Bangalore: 26 Dec 2010: Hazrath Faqeer Syed Ziaullah Sahab Yadullahi berthed his last on 26th Dec 2010. He was born at Channapatna in 1928. He was the son of Hazrath Faqeer Syed Alam Sahab Yadullahi RA,. A journalist by proffession. started his career in “MAZDOOR” daily as Assistant Editor in Hyderabad. Then moved to Bangalore and Joined “AL-KALAM” in the year in 1949 and thereafter “PASBAN” followed by “SALAR”. He also served at "PATRIOT" & "HINDUSTAN TIMES" in Delhi. He then retired from his journalism career in the year1992 from the famous news agency United News of India (UNI).
He wrote “ Pakistan – An End without Beginning” and “Urdu Sahafat – Translation and Editing”
He translated many Mehdavia books from Urdu & Persian into English for the benefit of modern day Mehdavia Students who cant read Urdu & Persian.
The list of books translated by him are as follows.
- Aqida Sharifa by Hz Bandagi Miyan Syed Khudmir RZ Siddiq-e-Vilayat
- Dogana Lailathul Qadr by Afzal-ul-Ulema Syed Najmuddin Sahab RA
- Holy angels of High heavens- i.e excerpts from ‘Tazkira’ by Moulana Abul Kalam Azad
- Insaf Namah by Bandagi Malik Valiji RA Bin Miyan Yusuf RZ
- Hashia Insaf Namah by Bandagi Malik Valiji RA Bin Miyan Yusuf RZ
- Majalis-e-Khamsa by Miyan Mustafa Gujrathi RA
- Moulud Sharif by Miyan Abdur Rahman RZ
- Naqliayath Miyan Abdur Rasheed RZ Shaheed
- Shawahid-al-Vilayath by Miyan Syed Burhanuddin RA
- just a month ago he translated the Kohlul Jawahar in english
Some of these are uploaded in PDF format in our e-Library section for you to read.
In one of his translations he has quaoted as follows,
"I feel I would be greatly rewarded by Allah if my humble work leads to the ripping of the veils of darkness open and enlightening the young Mahdavi minds to realise the greatness of Hazrat Imam MahdiAS and his followers who laid down their lives in the service of Almighty Allah, Whose vision we seek."[Holy Angels of High Haven. Page V]
May Allah be merciful on his soul and accept him and his work and bestow His Deedar on him . Aameen
I have been blessed to meet him at his residence.
Jazak allahu Khair,
Inayath Ulla Khan s/o Abdul Khader Khan, Mandya