Kausar Chandpuri

Kausar Chandpuri (1900–1990) was an Indian Unani physician and Urdu writer who gained repute as a novelist, short story writer and literary critic.

Kausar Chandpuri
کوثر چاندپوری
Born
Ali Kausar

8 August 1900
Chandpur, District Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh, India
Died13 June 1990
Delhi, India
NationalityIndian
OccupationPhysician, writer
Known forPoetry and fiction

Biography

Kausar Chandpuri [1] was the takhallus of Ali Kausar who was born on 8 August 1900 at Chandpur, District Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh, India. His father, Ali Muzaffar, was a practitioner of Unani medicine. Kausar Chandpuri studied Unani medicine at Princess Asifa Tibbia College, Bhopal. Thereafter, he worked at Unani Shifakhana, Bhopal, from where he retired as Afsur-ul-Atibba. Later on he moved to Delhi and joined Hamdard Nursing Home. He died in Delhi on 13 June 1990.

Literary life

Kausar Chandpuri wrote seventeen novels, fourteen collections of short-stories, four books of literary criticism and six books on satire. He was a fluent writer of Urdu Prose. He held the view that short stories should seek to improve the standards of morality.[2] His book, Jahan e Ghalib,[3] which was written in response to Malik Ram’s Zikr e Ghalib, dealt with the darker side of Ghalib’s character and life, and is a classic. He also wrote articles and books on Unani medicine, practice and history (such as on the development of Unani medicines and treatments during the reign of the Mughals).[4] He also brought to light a ninth-century manuscript, Danish Namah e Jahan, which was reproduced in the book Studies in the History of Medicine 4 (1980), pages 53–56.[5] His major works are Jahaan e Ghalib, Atibba e ahd e Mughliyaa, Raakh aur Kaliyaan, Patthar kaa gulaab, Murjhaii kaliyaan, Karvaan hamaaraa, Hakim Ajmal Khan, Fikr o sh’uur and Didah e binaa.[6]

Zafar Ahmed Nizami published an appraisal of the life and works of Kausar Chandpuri, entitled Kausar Chandpuri (ISBN 9788126025374).[7] Obaidur Rehman Hashmi's article, "Kausar Chandpuri ki Afsana Nigari", which evaluates Kausar Chandpuri's Urdu short stories, is included in Altaf Ahmed Azmi's book Tibbe Unani.[8]

Bibliography

Kausar Chandpuri's books include:

  • Mehakatii bahaaren
  • Pyasii nadiyaa
  • Dilchasp afsaane
  • Goongaa hai Bhagwaan
  • Atibba e ahd e Mughliyaa
  • Hakeem Ajmal Khan
  • Murjhaaii kaliyaan
  • Md. Bairam Khan
  • Raakh aur kaliyaan
  • Patthar kaa gulaab
  • Didah e binaa
  • Kaarwaan hamaaraa
  • Fikr o sh’uur
  • Muskarahaten
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References
  1. "Index of /". khojkhabarnews.com. Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  2. Article Literary Notes: From Nigaristan to Angarey http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-144256425/literary-notes-nigaristan-angarey.html
  3. Chandpuri, K. (1989). Jahan-e-Ghalib. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  4. Health Sciences in Early Islam: Collected Papers – Volume-1-Page 2 https://books.google.com/books/isbn=0960875409
  5. MELA NOTES Journal of Middle Eastern Librarianship Number 8 http://www.mela.us/MELANotes/MELANotes84/MELANotes84.pdf Archived 2 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  6. "http://viaf.org/viaf/70273265/". viaf.org. Retrieved 14 August 2015. External link in |title= (help)
  7. https://openlibrary.org/OL23187468M/Kausar_Candpuri
  8. English Publications - Jamia Millia Islamia http://jmi.ac.in/upload/employeeresume/qhashmi.pdf
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