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Naqvi (spelled "Naghavi" if transliterated from Persian, or "Naqawi" if from Arabic) is a family name. Naqvi are the descendants of Islamic Prophet Muhammad through the lineage of Ali al-Hadi (Arabic: الإمام علي الهادي). Born Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Ali, he is considered the Tenth Imam of Shias.^[1]

"Syed" or "Sayyid" is an honorific title that is given to males accepted as descendants of Muhammad through his grandsons, Hasan ibn Ali and Husayn ibn Ali, who were the sons of his daughter Fatimah and son-in-law and Caliph Ali ibn Abi Talib. Shias claim descent from Muhammad through his grandchildren.^{[citation needed]}

History and origin[link]

The descendants of Ali al-Naqi are primarily found in South Asia, Iran and Turkey.^{[citation needed]} The earliest Naqvis' migrated into Sindh and Uchch in southern Punjab of present-day Pakistan. Many Naqvis reside in the city of Amroha, in Northern India.^{[citation needed]} _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Allahabad, India[link]

Clan of Ja'far-e-Tawwab: Originally hailing from Sabzevar ,(Persia) one of the early migrants amongst direct descendants of Ja'far-e-Tawab son of Imam Ali Naqui Al Hadi arrived and settled at Allahabad and made it their home. Amongst the earliest settlers was a noble known as Syed Haqqani and the area inhabited by him and where his tomb know lies is known as Syed Sarawan situated amidst the Grand Trunk Road and the Syed Sarawan Railway Station on Delhi-Howrah Railway route in District of Allahabad. However, as per his wish his offspring later shifted to Trans-Ganga area of Allahabad and inhabited places which are named as Fatooha and Kahira. His descendants still live in Allahabad. Notable amongst his lineage are Abu Talib Naqvi, Indian Civil Services, and Congressman and lawyer Syed Ali Hasan Naqvi and his son Syed Mohammed Jafar Raza Naqvi, Advocate.

Notable people with the surname Naqvi[link]

• Faizan Ali Naqvi, Manager I.M Inter Collage, Amroha, India
• Ali Naqvi, Pakistan cricketer
• Afsar Madad Naqvi, sculptor
• Allama Ali Naqi Naqvi, Pakistani mujtahid
• Allama Syed Dildar Ali Naqvi Naseerabadi, aka Ghufran Ma'ab, scholar of India
• Arif Naqvi, C.E.O. of Abraaj Capital
• Fatemeh Naghavi, Iranian actress
• Farman Abbas Naqvi, TV journalist (INDIA)
• Iqrar ul Hassan Naqvi, journalist and broadcaster for ARY One World
• Kalbe Razi Naqvi, Pakistani Norwegian physicist
• Mohsin Naqvi, Urdu poet
• Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Indian politician
• Naveen Naqvi, Pakistani journalist
• Nawab Haider Naqvi, economist and scholar
• Syed Sadequain Ahmed Naqvi, artist
• Saeed Naqvi, Indian journalist
• Qasim Naqvi, African journalist
• Syed Agha Sadiq Hussien Naqvi (1909–1977), prolific writer and poet
• Syed Naqvi, Development Economist )
• Syed Safdar Hussain Naqvi, scholar of Pakistan
• Yasir Naqvi, Canadian politician
• Zafar Ali Naqvi, Indian politician
• Zameer Naqvi, Pakistani scholar
• Syed Sharfuddin Shahwilayat Naqvi, was a prominent Makhdoom.
• Samina A. Syed-Naqvi, Internist, NY/NJ physician.
• Altaf H Syed-Naqvi, Professional Engineer, NJ Resident
• Hussain Ahmareen Syed, St. Mathew's University, Cayman Island, NJ resident.
• Rabia Altaf Syed, Medical University of the Americas, Neves Island, NJ resident.

