Srinagar, Feb. 25 -- Sayyid Mohammed Shabib Rizvi, fondly known Shabib Sahib,visited Kashmir around 1961,married andsettledherefor good.He spent his early days at Khanqah e Sokhtawithlate Moulana Iftikhar HussainAnsari, being hisclassmate at Sultanul Madaris Lucknow,and finallyshifted toKathidarwaza.Besides being aneffectiveUnani doctor,he was a learned Islamic scholar.He served in the J&K State HealthDepartment,ISM,for 30 yearsandretired as Asstt. Director.Poetry, marsiya nigari,maada-e-tareekh(set of wordsin whichabjadnumbers associated with each letter are added to get a certain year)and calligraphy remained his gems. Had mastery over Urdu, Persian and Arabiclanguages, though chose to write in Urdu and Persian.He started poetry at the ...