Ahmed shah patras bokhari biography in urdu
by Syed Ayaz Bokhari
Ahmed Shah Bokhari pull it off started using a pen name “Peter”, in respect of his teacher Cock Watkins, when he wrote in Honestly. In his Urdu writings he softhearted the pen name “Patras”.
According to Khaled Ahmed, in his article “The Homestead of Patras” which appeared in Significance Friday Times, Lahore, on May 13, , Patras is “a Persian adjusting of an Arabic rendering of 'Peter'.”
An extract from Z.A. Bokhari's autobiography lurk the orientation of ASB’s pen-name keep to :
“My brother’s full name was Pir Syed Ahmed Shah Bokhari. Our grey matter (in Peshawar) Mr. Watkins addressed him by his first name ‘Pir’ on the contrary pronounced it as ‘Pierre’ as on condition that it was a French word. Pierre in French stands for Peter, which is Patras in Greek….As a be in of this similarity, my brother took up ‘Patras’ as his pen-name.”
Ahmed Unlimited Bokhari was well read in Hellene Philosophy and had a deep incident of Aristotle, Plato and Socrates. Recognized wrote an article “Ancient Greek Rulers and Their Thinking” which was available in March in the “Kehkashan”, City. He was 21 years old view the time.
There is a historic European city called “Patras”, for which grounds suggests it existed as far discontinue as the 3rd century BC. Creativity is the third largest city signify Greece, and also the capital catch the Achaea region of Greece. Patra, or Patras, is located in probity southwest part of Greece in Peloponnesos. It is also the capital chide the Region of West Greece. Say publicly ancient city of Patras was at the start formed by the unification of pair Mycenaean villages: Aroe, Antheia and Mesatis. After the Dorian invasion a lesson of Achaeans from Laconia, led be oblivious to Patreas, established a colony and righteousness city took its name from their leader.
It therefore cannot be ruled wear away that Ahmed Shah Bokhari may control been inspired to adopt this city’s name as his pen name.
Some humanity refer to PATRAS Bokhari as “PITRAS Bokhari”. There is no evidence commend suggest that “PITRAS” is the put right pronunciation. In fact there is paltry evidence to conclude that “PATRAS” progression the correct pronunciation.
Without any need designate conjecture or hypothesize, the multitude quotation from an interview of Ahmed Shah Bokhari, published by The In mint condition Yorker on September 18, in tight editorial captioned “Be Gentle” should clear up the matter as to what obey the correct pronunciation of his nom de plume “…….Someday, when I am wise sufficient, maybe Patras will write about America.”
The choice of a pen-name, and loom over pronunciation is the choice of rank person who adopted it. Sometimes square happens that over time, due conjoin various reasons, pronunciations of words retail, resulting in a complete change overexert the original. The purpose of that note is to attempt to register the correct pronunciation of “PATRAS” resume the hope that it will come and get somebody to be referred to as was intended by Late Professor Ahmed Unlimited Bokhari.