References[link]

Halqa Arbab e Zouqe Faisalabad

Syed Khawar Abbas Naqvi writer and poet of Aly Nabi a,s

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Shashi Tharoor
Shashi Tharoor
Member of Parliament - Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 2009
Preceded by	Pannyan Raveendran
Constituency	Thiruvananthapuram
Minister of State for External Affairs
In office 28 May 2009 – 18 April 2010
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh
Preceded by	Anand Sharma
Succeeded by	E. Ahamed
Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations
In office January 2001 – April 2007
President	Kofi Annan
Personal details
Born	(1956-03-09) 9 March 1956 (age 56) London, United Kingdom
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse(s)	Tilottama Mukherji (divorced) Christa Giles (divorced) Sunanda Pushkar (2010 - present)
Children	Ishaan, Kanishk
Residence	New Delhi/Trivandrum
Alma mater	St. Stephen's College, Delhi (B.A.) Tufts University (M.A., M.A.L.D., Ph.D.)
Occupation	Writer, Diplomat, Politician
Religion	Hinduism
Website	tharoor.in

Shashi Tharoor (Malayalam: ശശി തരൂര്‍) (born 9 March 1956) is an Indian politician and a Member of Parliament (MP) from the Thiruvananthapuram constituency in Kerala. He previously served as the United Nations Under-Secretary General for Communications and Public Information^{[citation needed]} and as the Minister of State for the Ministry of External Affairs.

He is also an author and columnist.

Childhood and education[link]

Shashi Tharoor was born in London to Lily and Chandran Tharoor, both Malayalis, hailing from the state of Kerala^{[citation needed]}. Tharoor studied at Montfort School in Yercaud and Campion School in Mumbai^{[citation needed]}. He attended high school at St. Xavier’s Collegiate School in Kolkata and obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in history from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi.^[1]

He went on to win a scholarship to study at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and earned three degrees in three years - a Ph.D. and two master's degrees at the age of 22, Tharoor is the youngest person in the history of the Fletcher School to be awarded a doctorate.^[2] His doctoral thesis, "Reasons of State", was a required reading in courses on Indian foreign-policy making.^[3][4] In 2000, Tharoor was awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters degree^{[citation needed]} by the University of Puget Sound and in 2008 he received an honorary doctorate degree by the University of Bucharest^{[citation needed]}.

Diplomatic career[link]

Beginning[link]

Shashi Tharoor's career in the United Nations began in 1978 as a staff member of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Geneva. From 1981 to 1984 he headed the UNHCR office in Singapore during the boat people crisis. In 1989 he was appointed as the Special Assistant to the Under-Secretary-General for Special Political Affairs, the unit that later became the Peacekeeping Operations in New York. Until 1996, he led the team responsible for peacekeeping operations in the former Yugoslavia.^[5]

Under-Secretary-General at the UN[link]

In 1996 Tharoor was appointed Director of Communications and Special Projects and as Executive Assistant to the Secretary-General Kofi Annan. In January 2001, he was appointed as the Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information, and as the head of Department of Public Information (UNDPI). In this capacity, he was responsible for the communication strategy, enhancing the image and effectiveness of the UN. In 2003, the Secretary-General appointed him to the additional responsibility of United Nations Coordinator for Multilingualism.^[5] During his tenure at the UNDPI, Tharoor reformed his department and undertook a number of initiatives, ranging from organizing and conducting the first-ever UN seminar on anti-Semitism,^[6] the first-ever UN seminar on Islamophobia^[7] and launching an annual list of "Ten Under-Reported Stories the World Ought to Know About".^[8]

On 9 February 2007, Tharoor resigned from the post of UN Under-Secretary-General and left the UN effective 1 April 2007.^[9]

Campaign for Secretary-General: 2007[link]

Wikinews has related news: Shashi Tharoor gives four-point plan to reform UN

2007 Secretary-General candidates[10]
	Name	Position
	Ban Ki-moon	South Korean foreign minister
	Shashi Tharoor	Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations for public information; from India
	Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga	President of Latvia
	Ashraf Ghani	Chancellor of Kabul University, Afghanistan
	Surakiart Sathirathai	Deputy prime minister of Thailand
	Prince Zeid bin Ra'ad	Jordan's ambassador to the United Nations
	Jayantha Dhanapala	Former Under-Secretary-General for disarmament; from Sri Lanka

