Syed Mohammed Saeed Raza (1890 – 1963) was a Muslim professor and scholar.

Early life and family

Raza was born in

Desna, Bihar Desna is a very old village located on the banks of the River Jerain in Nalanda district of Bihar state in India. It is approximately 2 miles (1 Kos (unit), Kos) from Asthawan and 10 miles from Bihar Sharif. History Desna was a Saadat village. ...

, a village . He belonged to a family of scholars and well-educated landowners. His father, Hakim Syed Liaqat Hussian s/o Mir Baqir Sher s/o Mir Azmat Ali was an Unani physician. His cousin,

Syed Sulaiman Nadvi Syed Sulaiman Nadvi (—; 22 November 1884 – 22 November 1953) was a Pakistani historian, writer and scholar of Islam. He co-authored ''Sirat-un-Nabi'' and wrote ''Khutbat-e-Madras''.prophet Muhammed Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the monoth ...

. His other cousin, Najeeb Asharf Nadvi s/o Syed Mohammad s/o Mir Hashim Sher s/o Mir Azmat Ali, was also a historian and writer. Raza graduated from

Darul-uloom Nadwatul Ulama Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama (translated as, House of Knowledge and Assembly of Scholars University) is an Islamic seminary in Lucknow, India. It was established by the Nadwatul Ulama, a council of Muslim scholars, on 26 September 1898. This edu ...

, one of the major Islamic schools on the Indian subcontinent.

Academic career

Raza join the staff of

St. Xavier's College, Mumbai St. Xavier's College is a private, Catholic, autonomous higher education institution run by the Bombay Province of the Society of Jesus in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It was founded by the Jesuits on January 2, 1869. The college is aff ...

in 1922 as a professor and head of the

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and

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departments. From 1938 to 1942, Urdu was a subject at the undergraduate level. Knowing the importance of Urdu as a language of culture and integration, the authorities made arrangements for the honours course in Urdu. The Urdu Literary Society was established in 1944 with the object of propagating the study of the Urdu language and literature, and as such it also founded the St. Xavier's Urdu Gold Medals in 1950 for the Bachelor of Arts and Inter Arts Examinations. Raza also helped found the S. M. Saeed Raza Scholarship for college-level students. Raza taught many famous scholars, poets and teachers during his tenure at St. Xavier's College, Mumbai. He retired from the college in 1955. After retirement, he settled back to his village, occupying his time with social work for the development of the village. He died in Desna in 1963. PROFSAEEDRAZA

External links

* http://theindianawaaz.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2992&catid=12 * http://twocircles.net/2011jul08/urdu_litterateur_prof_abdul_qavi_desnavi_passes_away_bhopal.html * Abdul Qavi Desnavi * http://litterateurabdulqavidesnavi.blogspot.com/2012/03/abdul-qavi-desnavi-november-11930-july.html * http://indianmuslimlegends.blogspot.com/2011/12/284-abdul-qavi-desnavi.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Raza, Syed Mohammed Saeed 1890 births 1963 deaths People from Nalanda district 20th-century Indian educational theorists Urdu-language writers Indian Muslims Urdu-language writers from India Linguists of Urdu 20th-century Indian linguists

Early life and family

Academic career

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