History
Maulvi Ferozuddin was one of the most prominent scholars of his time, having been one of the first people to translate the Qur’an from Arabic to Persian and Urdu. For his achievements, Maulvi Ferozuddin is one of the few people to have been buried at Data Darbar, which is considered to be the oldest Sufi shrine of South Asia. Maulvi Ferozuddin originally began publishing books at the behest of then Director Education of the British Raj William Bell. He also authored many books, his first being the Urdu translation of Data Ganj Baksh’s book “Kushuf-ul-Mujoob.” Maulvi Ferozuddin originally established Ferozsons Limited in Chohotay Mufti Baqar inside the historical walled city of Lahore. From the beginning, Maulvi Ferozuddin's vision of business extended beyond accumulating wealth, and he firmly incorporated the enrichment of human life in the under-developed South Asian region. Thus the publishing house was created not only as a means of creating wealth, but as one of spreading literacy and education among the masses of the sub-continent. In 1904, the company offices and printing plant then moved to its own purpose built premises on Circular Road, Sheranwala Gate. Ferozsons opened its first bookshop in 1947 on the Mall in Lahore which is also the company's head office.Operations
Now the company is spread countrywide in 26 big cities of Pakistan. It does the publishing, printing and selling of the books. It is a large book distribution network inClosure of historic branch
The Ghulam Rasool building at The Mall, Lahore where Ferozsons started operations was closed down in January 2017, while the company operated from other branches in the city and elsewhere in the country. In the summer of 2012, the bookstore survived a fire which continued for days and caused losses worth an estimated Rs150 million. The fire started on May 30 and caused the wooden roof of the building to collapse. Within a month of the fire, the bookstore opened to the public again. The management made temporary arrangements and restarted sales on June 27, 2012 with a five-member team managing it. However, the building itself took months to get restored to its former state.Publications
Some of its publishing books, journals and magazines are: * '' Ambri'' (1974, poem) * For Hire *See also
* List of Urdu language book publishing companies *The Printing & Packaging Division of Ferozsons Pvt Ltd , https://ferozsons-printing-packaging-division.business.site/References
{{Reflist Publishing companies of Pakistan Book publishing companies of Pakistan Bookstores of Pakistan Publishing companies established in 1894 Mass media in Lahore The Mall, Lahore Companies based in Lahore 1894 establishments in India