Muztar Abbasi

Muztar Abbasi (1931 – 26 February 2004) was a Punjabi Pakistani Muslim 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 Esperanto language in Pakistan and patron in chief of the Pakistan Esperanto Association (PakEsA). He translated the Quran into Esperanto and wrote a biography of Muhammad and several other books in Esperanto and Urdu.

Muztar Abbasi
Abbasi in 1989
Born	Muztar Abbasi 1931 (1931) Murree, British Raj
Died	2004 (aged 72–73) Islamabad, Pakistan
Occupation	Scholar
Nationality	Pakistani
Citizenship	Pakistani
Alma mater	Bahawalpur University, Punjab University.
Period	1960-2004
Genre	Prose, poetry, autobiography.
Subject	Urdu, Esperanto
Literary movement	Esperanto Association
Notable works	Quran translation in Esperanto, Urdu-Esperanto Dictionary, Seerat-Un-Nabi (SAWW) in Esperanto and 18 published books in Urdu and Esperanto.

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)