Hafeez Jullundhri

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Urdu poet
Hafeez Jullundhri
Born	14 January 1900(1900-01-14) Jalandhar, Punjab, British India
Died	21 December 1982 (aged 82) Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Pen name	Abul Asr
Occupation	Urdu poet
Nationality	Pakistani
Genres	Ghazal
Subjects	Patriotic, Philosophy
Literary movement	Pakistan Movement
Notable work(s)	Writer of National Anthem of Pakistan Shahnama-e-Islam
Notable award(s)	Pride of Performance Hilal-e-Imtiaz
Spouse(s)	Zeenat Begum Khurshid Begum
Relative(s)	Shamsud Din (father)

Influences Maulana Ghulam Qadir Bilgrami

Influenced Urdu poetry

Abu-Al-Asar Hafeez Jullandhuri (Urdu: ابو الاثر حفیظ جالندھری)^[1] writer, poet and above all composer of the National Anthem of Pakistan^[2]. He was born in Jalandhar, Punjab, India on January 14th, 1900. After partition of India in 1947 he moved to Lahore. Hafeez made up for the lack of formal education with self-study but he has the privilege to have some advise from the great Persian Poet Maulana Ghulam Qadir Bilgrami. His dedication, hard work and advise from such a learned person carved his place in poetic pantheon.

Hafeez Jullandhuri actively participated in Pakistan Movement and used his writings to propagate for the cause of Pakistan. In the early of 1948, he joined the forces for the freedom of Kashmir and got wounded. Hafeez Jalandhari wrote the Kashmiri Anthem, "Watan Hamara Kashmir". He wrote many patriotic songs during Pakistan, India war in 1965.

Hafeez Jullandhuri served as Director General of morals in Pakistan Armed Forces, and very prominent position as adviser to the President, Field Marshal Mohammad Ayub Khan and also Director of Writer's Guild.

His monumental work of poetry, Shahnam-e-Islam^[3], gave him incredible fame which, in the manner of Firdowsi's Shahnameh, is a record of the glorious history of Islam in verse. Hafeez Jullandhuri wrote the national anthem of Pakistan composed by S.G.Chhagla. He is unique in Urdu poetry for the enchanting melody of his voice and lilting rhythms of his songs and lyrics. His poetry generally deals with romantic, religious, patriotic and natural themes. He chooses his themes, images and tunes from the subcontinent and his language is a fine blend of Hindi and Urdu diction, reflecting the composite culture of South Asia.

1 Early life
2 Marriage
3 Later life
4 Death
5 Awards
6 Notes
7 See also
8 References
9 External links

Early life

Hafeez was born in Jalandhar. His father was Shams-ud-din who was Hafiz-e-Quran. He firstly studied in mosque and then got admission in some local school. He got education up to seventh class. He got no more formal education.

Marriage

He first married in 1917, when he was seventeen years old. His first wife was his cousin "Zeenat Begum". They altogether had seven children. All were girls and no boy. In 1939 he married for the second time with a young English woman and had one child. She was divorced, later on. His first wife died in 1954. After that in 1955 he and Khurshid Begum got married. This third relation also gifted him one child.^{[citation needed]}

Later life

In 1922 – 1929 he remained the editor of a few monthly magazines namely, "Nonehal", "Hazar Dastaan", "Teehzeeb-e-Niswan", "Makhzin". His first collection of poems Nagma-e-Zar^[4] was published in 1935. After the World War II, he worked as the director of the Song Publicity Department. During this same time he wrote songs that were much liked by the public.

Death

He died on December 21st, 1982 at the age of eighty two years. He was buried in Model Town, Lahore but later on his dead body was re-buried in the tomb near Minar-e-Pakistan^[5].