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  "ar": "محمد ذكاء الله الدهلوي",
  "en": "Zakaullah of Dehli",
  "ur": "ذکاء اللہ دہلوی"
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  "ar": "كاتب ومترجم وأستاذ باللغة الأردية (1832-1910) من دلهي، تلميذ كلية دلهي وأستاذها. ترجم نصوص العلوم والفلسفة الغربية إلى الأردية لرابطة الترجمة العامية ثم للجمعية العلمية التابعة لسيد أحمد خان، وكان من أنصار حركة عليكرة الأوائل، وأنهى خدمته أستاذا في كلية موير المركزية بالله آباد. ألّف «تاريخ هندستان»، مجموع تاريخ الهند في أربعة عشر مجلدا بالأردية، وله مؤلفات كثيرة في التاريخ والأخلاق والعلوم.",
  "en": "Urdu writer, translator and professor (1832–1910) of Delhi, educated at Delhi College, where he later taught. He translated Western science, history and philosophy into Urdu for the Vernacular Translation Society and then for Syed Ahmad Khan's Scientific Society, was an early supporter of the Aligarh Movement, and ended his service as professor at Muir Central College, Allahabad. His Tarikh-e-Hindustan is a fourteen-volume history of India in Urdu, among many works on history, ethics and science.",
  "ur": "اردو کے مصنف، مترجم اور استاد (1832ء–1910ء) جن کا تعلق دلی سے تھا؛ دلی کالج میں تعلیم پائی اور وہیں پڑھایا بھی۔ انھوں نے مغربی علوم، تاریخ اور فلسفے کے متن اردو میں ترجمہ کیے، سر سید احمد خان کی سائنٹفک سوسائٹی کے لیے کام کیا، علی گڑھ تحریک کے ابتدائی حامی رہے اور میور سنٹرل کالج الٰہ آباد میں پروفیسر کی حیثیت سے ریٹائر ہوئے۔ ان کی «تاریخ ہندستان» اردو میں ہندوستان کی چودہ جلدوں پر مشتمل تاریخ ہے۔"
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   "note": "Born in Delhi on 20 April 1832: the English article and Wikidata agree. The Urdu article gives 1 April 1832 — a variant recorded here. His father Mohammad Sanaullah was tutor to one of the Mughal princes. The Hijri year (1247) is derived by tabular conversion (20 April 1832 falls in Dhu al-Hijja 1247).",
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   "note": "Died at Delhi on 7 November 1910, aged 78: the English and Urdu articles and Wikidata agree. The Hijri year (1328) is derived by tabular conversion (7 November 1910 falls in Dhu al-Qa'da 1328).",
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   "source": "English Wikipedia 'Zakaullah Dehlvi', rev. 1372305607 of 31 August 2026; Urdu Wikipedia «ذکاء اللہ دہلوی», rev. 6031439 of 9 February 2024 (birth day differs: 1 April against 20 April); Wikidata Q6811881 read via the API. No Arabic Wikipedia article exists for him (only an Egyptian-Arabic stub link). All read in full on 25 October 2026.",
