Career
His real name was Abdul Hafeez but he was known as Qazi Athar. He has also written book on the well known personalities of Mubarakpur known as Uluma-e-Tazkera Mubarakpur. He served as the editor of First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Balagh published from Bombay, a monthly journal in the following years 1961-1962, 1966-1967, 1973-1976.
His book Hindustan men °Arabon ki hukumaten {340 pages, published by Maktabah-yi °Arifin in 1967) dealt with social conditions and historical events of Western and Southern India, was a travelogue by Arab traders of pre-Islamic era.
Qazi Athar Mubarakpuri also wrote a column under the heading "Jawahar-ul-Qur"an" in the Inquilab Daily, a newspaper published from Bombay, for around 40 years. During the British Raj he worked in Lahore but after Independence moved to Bombay.
