Zafar Ali Khan
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Maulana Zafar Ali Khan (Urdu: مولانا ظفر علی خان) (b. 1873 – d. 1956), was a writer, poet, and journalist who took an important part in Pakistan Movement. He was born at Kot Mehrath, Sialkot. He received his early education in Mission High School, Wazirabad, then he went to Aligarh Muslim University, and graduated from there.
After graduation he was appointed secretary to Nawab Mohsin-ul-Mulk who was then in Bombay. Then he worked for some time as a translator in Hyderabad, Deccan, rising to the post of Secretary, Home Department. He returned from Hyderabad and launched his daily Zamindar from Lahore which was founded by his father Maulvi Sirajuddin Ahmad.
Most of Maulana's life was spent in politics. He was a great poet, an orator, an essayist of exceptional merit and a journalist. His interest in poetry began in his childhood and his poems were full of religious and political sentiments. He was specially versed in impromptu compositions. His poetical output has been published in "Baharistan", "Nigaristan", and "Chamanistan". His other works are "Marka-e-Mazhab-o-Science", "Ghalba-e-Rum", "Sayr-e-Zulmet" and an opera "Jang-e-Roos-o-Japan". He was a devotee of Islam and of the Muhammad. His remains lie in Karamabad, Wazirabad.
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