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    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "مولوي محمد ذكاء الله، المعروف بمنشي ذكاء الله الدهلوي (20 أبريل 1832 – 7 نوفمبر 1910)، كاتب ومترجم باللغة الأردية من الهند البريطانية، ألّف «تاريخ هندستان»، مجموع تاريخ الهند في أربعة عشر مجلدا بالأردية. {cite:wikipedia-zakaullah-of-dehli-en} تذكر المقالة الأردية مولده في 1 أبريل 1832، وهو اختلاف سُجّل في بيانات الكيان واتُّبع فيه تاريخ المقالة الإنجليزية المتفق مع ويكيداتا. {cite:wikipedia-zakaullah-of-dehli-ur} {cite:wikidata-zakaullah-of-dehli}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "النشأة والتعليم",
     "markdown": "وُلد ذكاء الله في 20 أبريل 1832 في دلهي، وكان والده محمد ثناء الله معلّم أحد الأمراء في البلاط المغولي. {cite:wikipedia-zakaullah-of-dehli-en} بدأ دراسته على يد جده حافظ محمد بركة الله، وتعلم في كلية دلهي على الأستاذ رامشاندرا، وهو معلم رياضيات متميز. {cite:wikipedia-zakaullah-of-dehli-en} كان من أساتذته أيضا مملوك علي النانوتوي. {cite:wikipedia-zakaullah-of-dehli-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "المسيرة",
     "markdown": "بدأ ذكاء الله خدمته باحثا في كلية دلهي وواصل العمل في إدارة التعليم حتى الخامسة والخمسين من عمره. {cite:wikipedia-zakaullah-of-dehli-en} ترأس في كلية دلهي رابطة الترجمة العامية التي ترجمت نصوص العلوم والفلسفة والتاريخ الغربية إلى الأردية. {cite:wikipedia-zakaullah-of-dehli-en} عُيّن سنة 1855 نائب مفتش مدارس بلندشهر ومراد آباد، وسنة 1866 مديرا للمدرسة العادية في دلهي، وسنة 1872 أستاذا للأدب العامي والعلوم في كلية موير المركزية بالله آباد. {cite:wikipedia-zakaullah-of-dehli-en} تقاعد بالمعاش من الله آباد سنة 1877، وبُعيد تقاعده مُنح لقبَي خان بهادر وشمس العلماء. {cite:wikipedia-zakaullah-of-dehli-en} قضى بعد تقاعده وقتا في عليكرة يعمل في الحركة الأدبية لسيد أحمد خان وصديقه مولوي سميع الله، وكان من أنصار حركة عليكرة الأوائل وترجم أعمالا للجمعية العلمية مع معاصريه مولوي نذير أحمد وألطاف حسين حالي. {cite:wikipedia-zakaullah-of-dehli-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "المؤلفات",
     "markdown": "من مؤلفات ذكاء الله المذكورة في المقالة: «آئين قيصري»، و«إقبال نامه أكبري»، و«محاسن الأخلاق»، و«مكارم الأخلاق»، و«مسلمان أور سائنس» أي «المسلمون والعلم»، و«سوانح عمري» وهي سيرته، و«تاريخ هندستان» في أربعة عشر مجلدا. {cite:wikipedia-zakaullah-of-dehli-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "الوفاة",
     "markdown": "توفي ذكاء الله في 7 نوفمبر 1910 في دلهي عن ثماني وسبعين سنة، وخلّف ابنه عناية الله الدهلوي، وهو أيضا كاتب ومترجم بالأردية. {cite:wikipedia-zakaullah-of-dehli-en}"
    },
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     "heading": "المراجع",
     "markdown": "- المصادر المعرّفة المستشهد بها أعلاه، وهي مسجلة في `data/source/`."
