Mohammed Hussain Azad

Muhammad Husain Azad ( — ; 5 May 1830 – 22 January 1910) was an Urdu writer and scholar who wrote both prose and poetry, but is mostly remembered for his prose. His best known work is Aab-e-Hayat ("Elixir of Life").

Early life and family Muhammad Hussain was born in Delhi to a Persian immigrant family. His mother died when he was four years old. His father, Moulvi Muhammad Baqir was educated at the Delhi College. In early 1837, Azad's father bought a printing press and launched the Delhi Urdu Akhbaar (Delhi Urdu Newspaper). In 1854, Muhammad Hussain graduated from college and began to help his father with his newspaper and publishing work.

Works Qisas ul-Hind ("Stories of India") - 1869 Nairang-e Khiyāl ("The Wonder-World of Thought") - 1880 Aab-e-Hayat ("Water of Life/Elixir") - 1880 (description of the chronological history of Urdu poetry) Sair-e-Iran - 1886 Sukhandān-e Fārs ("On Iranian Poets") - completed in 1887 and published in 1907 Darbār-e-Akbarī ("The Court of Akbar") - 1898

Death Muhammad Hussain Azad died in Lahore on 22 January 1910 at age 79.