A. M. A. Azeez

Aboobucker Mohamed Abdul Azeez (; 4 October 1911 – 24 November 1973) was a Ceylonese civil servant, educator, social worker and member of the Senate of Ceylon.

Early life and family Azeez was born on 4 October 1911 in Vannarpannai in northern Ceylon. He was the son of S. M. Aboobucker, a lawyer, member of Jaffna Urban Council and president of the All Ceylon Muslim League. Azeez's paternal uncle Asena Lebbe Alim Pulavar was a Tamil scholar, poet and expert in Arabic-Tamil. After school he spent a year at Saint Joseph's College, Colombo (1928–29) before joining the Ceylon University College in 1929, graduating in 1933 with B.A. degree in history. He then joined St Catharine's College, Cambridge in 1934 on a Ceylon Government University Scholarship in Arts. They had a daughter (Marina Zulficar) and two sons (Mohamed Ali and Mohamed Iqbal). Whilst in Kalmunai Azeez formed close friendships with poet Abdul Cader Lebbe from Kattankudy and scholar Swami Vipulananda from Karaitivu.

There were several independent Young Men's Muslim Association (YMMA) in Ceylon. Azeez opposed the Sinhala Only Act and resigned from the UNP in June 1956 due to its support for the Act. He was posthumously awarded a Doctorate of Letters by the University of Jaffna at its first convocation in 1980. A commemorative 75 cents stamp was issued in 1986. He was named one of the 100 Great Muslim Leaders of the 20th Century by the Institute of Objective Studies, India.