Wikinews has related news: Shashi Tharoor withdrawing candidacy

In 2006, Tharoor was nominated by the Government of India for the post of UN Secretary General.^[11][12][13] Tharoor came a close second (behind Ban Ki-moon) in each of the four straw polls conducted by the UN Security Council^[14][15][16] and won the online poll conducted by the BBC News website.^[17] After the fourth poll, Ban emerged as the only candidate with the support of all five permanent members, each of whom has the power to veto candidates. Of the seven contenders for the post, Tharoor remained the only other to enjoy a majority in the Security Council. One Permanent Member (later revealed to be the US under the Bush Administration) opposed and China abstained from voting. After the vote, Tharoor withdrew his candidacy expressing his confidence for Ban to win.^[18]

Had he been elected, the then 50 year old Shashi Tharoor would have been the second-youngest Secretary-General to be appointed to the post. The first being Dag Hammarskjöld who was appointed at the age of 46 years.^[19][20]

Post-UN career[link]

In February 2007, amidst rampant speculation about his post-UN future, it was presciently reported in the Indian press that Tharoor might be inducted into council of ministers of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as Minister of State for External Affairs.^[21] In the same month, it was reported in an American gossip blog that Tharoor was a finalist for the position of dean of the USC Annenberg School for Communication in Los Angeles, though he withdrew his name from consideration at the final stage.^[22] Instead, Dr. Tharoor—in addition to a variety of other activities in his private life— became chairman of Dubai-based Afras Ventures, which established the Afras Academy for Business Communication (AABC) in Trivandrum, Kerala, India. He also spoke widely around the globe about India and Kerala, the state where he spent increasing amounts of time before moving for good in October 2008.^[23]

Political Career in India[link]

Shashi Tharoor at a march parade with NSUI President Hibi Eden and other Congress workers in Ernakulam, Kerala.

In March 2009, Shashi Tharoor contested the Indian General Elections in 2009 as Congress Party candidate from Thiruvananthapuram (Lok Sabha constituency) in Kerala. His opponents included P. Ramachandran Nair of the Communist Party of India (CPI), Neelalohitadasan Nadar of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), M.P. Gangadharan of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and P. K. Krishna Das of Bharathiya Janata Party (BJP).^[24] Despite being criticized as an "elite outsider" he went on to win defeating his nearest CPI rival P. Ramachandran Nair by a margin of approximately 100,000 votes. Subsequently Shashi Tharoor was selected as Minister of State in the Council of Ministers of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. On 28 May 2009 he was sworn in as the Indian Minister of State for External Affairs.

Tharoor become the first Indian celebrity to get 100,000 followers on Twitter.^[25] However, some of his tweets (or twitter posts) proved controversial and were quoted by the press and opposition parties to criticize his work. On 18 April 2010 Tharoor resigned from his post as Minister of State for External Affairs on instructions from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh,^[26] following allegations that he had misused his office to get shares in the IPL cricket franchise of Cochin. Tharoor denied the charges and in his resignation speech called for a full inquiry. On 2 May 2010, he was nominated to be a member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee for External Affairs by Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar.^[27]

Literary career[link]

Shashi Tharoor delivering a lecture at Université d'été du MEDEF, 2007

Tharoor has written numerous books in English^{[citation needed]}.

Tharoor has been a columnist in each of India's three best-known English-language newspapers^{[citation needed]}, most recently for The Hindu newspaper (2001–2008) and in a weekly column, “Shashi on Sunday,” in the Times of India (January 2007 – December 2008). Following his resignation as Minister of State for External Affairs, he began a fortnightly column on foreign policy issues in the "Deccan Chronicle". Previously he was a columnist for the Gentleman^{[citation needed]} magazine and the Indian Express newspaper, as well as a frequent contributor to Newsweek International and the International Herald Tribune. His Op-Eds and book reviews have appeared in the Washington Post^{[citation needed]}, the New York Times^{[citation needed]} and the Los Angeles Times^{[citation needed]}, amongst other papers^{[citation needed]}. His monthly column, "India Reawakening", distributed by Project Syndicate, appears in some 80 newspapers around the world^{[citation needed]}.

Tharoor began writing at the age of six^{[citation needed]} and his first published story appeared in the “Bharat Jyoti”, the Sunday edition of "The Free Press Journal", in Mumbai at age 10^{[citation needed]}. His World War II adventure novel Operation Bellows, inspired by the Biggles books, was serialized in the Junior Statesman starting a week before his 11th birthday^{[citation needed]}. Each of his books has been a best-seller in India^{[citation needed]}. The Great Indian Novel is currently in its 28th edition in India and his newest volume.^[when?] The Elephant, the Tiger and the Cellphone has undergone seven hardback re-printings there^{[citation needed]}.

