Ebrahim Alkazi

إبراهيم القاضي

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Delhi

Indian theatre director and drama teacher (1925–2020), son of a Saudi father from Unaizah and a Kuwaiti mother, who trained at RADA in London and as director of the National School of Drama in New Delhi (1962–1977) transformed modern Indian theatre, staging more than fifty plays.

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director · educator
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South Asia
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The Colonial Era · The Contemporary Era · The Modern Era Contemporaries: Ali Hassan Mwinyi · M. S. Swaminathan · Muazzez İlmiye Çığ · Mufti Abdul Razzaq · Walid Khalidi

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Delhi

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    Coronation of Aurangzeb at Delhi· Founding of Shahjahanabad· Humayun returns to Delhi, 962 AH· Ibn Battuta named envoy to China· Completion of the Jama Masjid of Delhi· Nadir Shah sacks Delhi (1739)· Inauguration of the Red Fort, Delhi· Siege of Delhi

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    • Ebrahim Alkazi — English Wikipedia
    • Ebrahim Alkazi — Arabic Wikipedia
    • Ebrahim Alkazi — Wikidata
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    islam.museum contributors. “Ebrahim Alkazi”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ebrahim-alkazi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-01.

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