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1905-1948. Genre. Nazm and Ghazal. Literary movement. Setting a new trend in Urdu poetry. Relatives. Hafiz Mehmood Sheerani (Father) Akhtar Sheerani (born Muhammad Davud Khan; 4 May 1905 – 9 September 1948; also spelled Sheerani or Sherani) was an Urdu poet. He was a romantic poet of the Urdu language.
e. Chaudhary Abdul Hayee Gujjar (8 March 1921 – 25 October 1980), popularly known by his pen name (takhallus) Sahir Ludhianvi, was an Indian poet who wrote primarily in Urdu in addition to Hindi. [1] He is regarded as one of the greatest film lyricist and poets of 20th century India. [2][3]
t. e. Faiz Ahmad Faiz MBE NI (Punjabi, Persian: فیض احمد فیض, Urdu: فیض احمد فیضpronounced [fɛːz ɛɦ.məd̪ fɛːz]; 13 February 1911 – 20 November 1984) [ 2 ] was a Pakistani poet and author of Punjabi and Urdu literature. Faiz was one of the most celebrated, popular, and influential Urdu writers of his time, and his ...
Urdu poetry (Urdu: اُردُو شاعرى Urdū šāʿirī) is a tradition of poetry and has many different forms. Today, it is an important part of the culture of India and Pakistan . According to Naseer Turabi there are five major poets of Urdu: Mir Taqi Mir (d.1810), Mirza Ghalib (d. 1869), Mir Anees (d.1874), Muhammad Iqbal (d. 1938) and ...
Khošāl Khān Khaṭak (Pashto: خوشال خان خټک; Urdu, Persian: خوشحال خان خٹک; 1613 – 20 February 1689), also known as Khushal Baba (Pashto: خوشال بابا), was a 17th-century Pashtun poet, chief, and warrior. [ 2 ] Khushal Khan served the Mughal Empire protecting them from Pashtun warriors over most of his lifespan.
Syed Akbar Hussain, popularly known as Akbar Allahabadi (16 November 1846 – 9 September 1921) was an Urdu poet from Indian subcontinent in the genre of satire. [2] The most popular of Akbar's verse poked fun at the cultural dilemma posed by the onslaught of Western British culture. His ire was mostly directed towards the natives he considered ...
Sheikh Muhammad Ibrahim Zauq (1790 – November 1854) was an Urdu poet and scholar of literature, poetry and religion. He wrote poetry under the pen name " Zauq ", and was appointed poet laureate of the Mughal Court in Delhi just at the age of 19. Later he was given the title of Khaqani-e-Hind (The Khaqani of India) by the last Mughal emperor ...
Afzal Ahmed Syed (افضال احمد سيد) is a contemporary Urdu poet and translator, known for his mastery of both classical and modern Urdu poetic expression.. Born in Ghazipur, India, in 1946, Afzal Ahmed Syed has lived since 1976 in Karachi, Pakistan, where he worked as an entomologist until his retirement in 2005.