Mashriq-o-Mugrib ki Mumtaz Shaksiaat (Urdu) [Prominent Personalities of the East and West] published by Ferozsons, is a collection of 30 essays and biographical sketches of the prominent personalities of the East and West. This engagingly written volume is a selection from Dr. Ahmed Shahzad Khan's hundreds of previously published articles and essays that have appeared in various newspapers and magazines. The personalities included in this volume are from all ages and times, and from varying fields of eminence, that it forms a feast, an interesting and colorful bouquet for all tastes. Included in it are Sufi masters such as; Rumi, Iqbal, Dr. Ghulam Mustafa Khan, Dr. Annemarie Schimmel, Dr. Hamidullah and poets/artists/writers, such as; Ernest Hemingway, Hasrat Mohani, Akbar Allahbadi, Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Robert Frost, Sadequain, F. M. Hussain, Ahmad Faraz, Ibn-e-Safi, Parveen Shakir, Parveen Etesami, Joan Elia, Mustafa Zaidi, Ashfaq Ahmad, and leaders such as Abraham Lincoln, Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, Jimmy Carter, Lee Kuan Yew, and scientists/engineers/pioneers like Dr. Edward Deming, Dr. Fazlur Rehman Khan, Dr. Saleemuzzaman Siddiqui, Benjamin Bloom, Dr. Richard Feynman, Steve Jobs and Bill Gates. The exceptional aspect of these essays is that they are presented in a balanced, fair and sincere manner, and makes the brilliance of the personalities shine through.
