Maulana ismail merthi biography

Indian poest and educationist

Ismail Merathi (1844–1917) was an Indian Urdu poet, schoolteacher, and educationist from the Mughal–British era.

His poems for children like Nasihat, Barsaat, Humaari Gaye, Subah Ki Aamad, Sach Kaho, Baarish Ka Pehla Qatra, Pan Chakki, Shafaq, and several others are part of the primary school curriculum in Pakistan.^[1] He wrote many Urdu and Persian text books for school-going children.

Early life and education

Merathi was born as Muhammad Ismail on 12 November 1844, in Meerath, Mughal India.

Mir vs ghalib

He was home-schooled by his father Sheikh Piir Bakhsh. Later, he attended a formal school. He received higher education in Persian from Mirza Rahim Baig, a contemporary of Mirza Ghalib.^[2]

In 1868, he was appointed as a Persian teacher in a public school in Saharanpur district.

Later, he was transferred to Agra in 1888. In 1899, he retired from the teaching job and returned to his home town