

Death

He died on 12 October 1970, two days after his 40th birthday, in Karachi under mysterious circumstances and was laid to rest at Wadi-e-Hussain cemetery Karachi. At the time of his death, Shehnaz Gul, a contractor's wife, was found beside him unconscious.[6][7]

Literary works

He also wrote under his pen-name Tegh Allahabadi. His initial poetry was romantic in nature. At the age of 17, published his first collection of poetry Zanjeeren in 1949, followed by, Zangeerein (1949), Roshni (1950), Shehr-e-Azar (City of Idol Worshippers; 1958), Mauj Meri Sadaf Sadaf (1960), Gareban (1964), Qaba-e-Saaz (1967) and Koh-e-Nida (1971) (published posthumously). His complete work was published as Kulliyaat-i-Mustafa Zaidi posthumously.[3]

Further reading

  • Laurel Steele (2005). Relocating the Postcolonial Self: Place, Metaphor, Memory and the Urdu Poetry of Mustafa Zaidi (1930-1970) (PhD). Chicago: University of Chicago, Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations. OCLC 60817790.
  • Zafarullah Khan (1984). Mustafa Zaidi: Shakhsiyat aur Shairi (in Urdu). Majlis-i Fikr o Adab. OCLC 15697137.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "مصطفیٰ زیدی: قتل یا خودکشی، سوال نصف صدی بعد بھی باقی". Independent Urdu (in Urdu). 12 October 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  2. ↑ Salman, Peerzada (12 October 2020). "This week 50 years ago: The Mustafa Zaidi case and NATAK". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Mustafa Zaidi: murder or suicide?". DAWN. 14 October 2008. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  4. ↑ Ali, Kamran Asdar (1 December 2014). "COLUMN: A moment in Karachi's history: a poet's death remembered". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  5. ↑ "PAKISTAN OUSTS 191 AFTER TRIALS". The New York Times. 7 June 1970. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  6. ↑ Yunus Ahmar (1999). Modern Urdu Poets. New Delhi: Adam Publishers and Distributors. p. 101. ISBN 978-81-7435-162-3. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  7. ↑ Parekh, Rauf (27 April 2015). "Creativity and mental disorder: Urdu poets and writers who committed suicide". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
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