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Prof.Barkatullah was born on 7th July 1854n at Itwra Mohalla Bhopal. He was educated from primary to college level at Bhopal . Later he went to Bombay and London for higher studies. In 1884, he joined the Muslim institute of Liverpool .He was a meritorious scholar and mastered seven languages-Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Turkish, English, German ,and Japanese. Born of parents in rather indifferent circumstances he had nothing but his own brilliance and firmness of purpose to help him at school and colleges. Even so, he topped the list of successful candidates in most of the examinations for which he appeared, both in India and England. He became Professor of Urdu at the Tokyo University Japan.