Tharoor has lectured widely on India^{[citation needed]}, and is often quoted for his observations^{[citation needed]}, including, "India is not, as people keep calling it, an underdeveloped country, but rather, in the context of its history and cultural heritage, a highly developed one in an advanced state of decay."^[28] He has also coined a memorable comparison of India's "thali" to the American "melting pot": "If America is a melting pot, then to me India is a thali - a selection of sumptuous dishes in different bowls. Each tastes different, and does not necessarily mix with the next, but they belong together on the same plate, and they complement each other in making the meal a satisfying repast.".^[29] (Other quotes in Wikiquote.)

Personal life[link]

A theatre buff and successful actor^{[citation needed]} in his school days, he played Antony to Mira Nair’s Cleopatra in a 1974 production of Antony and Cleopatra.^[30] At St. Stephen’s in the early 1970s he founded the Quiz Club, which is still in existence; he also revived the Wodehouse Society, which is no longer in existence. Upon election as President of the College Union^{[citation needed]} he relinquished the Secretaryship of the History Society as well as the editorship of the campus humour magazine “Kooler Talk.” He was invited by St. Stephen’s College to deliver the college’s 125th Anniversary Jubilee Lecture in 2005^{[citation needed]}.

He has been an elected Fellow of the New York Institute for the Humanities^{[citation needed]} and a member of the Advisory Board of the Indo-American Arts Council and also served on the Board of Directors of Breakthrough^{[citation needed]}, an international human rights organization, the Board of Overseers of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, the Board of Trustees of the Aspen Institute, and as an International Adviser to the International Committee of the Red Cross. He also supported various educational causes, including as Patron of the Modern High School in Dubai^{[citation needed]}.

At the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in 1976, he founded and was the first chair of the editorial board of the Fletcher Forum of International Affairs, a journal examining issues in international relations.^[31]

Later he was married to Christa, a Canadian working at the United Nations.^[32] After their divorce, Tharoor married Sunanda Pushkar in at his ancestral home in Elavanchery village in Kerala's Palakkad district on 22 August 2010.^[33]

Controversies[link]

• In September 2009, Tharoor and S M Krishna were accused of staying in luxurious 5-star hotels.^[34] Tharoor defended himself, saying that it was because of the delay in his official residence being ready and he only spent from his own pocket for the accommodation.^[35] Later on Pranab Mukherjee's request^[36] Tharoor and Krishna moved out of the hotels.^[37]

• A controversy erupted when Tharoor, responding to the question as to whether he would travel in "Cattle Class", replied that he would do so. This remark on Twitter (@ShashiTharoor), equated the travelling public to cattle and also taunted his party, the Indian National Congress over their austerity drive.^[38] It was also reported that Congress may take action against him.^[39][40] However, this was subsequently resolved when Tharoor met his party leadership and offered them an apology/explanation.

• Another controversy erupted on Gandhi Jayanti when he said people should be working rather than staying at home taking a holiday, thereby paying real homage to Mahatma Gandhi.^[41]

• Tharoor was in the news again for publicly criticizing the new visa guidelines adopted by the Indian Government in the wake of the gaps exposed by the arrest of 26/11 terror suspects, David Headley and Tahawwur Rana. For this he was criticized for breaking ranks with the official position of the Government. He later met External Affairs Minister, SM Krishna and explained his position on the issue. The rules were subsequently partly modified.^[42]

• In January 2010, Tharoor criticized Gandhi and Nehru for their vision on Indian foreign policy by the Indian media. This angered his party, the Indian National Congress. In the wake of this controversy, he held a press conference describing the report as "inaccurate" and "tendentious"."^[43]

