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Padri Imam-ud-Din Shahbaz | |
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| Born | Imam-ud-Din 1845 |
| Died | 1921 |
| Nationality | British Raj |
| Years active | 1866–1921 |
| Religion | Anglicanism |
| Church | United Presbyterian Church, Sialkot, First United Presbyterian Church |
| Writings | Psalms in Punjabi language |
Imam-ud-Din Shahbaz (or ID Shahbaz) was an evangelist and a poet from the present-day Pakistan.[1][2] His notable work is the first metrical translation of the Psalms in Punjabi known as Punjabi Zabur.[3] He chose Shahbaz, meaning the King of the falcons, as his takhallus.
Early life
Shahbaz was born in 1845 in Zafarwal in a Muslim family and converted to Christianity at the age of 10.[4] He was appointed as a teacher at Church Missionary Society in Amritsar in 1866 where he was baptised by Robert Clark.[5] He worked as a teacher in various missionary schools for nine years.
References
- ^ Cox, Jeffrey (2002). Imperial Fault Lines: Christianity and Colonial Power in India, 1818-1940. Stanford University Press. ISBN 9780804743181.
- ^ Miraj, Muhammad Hassan (2012-11-12). "The Poet and Kartar". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2018-01-11.
- ^ "A Precious Gift: The Punjabi Psalms and the Legacy of Imam-Ud-Din Shahbaz". International Bulletin of Mission Research. 2014-01-01.
- ^ Anderson, Emma Dean; Campbell, Mary Jane (1942). In the Shadow of the Himalayas: A Historical Narrative of the Missions of the United Presbyterian Church of North America as Conducted in the Punjab, India, 1855-1940. United Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions.
- ^ Bakhsh, Madeeha. "Padri Imam-ud-Din Shahbaz:The Man Behind Punjabi Zaboor". www.christiansinpakistan.com. Retrieved 2018-01-09.