Muztar Abbasi (1931 – 26 February 2004) was a Punjabi Pakistani

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scholar and Vice Principal of Fazaia Inter College, Lower Topa, who belonged to the Dhund Abbasi tribe of Murree Hills in the Murree District. He was a pioneer of the

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language in Pakistan and patron in chief of the Pakistan Esperanto Association (PakEsA). He translated the

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into Esperanto and wrote a biography of Islamic prophet

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and several other books in Esperanto and

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Works

*1974: Unua Esperanto Libro (Urdu-Esperanto) *1976: Baza Esperanto-Urdu Leglibro (Urdu-Esperanto) *1977: Esperanto-Urdu vortaro (Urdu-Esperanto) *1978: Baza Kurslibro de Esperanto (Urdu-Esperanto) *1982: Dua Baza Kurslibro de Esperanto (Urdu-Esperanto) *1982: Baza Vortaro de Esp-Urdu (Urdu-Esperanto) *1984: S-ro Muhammad (benita de Allah) la vivo de Islamo (Esperanto) *1985: Facila Esperanto Vortaro en Urdu (Urdu-Esperanto) *1990: Leciono el la Nobla Kuraano (Dars-e-Kuraan) *1992: Vera Libro Traduko de Kuraano (Esperanto) *1993: Lingvaj interrilatoj de Araba kaj Hebrea (Urdu) *1998: Esperanto-Urdu Vortaro (Urdu-Esperanto) *2000: Tezo pri Islamo (Esperanto) *2000: La Sankta Kuraano (translation of the Quran into Esperanto) *2002: Profeto Muhammad (benita de Allah) Diris (Esperanto, Araba kaj Urdua)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Abbasi, Muztar Pakistani scholars Pakistani Esperantists 1931 births 2004 deaths Translators from Arabic Quran translators Translators to Esperanto People from Murree 20th-century Pakistani translators Translators from Esperanto Translators to Urdu Translators from Urdu People from Punjab Province (British India) Dhund Abbasi