• In February 2010 when accompanying^[44] the Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on a three-day visit to Saudi Arabia, he said "We feel that Saudi Arabia has a long and close relationship with Pakistan, that makes Saudi Arabia even more a valuable interlocutor for us. When we tell them about our experience, Saudi Arabia listens as somebody who is not in any way an enemy of Pakistan, but a friend of Pakistan and, therefore, will listen with sympathy and concern to a matter of this nature". He was asked whether India expected Saudi Arabia, given their close ties with Islamabad, to help address the terror threat from Pakistan.^[45] The remark about Saudi Arabia being a "valuable interlocutor" raised a strong reaction within the Indian political circle.^[46] The Pakistani press even went on to report that he had proposed that Saudi Arabia play a mediator's role in improving India's relationship with Pakistan.^[47] In response, Tharoor tweeted saying, "An interlocutor is someone you speak to. If I speak to you, you are my interlocutor. I mentioned the Saudis as our interlocutors, i.e. the people we are here to speak to".^[45]

• In February 2010, a website called "Keralawatch" published an investigative report which alleged that Tharoor used incomplete records to enrol his name in the voter's list in Thiruvananthapuram constituency.^[48]

• Lalit Modi published the shareholders details of Kochi-IPL team's franchise owners, Rendezvous Sports World (RSW) group in his Twitter account^[49] and also mentioned that he was asked by an influential Union Minister not to get into details of Sunanda Pushkar, who was given a sweat equity of approximately 4.5 per cent of total equity (estimated by the media to be worth Rs 70 crore) in Kochi IPL team.^[50][51] In an official statement,^[52] Tharoor denied having made any financial gains from the sale or having pressured Modi in any way. He further accused Modi of trying to delay and discredit the new owners so that the franchise can be re-awarded elsewhere. RSW protested Modi's breach of confidentiality agreement. Sunanda Pushkar also issued a statement denying being a proxy for Tharoor.^[53] Later amidst demands for his resignation from the Union Cabinet by the opposition parties,^[54][55] Sunanda Pushkar gave up the sweat equity offered to her by RSW.^[56] But tht Income Tax department stated that she will have to pay income tax on her sweat equity in Rendezvous Sports World even after having given it up and non payment will lead to her arrest.[1] Allegations that this was pay back for denying a request to not issue a visa to a South African model close to Lalit Modi have surfaced, and so have death threats to Shashi Tharoor by the Mumbai underworld.^[57] Under severe push from Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee combine, the Congress core committee decided to ask for Tharoor's resignation.[2].18 April 2010 Shashi Tharoor resigned from the post of Minister of State in MEA after calling for a full inquiry into the matter.

Honors, Awards and International Recognition[link]

• 1976 - Wins the Rajika Kripalani Young Journalist Award for the Best Indian Journalist under 30.^[58]
• 1990 – Wins the Federation of Indian Publishers' Hindustan Times Literary Award for the Best Book of the Year for The Great Indian Novel.^{[citation needed]}
• 1991 – His book The Great Indian Novel wins the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for the Best Book of the Year in the Eurasian Region.^[58]
• 1998 – Awarded the Excelsior Award for excellence in literature by the Association of Indians in America (AIA)^{[citation needed]} and the Network of Indian Professionals (NetIP).^[58]
• 2000 – Conferred the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters in International Affairs by the University of Puget Sound^[58]
• 1998 – Named Global Leader of Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland^{[citation needed]}

• 2004 – Awarded the prestigious Pravasi Bharatiya Samman, India’s highest honour for non-resident Indians. But did not accept it at the time owing to UN rules prohibiting acceptance of governmental honours.^{[citation needed]}
• 2007 – Went on to accept the award after having resigned from the position of Under Secretary General at the UN.^[59]
• 2008 – Conferred a Doctorate Honoris Causa by the University of Bucharest, Romania.^{[citation needed]}
• 2009 – Awarded the Zakir Hussain Memorial "Pride of India" Award.^{[citation needed]}
• 2009 – Awarded GQ's Inspiration of the Year Award at its Man of the Year Awards.^{[citation needed]}
• 2009 – Presented with the Hakim Khan Sur Award for National Integration by the Maharana of Udaipur.^{[citation needed]}
• 2010 – Awarded the Sarva Deshiya Prathibha award by the Pazhassiraja Charitable Trust, Kozhikode.^[60]
• March 2010 – Awarded "New Age Politician of the Year" Award by NDTV at its Indian of the Year awards.^{[citation needed]}
• 2010 – Awarded the Fifth IILM Distinguished Global Thinker Award in New Delhi^[61]
• 2010 – Awarded Digital person of the year at the first ever Indian Digital Media Awards (IDMA) for popularising the digital medium in India^[62]

