Kabir Ahmad Jaisi

Prof. Kabir Ahmad Jaisi was born 16 November 1934 at Jais in District Raebarely, Uttar Pradesh. He got his early education in Azamgarh at Shibli High School and Shibli Inter College. He joined the AMU in 1961 for his graduation. He topped the list of the successful candidates in B.A.. He did his M.A. Persian (1965), and Ph.D (1973) from the Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh. He died 7 January 2013.

He was the 2008 recipient of the Saadi Literary Award.

Awards University Gold Medal for standing 1st in B.A, 1963 U.P Urdu Academy Award for his following books Sahra sahra, 1972 Baz Ghast, 1975 Trikh-e- Adabiyat-e-Tajikistan, 1977 Allama Iqbal Musleh-Quran-e-Akhir, 1982 Chand Iran Shinas, 1993 Nawoosh(Lahore) Award, 1986 Soviet Land Nehru Award, 1989 MIR Award, 1993 Certificate of Merit(By President of India), 1994 Fakhruddin Ali Ahmad Ghalib Award, 2006 (for Persian Research and Criticism)