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{{Short description|Pakistani historian and biographer (1908–1973)}}
{{Infobox writer
| name = S. M. Ikram
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| native_name_lang = ur
| image = SM Ikram at his desk.jpeg
| caption =
| birth_name = Sheikh Muhammad Ikram
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1908|09|10}}
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| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1973|01|17|1908|09|10}}
| death_place = [[Lahore]]
| occupation = {{flatlist|
* Civil servant * historian * biographer * author }}
| citizenship = [[Pakistan]]
| genre = [[History]], [[Biography]], [[Urdu literature]]
| spouse = Zebunnisa (1910–1991)
| children = Hamid, Khalid, and Zahid Ikram, and Shahida Azfar
| alma_mater = Government College, Lahore
| awards = [[Pride of Performance]] Award by the [[President of Pakistan]] in 1971
}}
'''Sheikh Muhammad Ikram''' ([[Urdu]]:
== Personal life ==
S. M. Ikram's parents were from [[Rasulnagar]], a small town in the [[Wazirabad Tehsil|Wazirabad Sub-Division]] of [[Gujranwala District]] in the [[Punjab]] in present-day [[Pakistan]]. His father, Sheikh Fazal Kareem, was a [[Qanungoh Shaikh|Qanungo]], a pre-Mughal hereditary office of revenue and judicial administration; his mother was Sardar Begum. Ikram was the eldest of five brothers and two sisters. Ikram's father wanted to name his son [[Abdul Qadir (Muslim leader)|Abdul Qadir]], after the name of the editor of the first [[Urdu]] language magazine, ''Makhzan'', but his own father (Dasaundi Khan) prevailed to name him after his friend, the
== Education ==
Ikram completed his primary education in [[Gojra|Kacha Gojra]] (located between [[Faisalabad]] and [[Toba Tek Singh]]); his secondary education, from Mission High School, [[Wazirabad]]; his matriculation, in 1924, from Government High School (that later became
[http://gcuf.edu.pk/about/history-and-introduction/ Government Intermediate College]), [[Faisalabad|Lyallpur]]; from where
== Professional life ==
Although a full-time civil servant, S. M. Ikram is more famous for his prolific output as a published writer.
[[File:SM Ikram & Allama Iqbal.jpeg|thumb|S. M. Ikram and [[Muhammad Iqbal|Allama Iqbal]], London, 29 December 1932.{{efn|This photograph appears as the frontispiece in Ikram's first book, ''Ghalibnāma'', which is dedicated to (tr.) "The interpreter of reality, Allama Sir Muhammad Iqbal, May we live long under his shadow (''mudda zilluhū''--lit. may his shadow be extended, traditional expression of respect for revered elders)" and also in his anthology of Persian verse by poets of Indo-Pakistan origin, ''Armaghān-e-Pāk, from the 5th century Hijri (12th century CE) to Iqbal'', first published c. 1950.}}]] After obtaining his M.A. (1930) Ikram appeared for the [[Indian Civil Service (British India)|ICS]] examinations in January 1931 in Delhi. On selection, he was sent in September to [[Jesus College, Oxford]], for two years (
== Major works ==
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** ''Hakīm-e Farzāna'' (The Wise Philosopher, 5th ed. 1957): criticism (of prose, ''tabsira''; consisting of two sections: [[Ghalib|Ghālib]]'s literary development, and general discussion)
** ''Armaghān-e Ghālib'' (A Ghalib Offering, 3rd ed. c. 1944): critical appreciation (of poetry, ''intikhāb'')
* A counter-biography—a subgenre that has been called "pathography" in our times<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/08/28/books/adventures-in-abandonment.html?pagewanted=all|title = Adventures in Abandonment|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 28 August 1988|last1 = Oates|first1 = Joyce Carol}}</ref>—of [[Shibli Nomani|Maulānā Shiblī Nu`mānī]], written in response to [[Sulaiman Nadvi|Maulānā Sayyid Sulaimān Nadvī]]'s ''Life of Shiblī'':{{efn|Maulānā Sayyid Sulaimān Nadvī, ''Hayāt-e Shiblī'' (Azamgarh, Dārul Musannifīn, n.d. c. 1943). In 1909, Shiblī had demurred when [[Nazir Ahmad Dehlvi|Maulvī Nazīr Ahmad]]'s biographer, Maulvī Iftikhār `Ālam [[Marhara (Assembly constituency)|Mārharvī]], had asked his permission to write his biography. In 1914, Shiblī wrote to Sulaimān Nadvī: "Some time, when you are done with all the other works of the world, ''you'' write it." (''Makātīb-e Shiblī'', vol. 2, 1966, 264-265, and vol. 1, 1971, 107).}}