Bibliography[link]

Fiction[link]

• The Great Indian Novel (1989)^[63]
• The Five Dollar Smile and Other Stories (1990)^[64]
• Show Business (1992)^[65]
• Riot (2001)^[66]

Non-fiction[link]

• Reasons of State (1982)^[67]
• India: From Midnight to the Millennium (1997)^[68]
• Nehru: The Invention of India (2003)^[69]
• Bookless in Baghdad (2005)^[70]
• The Elephant, the Tiger, and the Cell Phone: Reflections on India - The Emerging 21st-Century Power (2007)^[71]
• Shadows Across the Playing Field: Sixty Years of India-Pakistan Cricket (2009)(along with Shaharyar Khan)^[72]

Illustrated books[link]

• Kerala: God’s own country (2002) (along with artist M.F. Husain)^[73]
• L'Inde (French) and India (English) (2008) (along with photographer Ferrante Ferranti)

References[link]

External links[link]

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Sayyed Ali Naqi Naqvi سید علی نقی نقوی
File:Naqqan sb.jpg
Religion	Usuli Twelver Shi`a Islam
Other name(s)	Arabic/Persian: سيد علي نقي النقوي
Personal
Born	26 December 1905 - Lucknow, British India
Died	18 May 1988 - Lucknow, India
Senior posting
Based in	- Lucknow, India
Title	Grand Ayatollah
Period in office	1905 - 1988
Religious career
Post	Grand Ayatollah

Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Naqi Naqvi (Arabic/Persian/Urdu: آية الله العظمی سيد على نقى نقوى) (born 26 December 1905 - 18 May 1988) (26 Rajab 1323 AH - 1 Shawal 1408 AH), also known as Naqqan (Urdu: نقن), was a mujtahid from Lucknow, India who graduated from Najaf, Iraq. He is famous for his writings in Urdu, including the most famous Shaheed-e-Insaniyat and Tareekh-e-Islam.

One of the most highly regarded scholars of Shia Islam at his time, he wrote more than 100 books and 1000 short books. His books were published by him in 12 languages in India. He is among the most learned Islamic scholars in Indian History.^[1]

Initial Education and Ijtihad[link]

His first journey to Iraq with his family was in 1327 Hijri. His 'Bismillah' at the age of seven in Rauza-e-Imam Ali in Najaf, Iraq. He received his initial religious training by Aaqae Syed Mohammad Ali Shah Abdul Azeemi. After his father, Syed Abul Hasan, received his ijtihad, the family moved back to Lucknow when Syed Ali Naqi Naqvi was age 9. He became a mujtahid at the age of 27. He was given ijazah by Ayatollah Naaini.

He taught Arabic and Persian at Lucknow University, Lucknow, India. Later he joined the Aligarh Muslim University in the Department of Shia Theology where he was its Chairman and was also the Dean of the Faculty of Theology on number of occasions . He taught both the undergraduate students as well as post-graduate students. He was respected by all at the University.

His second journey to Najaf was for his religious education in 1927, (1345 Hijri). He had already written and published four books before his journey to Iraq

1. Rooh Aladab Sharah Alamiyatal Arab
2. Albait Al Mamoor Fi Emaratal Qubur
3. Faryaad e Musalmanane Aalam
4. Altawae Haj Per Sharaee Nuqtae Nazar Se Bahas

His first book published in Arabic was in Najaf during his days as a student and was the first ever book to be written against Wahabis, it is called "Kashf annaqab ann aqaaed Abdul Wahab Najdi". His second book in Arabic was in defence of the act of "Matam, by the name of "Aqalatalaashir fi eqamatalshaaer".

Controversy[link]

He was Opposed by Shia Community for his writings which states the Presence of Water in the Tents of Hazrat Imam Hussain(as) during the Battle of Kerbala in 61AH, And he also doubt the Martyrdom of Hazrat Ali Asghar(as) by the Arrow of Hurmula as he assumes that the Death of Hazrat Ali Asghar(as) was accidental. Which caused from an arrow which came from nowhere. He never got away from the allegations until his Death of the Day of Eid-ul-Fitr in 1989.

