Citizenship Pakistan Alma mater University of Sindh Died August 9, 1993 | Role Author Name Rehmat Farrukhabadi Residence Sukkur, Pakistan | |
Fields Muslim History
Muslim Culture Institutions Govt Islamia Arts & Commerce College, Sukkur Doctoral advisor Prof. Dr. Syed Moizuddin Known for "Muhammad Ali Jauhar and the Mutiny Trial" in Urdu
(Karachi: Oxford University Press, 2005; ISBN 9780195978940) Notable awards Gold Medal in M.A. Muslim History | ||
Rehmat Farrukhabadi (born 7 July 1942, Farrukhabad, Uttar Pradesh, India; died 9 August 1993, Sukkur, Sindh Pakistan) (Urdu: رحمت فرخ آبادی) is the pen name of Muhammad Rehmatullah Qureshi (Urdu: پروفیسر محمد رحمت اللہ قریشی), a Pakistani author and Muslim scholar. He wrote more than 250 papers, including 77 research papers those published in recognised journals.
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Early life and education
Qureshi was born in Farrukhabad, Uttar Pradesh, India in 1942. Following the independence of Pakistan in 1947, his family emigrated to Pakistan. Qureshi's mother died while he was still a child; his father worked as an accountant. He studied at the Railway Boys' High School in Sukkur and then attended the Government Islamia College Arts and Sciences in Sukkur for intermediate then he went University of Sindh where he received an MA degree in Muslim History in 1965 with Gold Medal. Finally, he received an MA degree in Islamic Culture from the same university in 1967.
Family
Qureshi married Amina, they had four children Azra, Muhammad Zafarullah Qureshi, Salma and Muhammad Atherullah. Muhammad Zafarullah (MS-NEDUET, Karachi) is now working as Lecturer in Mathematics at D. J. Sindh Govt. Science College, Karachi and PhD Scholar at the University of Karachi, and Muhammad Atherullah at working in Associate Press of Pakistan, Sukkur Region, while their both daughters are housewives. After Qureshi death, his wife Amina died on Friday, May 20, 2005.
Career
Qureshi joined as lecturer in Muslim history at Islamia College Sukkur in 1966, promoted as assistant professor of Muslim history in Govt. Islamia Arts & Commerce College, Sukkur in 1984 and then associate professor.
He taught postgraduate classes in the same college during the period 1966–67 to 1993. He served as associate processor at the Government Islamia Arts & Commerce College until his death in 1993.
He wrote more than 250 papers, including 77 research papers those published in recognised journals.
Books
Qureshi's published books include:
Additionally, Qureshi published more than 150 papers published in Urdu, English and Sindhi journals and magazines, including more than 30 research papers