Imdad Ali Imam Ali Kazi


Imdad Ali Imam Ali Kazi , also known as Imdad Ali Kazi, the son of Imam Ali Kazi, was a scholar, philosopher, jurist, and educationist. He is largely considered to be a founding father of the University of Sindh at its present location at Jamshoro. Many works for Sindhi art, literature, mysticism, education and history are attributed to him. He was a prolific writer, and along with his wife Elsa, he wrote a book on comparative religion, The Adventures of the Brown Girl in her Search for God, which was published by Arthur H Stockwell Ltd., England, in 1933. Kazi and his wife also worked on the translation of the verses of Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai.

Kazi was the second son of the second wife of Kazi Imam Ali Ansari, the District Magistrate of Hyderabad, and was born onApril 1886, at Hyderabad. His family was originally from Paat of Dadu District. He gained his early education from Mian Abdul Aziz. he was punctual of Prayers and Fasting according to the teaching of Islamic rules in early age.He joined a school and passed his Sindhi vernacular final examination in 1904. He matriculated from Bombay University in 1905. He went Muslim University Ali Garh in 1906 for acquiring higher education but he did not satisfy their syllabus of Intermediate Course and he went London next year for higher education with his cousin Abdul Qadir by Ship, where he studied Economics at the London School of Economics and Psychology at Kings College. While in London, he married a German woman, Elsa Kazi, in 1910. She was a philosopher, writer and poet. Kazi was called to the bar in 1911, after which he returned home to Hyderabad with his bride. Subseq

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