** Biography (''Shiblīnāma'', 1st ed. 1945/46); and
** A Revised Amended Ed. (''Yādgār-e Shiblī'', 1971)
* A religious history of Muslim India and Pakistan:
** ''Āb-e Kausar'' (The Water of ''Kausar''), covering the Pre-Mughal (
** ''Rūd-e Kausar'' (The River of ''Kausar''), covering the [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] period (
** ''Mauj-e Kausar'' (The Wave of ''Kausar''), covering the post-Mughal (
=== Works in the English language ===
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** ''Modern Muslim India and the Birth of Pakistan (1858-1951)'', 1965
In August 1953 Ikram took leave for one
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Ikram's lectures at Columbia were the basis for three books:
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== Honors and awards ==
[[File:SM Ikram receiving DLitt Degree.jpeg|thumb
* MRCAS (London): On the title page of ''Ghalibnama'' (1936) the author is listed as "Sheikh Muhammad Ikram, MA, MRCAS (London), ICS, Sub-Divisional Officer, Surat, Bombay Area.{{efn|MRCAS probably refers to membership of the [[Royal Society for Asian Affairs|Royal Central Asian Society]].}}
* In January 1964, the Punjab University awarded him an honorary Doctor of Letters (D.
* In 1965, he was also awarded the [[Sitara-i-Imtiaz|Sitara-e Imtiaz]], a civil award for especially meritorious contribution to the security or national interests of Pakistan, world peace, cultural or other significant public endeavors.
* Shortly thereafter, the government of Iran awarded him ''Nishan-i Sipas'' (Order of Merit) for his service to literature.
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==Notes==
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== References ==
{{Reflist}}
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* {{cite book |last1=Baloch |first1=N. A. |title=''Historical Writings on Pakistan: Tradition and Progress'', ''in A. H. Dani, ed.'', Historical Writings on Pakistan (Methodology and Interpretation), Vol. II: Special Seminar Papers |date=1974 |publisher=University of Islamabad Press |location=Islamabad |pages=124–153}}
* {{cite journal |last1=Farīd |first1=Ibn-e |title=Shiblī chūñ ba khalvat mī ravad (When Shibli Goes into Solitude) |journal=Sahifa (Shibli Number) |date=Jul–Dec 2014 |volume=218-219
* {{cite journal |last1=Fārūqī |first1=Shams-ur-Rahmān |title=Shiblī kī Fārsī Ghazal (Shibli's Persian Poetry) |journal=Sahifa (Shibli Number) |date=Jul–Dec 2014 |volume=218-219
* {{cite journal |last1=Khan |first1=Professor Hameed Ahmad |title=Sheikh Muhammad Ikram Marhūm ''(The Late Sheikh Muhammad Ikram)'' |journal=Al-Mu
* {{cite book |last1=Knighton |first1=W. |title=The Private Life of an Eastern King |url=https://archive.org/details/privatelifeofeas00kniguoft |date=1921 |publisher=Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press |location=London}}
* {{cite book |last1=Lambert-Hurley |first1=Siobhan |last2=Sharma |first2=Sunil |title=Atiya's Journeys: A Muslim Woman from Colonial Bombay to Edwardian Britain |date=2010 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New Delhi |isbn=9780198068334 |edition=1st}}
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* {{cite web |last1=Pritchett |first1=Frances W. |title=Introduction |url=http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00islamlinks/ikram/part0_fwpintro.html |publisher=Columbia University |location=New York |
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* {{cite book |last1=Sleeman |first1=Lt. Col. W. H. |title=Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official'', 2 vols'' |date=1844 |publisher=J. Hatchard & Son |location=London}}
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* {{cite journal |last1=Wasti |first1=S. Razi |title=Book Reviews: S.M. Ikram, Modern Muslim India and the Birth of Pakistan, Institute of Islamic Culture, Lahore, 1977 |journal=Iqbal Review |date=January 1978 |volume=22 |issue=4}}
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