Dr. Zahoorud Din Ahmad ( 1914- 2014), a renowned writer and internationally acclaimed Scholar of Persian Language and Literature in Pakistan and his best expertise is Persian Language and Literature in Pakistan in 06 Volumes and the editing of Persian Manuscripts with their introduction and best description for Persian world. The first and most important goal of his life was the development and promotion of Persian literature. To achieve this goal, he spent a long period of his life spanning almost a century with great joy, patience and perseverance. Dr. Zahoorud Din Ahmed has rendered invaluable services to the Persian language and literature. He has authored , edited, translated about 60 books in Urdu, Persian and English and also hundreds of research articles on topics ranging from history, biographies especially Persian Literature.
His major work is the book of Persian Literature in Pakistan in 06 volumes named: ( Persian Works in Pakistan). These volumes are considered the Master pieces of Persian Language and Literature.This is noteworthy that almost one chapter of every volume consists the history, culture and Persian Literature of Sindh. Although Dr. NabiBakhshBaloch did a pioneering work on the classic Persian literature of Sindh in 10 volumes, but Dr. zahoor has also outlined the contributions of prominent Sindhi Researchers, Poets, Writers, Saints Books especially in the field of Persian Language and Literature and said that Sindhi scholars have played significant role in the development and revival of Persian Literature. His work is a chronology of events (He describes the historic and literary events and description of Persian sources chronologically.) and also a critical description of Persian Language and Literature in Sindh. Three Volumes of this great book have been translated (in Persian) and published in Tehran,Iran.
Furthermore, Dr. Zahoorud Din Ahmad had close association with different eminent Literary figures of Sindh likePir Hassam ud Din Rashidiand Dr. Ghulam Muhammad lakho etc.
The primary objective of this research is to acknowledge and describe the efforts of Dr. Zahoorud Din Ahmad towards History,Lexicography, Culture and Persian Literature in Sindh.
Key words: Dr. Zahoorud Din Ahmad, Persian Literature in Sindh, Persian Literature in Pakistan
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