Khwaja Muhammad Afzal | |
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| Born | 1875 |
| Died | 1940 (aged 64–65) Dacca, Bengal Presidency |
| Occupation | Poet |
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Khwaja Muhammad Afzal (1875 – 1940) was an Urdu poet in East Bengal, British India.[1]
In 1875, Afzal was born into the Dhaka Nawab family.[2] His father was Khwaja Yusuf Jan. He received formal education in English and Persian. He studied poetry under Syed Mahmud Azad, a Dhaka-based poet.[3]
Afzal wrote poetry in Urdu and Persian and used Afzal as his pen name. He wrote a Diwan, which is an Islamic traditional collection of poetry, and a number of Ghazals in Urdu. He used the Abjad writing system to publish three volumes of a history book. After the death of Khwaja Ahsanullah, he published the Gam-e-ma-paikar in the Abjad writing system. Between 1895 and 1933, he regularly kept a diary, which is now preserved in the library of the University of Dhaka.[3][4]