Fasihuddin Balkhi
{{Short description|Indian author and historian (1885–1962)}}
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{{Infobox person
| honorific_prefix = Sayyid
| name = Fasihuddin Balkhi
| native_name = فصیح الدین بلخی
| native_name_lang = ur
| other_names = Fasihuddin Balkhi Azimabadi
| birth_name = Syed Fasihuddin Balkhi
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1885|02|10|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Bakhshi Muhalla, Patna City
| death_date = {{death date and age|1962|03|14|1885|02|10|df=yes}}
| alma_mater = Calcutta University
| occupation = Writer, Historian
}}
Fasihuddin Balkhi (10 February 1885 – 14 March 1962){{Cite book |last=Furog̲ẖ |first=Bashārat |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kcRjAAAAMAAJ |title=Wafiyat Mashahir Urdu |date=2000 |publisher=Basharat Ali Khan |pages=472 |language=ur}} was an Indian author and historian. He belonged to the Khanqah Balkhia Firdausia, Fatuha, Patna. He was a contemporary of Ata Kakwi, Taqi Rahim, Shad Azimabadi and Shah Mohsin Danapuri.{{Cite book |last=Ashrafī |first=Vahāb |author-link=Wahab Ashrafi |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pMZjAAAAMAAJ |title=Tareekh Adab Urdu: Ibtida Se 2000 Tak |date=2005 |publisher=Educational Publishing House |isbn=978-81-8223-226-6 |pages=547–549 |language=ur}}{{Cite book |last=Ārvī |first=Ṣābir |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MfHU16PD7r0C |title=Matāʻ-yi iḥsās: majmūʻah-yi kalām : manẓūmāt, g̲h̲azaliyāt, qat̤ʻāt, va rubāʻīyāt |date=1996 |publisher=Taqsīmkār Sardār Buk Ḍipo |pages=5, 62 |language=ur}} He was an active participant in the Non-cooperation Movement. His works include "Tarikh-e-Magadh", "Tazkira-e-Hindu Shora-e-Bihar" and "Wahabi Movement."{{Cite web |last=Hussain |first=Syed Amjad |title=Fasihuddin Balkhi's Scholarship: Rediscovering Bihar's Historical Gems |url=https://sufinama.org/articles/fasihuddin-balkhi-s-scholarship-rediscovering-bihar-s-historical-gems-syed-amjad-hussain-articles |access-date=5 October 2024|website=Sufinama |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Ganie |first=Mohd Hussain |date=12 August 2022 |title=Fasihuddin Balkhi: the forgotten historian of Bihar |url=https://twocircles.net/fasihuddin-balkhi-historian-bihar/html#:~:text=Fasihuddin%20Balkhi%20was%20born%20in,to%20history-writing%20in%20Urdu. |access-date=5 October 2024|website=TwoCircles.net |language=en-US}}
Early life
Fasihuddin Balkhi was born as Syed Fasihuddin Balkhi at Bakhshi Muhalla, Patna City on 10 February 1885.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HT-ebKorTZUC |title=K̲h̲udā Bak̲h̲sh Lāʼibreri jarnal |date=2012 |publisher=K̲h̲udā Bak̲h̲sh Oriyanṭal Pablik Lāʼibreri |location=Patna |pages=307–308 |language=ur}} He was brother of Azizuddin Balkhi.{{Cite book |last=Sinha |first=Bindeshwari Prasad |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zUpDAAAAYAAJ |title=Comprehensive History of Bihar |date=1976 |publisher=Kashi Prasad Jayaswal Research Institute |pages=502 |language=en}}
Scholarly works
- {{Cite book |last=Balkhi |first=Fasihuddin |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8kJuAAAAMAAJ |title=Wahabi Movement |date=1983 |publisher=Classical Publishing Company |isbn=978-81-7054-013-7 |language=en}}
- {{Cite book |last=Balkhi |first=Fasihuddin |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cSVuAAAAMAAJ |title=Patna inscriptions |date=1993 |publisher=K̲h̲udā Bak̲h̲sh Oriyanṭal Pablik Lāʼibrerī |language=ur}}
- Golden Jadeed Farsi Translation Wa Composition
- {{Cite book |last=Balkhi |first=Fasihuddin |url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/detail/hindu-shora-e-bihar-tazkira-ebooks/ |title=Tazkira-e-Hindu Shora-e-Bihar |publisher=National Book Center |year=1962 |location=Daltanganj Palamu |language=ur}}
- {{Cite book |last=Balkhi |first=Fasihuddin |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jyc3zwEACAAJ |title=Tareekhe-Magadh: Suba-e-Bihar Ki Muqammal Tareekh, 642-1943 |date=2001 |publisher=Khuda Baksh Oriental Library |language=ur}}
- {{Cite book |last=Balkhi |first=Fasihuddin |url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/detail/golden-jadeed-farsi-translation-wo-compostion-fasihuddin-balkhi-ebooks/ |title=Golden Jadeed Farsi Translation Wa Composition |publisher=Iqbal Publishing House |location=Patna |language=ur}}
- {{Cite book |last=Balkhi |first=Fasihuddin |url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/detail/tazkira-e-niswan-e-hind-ebooks/ |title=Tazkira-e-Niswan-e-Hind |publisher=Shamsi Press |year=1956 |location=Patna |language=ur}}
- Inshad-e-Shad
- Aasaar-e-Balkhia
- Aasaar-e-Qadima
- Dastoor-e-Sukhan
- Ilm-e-Nujoom
Notes
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= Bibliography =
- {{Cite book |last=Balḵẖī |first=Muẓaffar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OckgAAAAIAAJ |title=Faṣīhuddīn Balḵẖī: ḥayāt aur kārnāme |date=1988 |publisher=The Azad Press |location=Sabzi Bagh, Patna |language=ur |trans-title=Fasihuddin Balkhi: Life and Achievements}}
- {{Cite book |last=Hussain |first=Syed Abbas |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Uyu0zQEACAAJ |title=Idraak Gopalpur: Fasiḥuddīn Balkhī Number |date=2015 |publisher=zer-i ihtimām, Markaz-i Taḥqīqāt-i Urdū va Fārsī |language=ur}}
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Category:People from Patna district