Daud Rahbar

Daud Rahbar (1926 – 5 October 2013) was a Pakistani scholar of comparative religions, Arabic, Persian, Urdu literature and Indian classical music. Rahbar is regarded as an accomplished essayist, poet, composer, short story writer, translator, philosopher, contributor to inter-civilization dialogue, musicologist, drummer, singer and guitarist.He translated his own Urdu works to English, such as ''The Cup of Jamshid: A Collection of Ghazal Poetry'' and then translated the ''Urdu letters of Mirzā Asadu'lldh Khān Ghālib''.

After a teaching career in England, Canada, Turkey and the United States, he retired as Professor Emeritus of Comparative religions from Boston University in 1991. Provided by Wikipedia