Publications[link]

Ayatollah Ali Naqi Naqqan was founder of Imamia Mission, Lucknow. Through this organization, several books were published. Name of some of his famous books are as follow:

1. Islam aur Tijarat
2. Mazhab aur aqal
3. Islam ka tarz e zindagi
4. Mutah aur Islam
5. Ismat e Pardah
6. Tafseer e Fasal ul Khitab
7. Miraj e Insaniat
8. Shaheed e Insaniat
9. Suluh Aur Jang
10. Tarikh e Islam

One of his major works is Preface written for Nahj al-Balagha and Al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya written by Allama Mufti Jafer.

Majalis in Pakistan[link]

Ayatollah Ali Naqi Naqvi Naqqan came to Pakistan for the first time in 1954 to address majalis in Lahore. After that, he came in 1979 after a gap of 25 years with the efforts of Syed Kalbe Sadiq of India. In 1979, he addressed all the majalis in Karachi.

From 1980 to 1984, he expanded his visit of Pakistan by also addressing majalis in various other cities of Pakistan i.e. Lahore, Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Faisalabad, Multan, Sialkot and Hyderabad.

During these years, Majalis which he addressed in Lahore (Imam Bargah Gulistan-e-Zahra (sa), 6-B Model Town, Jamia Muntazir, Jamia Masjid Krishan Nagar) were on following topics:

1. Jihad
2. Shariat Nahi Badalti (Divine Law cannot be changed)
3. Khasoosiaat e Islam (Characteristics of Islam)
4. Falsafa e Imtihaan (Philosophy of Examination and Test)
5. Hayat e Shuhada (Life of Martyrs)

Other topics include:

1. Sajda e Shuker
2. Surah Jumah
3. Halaakat o Shahaadat (Difference between killing and Martyrdom)
4. Ayat e Tatheer
5. Jihad, Sabar aur Ismat (Jihad, Patience and Innocence)
6. Tawassul e Abul Aaimah

Majalis addressed on state television[link]

Ayatollah Ali Naqi Naqvi also addressed majalis for Pakistan Television Corporation consecutively in 1983 and 1984 both on 8th of Muharram. It may be in place to mention here that both of the majalis were telecasted live by PTV across Pakistan. His topics were Miyaar e Wafa (Height of Loyalty) and Aman e Aalam (Peace for Universe) respectively.

Pertinent to mention here that first majlis in 1983 was organized with help of Raja Zafar-ul-Haq. However, second majlis in 1984 was organized with the help of information minister Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and Syed Kazim Ali Shah of Gujranwala.

Pakistan Television telecasts his recorded majalis every year in first ten days of muharram.

After 1984[link]

Ayatollah Ali Naqi Naqqan did not come to Pakistan after 1984 due to his old age and illness. He also suffered from paralyses (stroke) for somedays. He died at the age of 83 in Lucknow on Eid-ul-Fitr.

Family[link]

His son, Professor Syed Ali Mohammad Naqavi is currently the Dean of the Faculty of Theology at Aligarh Muslim University, a position previously held by Maulana Naqqan himself.^[2]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Site to listen majalis few audio and video majalis of Syedul Ulema Maulana Syed Ali Naqi Naqvi
• Video Majalis of Syed Ul Ulema Allama Ali Naqi Naqvi (Naqqan)

Syed Mohsin Naqvi was a great Urdu language poet of Pakistan. He is believed to have been murdered on 15 January 1996. He was born in a village Sadat near Dera Ghazi Khan. He did his Graduation from Govt. College Bosan Road Multan. The secret of his life is that his actual Name was Ghulam Abbas. He did his masters from University of the Punjab Lahore. Before his arrival at Lahore he was well known as Mohsin Naqvi. He was also known as the Poet of Ahl al-Bayt. His poetry is well accepted and recited all over World.

