Subedar Misbahul Islam Faruqi | |
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Native name | مصباح الاسلام فاروقی |
Born | Meerut, British India | 18 October 1923
Died | 14 November 1976 Lahore, Pakistan | (aged 53)
Occupation | writer, editor, translator, journalist, thinker and military officer |
Language | English, Urdu |
Nationality | Pakistani |
Citizenship |
British India Pakistan |
Alma mater | Aligarh Muslim University |
Military career | |
Allegiance | British Indian Army |
Rank | Subedar |
Battles/wars | World War II |
Misbahul Islam Faruqi (18 October 1923 – 14 November 1976) was a Pakistani writer, editor, translator, journalist, thinker and military officer in the British Indian Army. [1]
He was born on 18 October 1923, in Meerut. He received BA from Aligarh Muslim University in 1943. He joined the British Indian Army during World War II and was promoted to the rank of Subedar. Subedar Farooqi was fluent in both Urdu and English. [2]
He died on 14 November 1976 in Lahore and was buried there. [2]
He was the editor of the Lahore daily Tasneem and Qasid. He was also in charge of the broadcasting department of the Tehreek-e-Islami. He was a regular contributor to Chirag-e-Rah Karachi. His books also translated The Protocols of the Elders of Zion with the title Jewish conspiracy and the Muslim world in the late 1960s and republished in 2001. [3] [4] [5]