Background
Raza was born in Desna, Bihar, a village in Nalanda district Bihar. His father, Hakim Syed Liaqat Hassan was an Unani physician.
Raza was born in Desna, Bihar, a village in Nalanda district Bihar. His father, Hakim Syed Liaqat Hassan was an Unani physician.
Raza graduated from Darul-uloom Nadwatul Ulama, one of the major Islamic schools on the Indian subcontinent.
He belonged to a family of scholars and well-educated landowners. Raza join the staff of Saint Xavier"s College, Mumbai in 1922 as a professor and head of the Urdu, Arabic and Persian language departments. From 1938 to 1942, Urdu was a subject at the undergraduate level
Knowing the importance of Urdu as a language of culture and integration, the authorities made arrangements for the honours course in Urdu.
Raza also helped found the South. M. Saeed Raza Scholarship for college-level students. Raza taught many famous scholars, poets and teachers during his tenure at Saint Xavier"s College, Mumbai.
He retired from the college in 1955. After retirement, he settled back to his village, occupying his time with social work for the development of the village.
He died in Desna in 1963.
