Aqil Hussain Barlas

Mirza Aqil Hussain Barlas (29 July 1927 – 21 December 1989) was a lawyer and diplomat, known for his translations from Persian. He was in charge of the Egyptian Embassy in New Delhi India.

Mirza Aqil Hussain Barlas
Born	29 July 1927 Delhi British Indian Empire
Died	21 December 1989 (aged 62) Delhi, India
Buried	New Delhi, Delhi (India)
Allegiance	United Kingdom  India
Service/branch	British Army
Commands held	Incharge New Delhi Delhi Branch
Relations	Nawab Qasim Jan

Background

Nawab Mirza Aqil Hussain Barlas was a direct descendant of Nawab Qasim Jan, the eponym of Gali Qasim Jan and Qasim Khani Mosque in Ballimaran, New Delhi.

His father was Nawab Shakir Hussain Barlas, a barrister from Oxford University, England, and his mother was Bibi Mehmooda Begum, the sister of Sirdar Ikbal Ali Shah.

He produced an English translation of the first part of the Bostan of Saadi of Shiraz, published in London by the Octagon Press[1] (the publishing firm of his cousin Idries Shah,[2] the son of Sirdar Ikbal Ali Shah and grandson of Nawab Syed Amjad Ali Shah). Idries Shah recounts a story about his cousin in his book Kara Kush (in the chapter 'Mirza in a mulberry tree').

His only child was Adil Hussain Barlas. He died of heart failure in the Govind Ballabh Pant hospital in New Delhi, and was buried in the family graveyard in Nizamuddin Aulia Dargah.

References

1. Saadi of Shiraz, translated by Mirza Aqil-Hussein Barlas (1984). The Bostan of Saadi (The Orchard). Octagon Press. ISBN 0-86304-034-9. See Amazon page
2. Staff. "Idries Shah – Grand Sheikh of the Sufis whose inspirational books enlightened the West about the moderate face of Islam (obituary)". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 25 May 2000. Retrieved 16 October 2008.