Mukhtaruddin Ahmad


Mukhtaruddin Ahmad Arzoo was an Indian literary critic and Writer of Urdu language. He was former Dean of Faculty of Arts at Aligarh Muslim University. He was appointed as the lecturer in the Department of Arabic at Aligarh Muslim University in 1953. He was the founding Vice Chancellor of Maulana Mazharul Haque Arabic and Persian University. He was appointed as the Senior Fellow at Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought, Jordan in 2004.

Early life and education

Ahmad was born into a religious family of Maulana Zafaruddin Bihari Qadri Razvi, a disciple of Imam Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi on 14 November 1924 at Azimabad in Bihar. They are a claimed descendant of Malik Ibrahim Baya of Bihar Sharif.
He completed his education till Maulvi and Alimiyat under his father at Madrasa Shamsul Huda, Patna.

Literary works