While, he was Tahsildar at Kalya Khera, Bhopal in 1908, he had literary correspondence with Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke of Brookeborough (1883–1963).
His letters to Brooke on training manoeuvres, Indian Staff College entrance examinations, racing and hunting expeditions are preserved in the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives (King's College London Archives relating to South Asia)[2][3] Abdul Matin 'Matin' died on 20 April 1938 /18 Muharram 1357 AH at Bhopal.
[citation needed] Abdul Matin 'Matin' wrote poems on science, philosophy, religion and ethics.
His editorial articles and poems are also published in 'Akhbar Shaula' (edited by Hafiz Ahmad Ali Khan 'Shauq').
Along with Yusuf Qaiser, Abdul Matin 'Matin' started a fortnightly Urdu newspaper by the name of 'Malwa Review'.