Daud Rahbar

Who was Daud Rahbar?

Daud Rahbar was a scholar of Comparative religions, Arabic, Persian, Urdu literature and Indian classical music. Rahbar is regarded as accomplished essayist, poet, composer, short story writer, translator, philosopher, contributor to inter-civilization dialogue, musicologist, drummer, singer and guitarist. He translated his own Urdu works to English, such as The Cup of Jamshid: A Collection of Ghazal Poetry and then translated the Urdu letters of Mirzā Asadu’lldh Khān Ghālib.

After a teaching career in England, Canada, Turkey and the United States, he retired as Professor Emeritus of Comparative religions from Boston University in 1991.