Jameel Jalibi (

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and

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from

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. He also was

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at the

University of Karachi The University of Karachi ( sd, ; informally Karachi University, KU, or UoK) is a public research university located in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Established in June 1951 by an act of Parliament and as a successor to the University of Sindh (wh ...

Early life

Jameel Jalibi was born Mohammad Jameel Khan on 12 June 1929 in a

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family of

Aligarh Aligarh (; formerly known as Allygarh, and Kol) is a city in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India. It is the administrative headquarters of Aligarh district, and lies northwest of state capital Lucknow and approximately southeast of the cap ...

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. His early schooling was in Aligarh. He matriculated in

Saharanpur Saharanpur is a city and a municipal corporation in Uttar Pradesh, India. It is also the administrative headquarters of Saharanpur district. Saharanpur city's name was given after the Saint Shah Haroon Chishti. Saharanpur is declared as on ...

and did his

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from

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. One day before the partition of India, on 13 August 1947, Jalibi migrated to

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, where he continued his education and literary activities. He received

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in English (1949),

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(1950), Ph.D (1971), and DLitt (1973) from

Sindh University The University of Sindh ( ur, ; sd, سنڌ يونيورسٽي; informally known as Sindh University) is a public research university in Pakistan located in the city of Jamshoro. It is one of the oldest universities in Pakistan and was certifi ...

. Between 1950 and 1953 he served as headmaster at Bahadur Yar Jang School, Karachi. In 1953, he passed

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exams and joined Pakistan's Income Tax Department until his retirement.

Career and Literary Work

In 1983, Jalibi became Vice-chancellor of

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, where he served until 1987. Then he joined the ''Muqtadara Quami Zaban'' (

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) as its Chairman. In 1949, Jalibi worked as assistant editor for about six months for ''Payam-i-Mashriq'', an Urdu weekly published in Karachi. From 1950-54, he served as co-editor of an Urdu monthly by the name of ''Saqi'' and wrote a monthly column ''Baatein''. He also started a quarterly magazine by the name of ''Naya Daur''. He performed extensive research on the history of

and penned five chronicle volumes with the title ''Tareekh-e-Adab-e-Urdu'', covering 15-20 centuries. Jalibi authored over 40 books on criticism, research and culture. He also wrote short stories for children.

Awards and recognition

* Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Crescent of Distinction) Award in 1994 by the President of Pakistan *

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(Star of Distinction) Award by the President of Pakistan * Baba-i-Urdu Maulvi Abdul Haq Award (National Literary Award) given by

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in 2006.Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL) announces National Literary Awards
Academy of the Punjab in North America website, Published 10 August 2007, Retrieved 25 November 2021 * Nishan-e-Imtiaz (Order of Excellence) by the President of Pakistan in 2021Abida Parveen, Faisal Edhi among 88 conferred civil awards by President Alvi
Dawn (newspaper), Published 23 March 2021, Retrieved 25 November 2021

published a special number on his literary achievements ''Dr Jameel Jalibi: Shakhsiat aur Fun''. The Chief Minister of Sindh inaugurated ''Dr Jameel Jalibi Research Library'' on 14 August 2021 and also announced ''Dr Jameel Jalibi Chair'' at the

in recognition of Jalibi’s contribution to the Urdu language.

Death

He died on 18 April 2019 in Karachi, Pakistan. Among his survivors are his four children two daughters and two sons.

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'' * ''Noon Meem Rashid: aik mutal’a'' (1986) * ''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 (Animal Land)'' * ''Arastoo Se Elliot Tak (From Aristotle to Elliot)'' * ''Adabi Tehqique'' * ''Qaumi English-Urdu Dictionary'' (1995) * ''Tareekh-e-Adab-e-Urdu'' Vol 1-5 (History of Urdu Language and Literature)Book Review of Jamil Jalibi's book on GoogleBooks
Retrieved 25 November 2021

References

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