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Syed Sajjad Haider Yaldram
Syed Sajjad Haider
Syed Sajjad Haider
BornSyed Sajjad Haider
1880 (1880)
Nehtaur, North-Western Provinces, British India
Died12 April 1943(1943-04-12) (aged 62–63)
Lucknow, United Provinces, British India
OccupationWriter and linguist
NationalityIndian
EducationAligarh Muslim University
ChildrenQurratulain Haider

Syed Sajjad Haider "Yaldram" (1880 – 1943) was an Urdu short story writer, "travel writer," translator, "linguist," essayist, and humorist from British India.

Life

He was born at Nehtaur village in Bijnor district of the present day Uttar Pradesh state, India. He graduated from Aligarh Muslim University in 1901. He served in government services for 3 years in Baghdad where he learned Turkish language. He also worked in Aligarh University. He traveled to many Muslim countries. Quratulain Hyder writes that he was sent by the "British government to support the Young Turks movement in Turkey against the Ottoman Rule."

References

  1. ^ Naẓīr Ṣiddīqī (1994). Reflections on Life and Literature.
  2. ^ Front Cover Khālid Ḥasan (1970). The Crocodiles are Here to Swim.

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