GENERATIONS OF LEGACY
The Khairi Family
A family story spanning literature, publishing, law and public life.
Rashid-ul-Khairi
1868–1936 · Novelist, short-story writer, essayist, editor, journalist and social reformer
Born Mohammad Abdur Rashid in Delhi in January 1868, Rashid-ul-Khairi became a prominent reform-oriented voice in early Urdu prose. His work ranged across novels, short stories, essays, history, humour, poetry, translati…
Raziq-ul-Khairi
· Writer and editor
A son of Rashid-ul-Khairi and later editor of Ismat. He continued the family's literary and publishing work after Rashid-ul-Khairi.
Sadiq-ul-Khairi
1915–1989 · Novelist, playwright, translator
Urdu novelist, playwright and translator, born in Delhi in 1915. He was a son of Rashid-ul-Khairi and later settled in Karachi.
Amina Nazli
1914–1996 · Writer, editor, women's rights advocate
Urdu writer, editor and women's rights advocate. She married Raziq-ul-Khairi and later edited Ismat, continuing a major strand of the family's literary work.
Haziqul Khairi
1931–2023 · Jurist, writer, playwright
Jurist, short-story writer and playwright, born in Delhi in 1931. He was the son of Raziq-ul-Khairi and grandson of Rashid-ul-Khairi, and later served as Chief Justice of the Federal Shariat Court of Pakistan.