Maikash Akbarabadi

Who is Maikash Akbarabadi?

Maikash Akbarabadi was a writer in the Urdu language. Syed Mohammed Ali Shah Maikash Akbarabadi was born in 1902 in the Mewa Katra family, which traces its links in India to Moghul times.

Muhammad Ali Shah Jafri Niyazi was the eldest son of Asghar Ali Shah Sahib .He was just one and a half year old at the time of the death of his father and his younger brother Ahmed Ali Shah Saheb was just three months old.The task of upbringing of these two very young children was essentially left to their widowed mother who herself was just twenty four years old. She was the grand daughter of Mir Aazam Ali, a contemporary of Mirza Asad Ullah Khan Ghalib and belonged to a very respectable family. Despite pressures from certain sections upon her to go back to her parents house she stayed put and faced the challenges of life. She arranged for the best education of her children and sent them to Moulvi Sa’adat Ullah qadri Sahib, a very renowned “Mohaqiq” and “Mohadids” of his times, near jama Masjid Agra. Moulvi Sa’adat Ullah Sahib is said to have a dream of the Islamic prophet Muhammad only a few days back . There by he had shown two young children and asked him to take best care of them and impart all necessary knowledge of Quran,Hadis and Fiqh. He was on look out for them and so when he saw these two children he immediately recognized and welcomed them with full respect. They had the best of education at his hands and were awarded certificates of excellence . They were referred to Aligarh, M.A.O College in 1916 where in that time Theology education was also imparted. These two boys were in their teens where as in the College mosque there were very aged,senior students with long beards. Nazim-E-Deeniyaat of that time took their examination and was highly impressed with their knowledge,proficiency and method of recital . While he gave them certificates he called the senior students for a demonstration who are said to have carried these two young boys on their shoulders to various parts of then College in a procession.