Famous Books[link]

Following are the famous Urdu poetry books of Syed Mohsin Naqvi

• Azaab-e-Deed عذاب دید
• Khaima-e-Jaan خیمہء جاں
• Berg-e-Sehra برگ سحرا
• Band-e-Kbaa بند قبا
• moje-idraak
• Taloo-e-ashk
• Furat-e-fikr
• Reza-e-harf
• Rakht-e-shab
• Rida-e-khwab
• Haq-e-Aeliya

External links[link]

• Poetry of Mohsin Naqvi
• Mohsin Naqvi
• http://www.hussainyahussain.com/Mohsin-Naqvi/mohsin_naqvi%28books%29.htm
• http://www.mazaweb.com/mohsin-naqvi-poetry/
• Mohsin Naqvi Forum

References[link]

Saeed Naqvi is senior Indian journalist, television commentator, interviewer, and a Distinguished Fellow at Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi.^[1] He has interviewed world leaders and personalities in India and abroad, which appear in newspapers, magazines and on national television, remained editor of the World Report, a syndication service on foreign affairs, and has written for several publication, both global and Indian, including the BBC News, The Sunday Observer, The Sunday Times, The Guardian, Washington Post, The Indian Express and Outlook magazine. At the Indian Express, he started in 1977 as a Special Correspondent and eventually becoming, Editor, Indian Express, Madras, (1979 - 1984), and Foreign Editor, The Indian Express, Delhi in 1984, and continues to writes columns and features for the paper. ^[1][2][3]

Currently anchoring a Primetime show “In Conversation” based on interviews with world statesman and other celebrities on NewsX, one of India’s most influential news channel. The transcripts are posted on the website of Observer Research Foundation.

Education[link]

He was a Parvin Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, US. He studied Journalism at the Thomson School of Journalism, Cardiff, UK.

Career[link]

Saeed Naqvi started his journalist career as Staff Reporter with The Statesman, Delhi in 1964, later he became editor of the Sunday Magazine. During this period, in spring of ’68, when The Beatles visited Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's ashram in Rishikesh, he famously sneaked in along with fellow photographer, Raghu Rai and they not only filed new reports, but also took photographs inside.^[4][5]

As editor and producer, of WORLD REPORT, a weekly foreign affairs show on Doordarshan (the national network) called Worldview India, apart from a prime time international news and features series entitled It’s A Small World (1997 – 1999) for Star TV. From 1986-1997 WORLD REPORT produced a international affairs series entitled World Report for Doordarshan, featuring interviews with major world leaders.

Thereafter it produced a series of programmes entitled Hamara Bharat (My India) on India’s syncretic culture. Saeed has been Editor, Foreign Editor, Foreign Correspondent for major Indian dailies – The Indian Express, The Statesman and written for a range of publications like New York Times, The Sunday Times, The Guardian, Washington Post, Boston Globe and others.

Books[link]

• Reflections of an Indian Muslim, Har-Anand Publications, 1993. ISBN 8124100217.
• The Last Brahmin Prime Minister? Har-Anand Publications, 1996.

Research[link]

• Armed Intervention in International Affairs in collaboration with the Institute of Philosophy and Public Issues, University of Melbourne, Australia.

• Communication, Politics, and Media in Islamic Societies.

• Does the War on Terror increase the chance of Pashtunistan.

• Kosovo – wider implications.

§ Afghanistan – Will the US leave? § The Arab Spring – Promises and Challenges – based on extended journeys in the region § The future of Syria

Interviewed world leaders like, Nelson Mandela, Mikhail Gorbachev, Fidel Castro, Col. Qaddafi, Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua, Henry Kissinger, Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski, Shimon Peres, Israel, UN Secretary Generals Perez de Cueller Boutros-Boutros Ghali, Kofi Annan, Ban Ki-Moon, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Ali Akbar Vilayati, Gen. Parvez Musharraf, Tariq Aziz of Iraq, Rafsanjani of Iran, Foreign Secretary of State Colin Powel, Ahmad Chalabi, Iraqi Shia leader, Benazir Bhutto, President Jacques Chirac, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Prince Hassan of Jordan, Turkey’s President Abdullah Gul, President George Vassilieau of Cyprus, among others, in over a hundred countries.

Awards[link]

• National Integration Award 2003, awarded by the National Commission for Minorities in New Delhi on December 18.

The award was conferred "for his outstanding contribution towards promoting communal harmony and national integrity".^[6]

References[link]

• Saeed Naqvi at NewsX

External links[link]

• Saeed Naqvi, website
• Saeed Naqvi, columns at The Indian Express
• Saeed Naqvi, columns at Outlook (magazine)