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    {
     "heading": "Summary",
     "markdown": "Maulvi Mohammad Zakaullah, or Munshi Zakaullah (20 April 1832 – 7 November 1910), was an Urdu writer and translator from British India who wrote Tarikh-e-Hindustan, a fourteen-volume compilation of Indian history in Urdu. {cite:wikipedia-zakaullah-of-dehli-en} The Urdu article gives his birth as 1 April 1832, a variant recorded in the entity data, where the English article's date, agreeing with Wikidata, is followed. {cite:wikipedia-zakaullah-of-dehli-ur} {cite:wikidata-zakaullah-of-dehli}"
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     "heading": "Early life and education",
     "markdown": "Zakaullah was born on 20 April 1832 in Delhi; his father Mohammad Sanaullah was the tutor of one of the princes in the Mughal courts. {cite:wikipedia-zakaullah-of-dehli-en} He began his studies under his grandfather Hafiz Mohammad Barkatullah and was educated at Delhi College under Professor Ramchandra, a distinguished teacher of mathematics. {cite:wikipedia-zakaullah-of-dehli-en} His other teachers included Mamluk Ali Nanautawi. {cite:wikipedia-zakaullah-of-dehli-en}"
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     "heading": "Career",
     "markdown": "He started his service as a scholar at Delhi College and continued in the education department until he was 55. {cite:wikipedia-zakaullah-of-dehli-en} At Delhi College he headed the Vernacular Translation Society, translating texts in Western sciences, history and philosophy into Urdu. {cite:wikipedia-zakaullah-of-dehli-en} In 1855 he was appointed Deputy Inspector of Schools of Bulandshahr and Moradabad, in 1866 headmaster of the Normal School in Delhi, and in 1872 professor of vernacular literature and science at Muir Central College, Allahabad. {cite:wikipedia-zakaullah-of-dehli-en} He retired on pension from Allahabad in 1877, and shortly before his retirement was awarded the titles Khan Bahadur and Shams-ul-Ulema. {cite:wikipedia-zakaullah-of-dehli-en} After retiring he spent time in Aligarh working for Sir Syed Ahmad Khan's literary movement, was an early supporter of the Aligarh Movement, and translated works for the Scientific Society alongside his contemporaries Maulvi Nazir Ahmad and Altaf Hussain Hali. {cite:wikipedia-zakaullah-of-dehli-en}"
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     "heading": "Works",
     "markdown": "The works listed in the article include Aain-e-Qaisari, Iqbalnama-e-Akabari, Mahasin-ul-Akhlaq, Makarim-ul-Akhlaq, Musalman Aur Science, his autobiography Sawaneh Umari, and the fourteen-volume Tareekh-e-Hindustan. {cite:wikipedia-zakaullah-of-dehli-en}"
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     "heading": "Death",
     "markdown": "Zakaullah died on 7 November 1910 at Delhi, aged 78, survived by his son Inayatullah Dehlvi, also an Urdu writer and translator. {cite:wikipedia-zakaullah-of-dehli-en}"
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     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "مولوی محمد ذکاء اللہ، المعروف منشی ذکاء اللہ دہلوی (20 اپریل 1832ء – 7 نومبر 1910ء)، برطانوی ہند کے اردو مصنف اور مترجم تھے جنھوں نے «تاریخ ہندستان» لکھی، جو اردو میں ہندوستان کی چودہ جلدوں پر مشتمل تاریخ ہے۔ {cite:wikipedia-zakaullah-of-dehli-en} اردو مقالہ ان کی پیدائش یکم اپریل 1832ء بتاتا ہے، جو اختلاف ہستی کے اعداد و شمار میں درج ہے۔ {cite:wikipedia-zakaullah-of-dehli-ur}"
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     "heading": "تعلیم و ملازمت",
     "markdown": "ذکاء اللہ دلی میں پیدا ہوئے؛ ان کے والد محمد ثناء اللہ مغل دربار کے ایک شہزادے کے اتالیق تھے۔ {cite:wikipedia-zakaullah-of-dehli-en} انھوں نے دلی کالج میں پروفیسر رام چندر اور مولوی مملوک علی نانوتوی سے تعلیم پائی۔ {cite:wikipedia-zakaullah-of-dehli-en} وہ دلی کالج میں مترجمی سوسائٹی کے سربراہ رہے، پھر بلند شہر و مراد آباد کے ڈپٹی انسپکٹر اور 1872ء میں میور سنٹرل کالج الٰہ آباد میں پروفیسر بنے اور 1877ء میں ریٹائر ہوئے۔ {cite:wikipedia-zakaullah-of-dehli-en} انھوں نے سر سید احمد خان کی سائنٹفک سوسائٹی کے لیے تراجم کیے اور علی گڑھ تحریک کے ابتدائی حامی رہے۔ {cite:wikipedia-zakaullah-of-dehli-en} ذکاء اللہ کا انتقال 7 نومبر 1910ء کو دلی میں ہوا۔ {cite:wikipedia-zakaullah-of-dehli-en}"
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     "markdown": "- اوپر مستشہد شدہ معرّف ذرائع، جو `data/source/` میں درج ہیں۔"
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