Ziauddin Shakeb obituary
Ziauddin Shakeb loved classical Indian poetry and the Urdu language, contributing to BBC Urdu for many years Ziauddin Shakeb loved classical Indian poetry and the Urdu language, contributing to BBC Urdu for many years MahamidAhmed Sun 7 Mar 2021 12.48 EST Last modified on Sun 7 Mar 2021 12.51 EST My grandfather Ziauddin Shakeb, who has died aged 87 of pulmonary oedema, was a historian of Indo-Persian relations and a world-renowned expert on Persian and Arabic manuscripts, working as a consultant at Christie’s auction house in London for 30 years. He was born in India and moved to the UK in ...
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