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Ghulam Nabi Gowhar (born Ghulam Nabi Muqeem; 26 June 1934 – 19 June 2018) was a multilingual Kashmiri author, novelist, poet, columnist and a retired sessions jurist.He wrote about sixty books in Kashmiri, Urdu, and in English languages on various subjects such as politics, literature, history and on Sufism.
Abdul Wahab Khar (c. 1842 – c. 1912 [1]), also appears as Wahab Khar, was the 19th-century Kashmiri Sufi mystic poet [2] [3] and saint. He is sometimes referred to as "scholar" for his contribution to the literature of Kashmir. [4] He was actively engaged in writing Sufi devotional poems and used to attend musical gatherings throughout his ...
Literature of Kashmir has a long history, the oldest texts having been composed in the Sanskrit language. Early names include Patanjali, the author of the Mahābhāṣya commentary on Pāṇini's grammar, suggested by some to have been the same to write the Hindu treatise known as the Yogasutra, and Dridhbala, who revised the Charaka Samhita of Ayurveda.
Kulyaat-e-Samad Mir has been published and revised four times by the Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages. A monograph on Mir has been published in Urdu and Kashmiri by Sahitya Akademi, Government of India. He wrote more than 200 poems. In line with Sufi tradition, Mir's poetry often deals with concepts such as beauty and ...
Sufi literature, written in Persian, flourished from the 12th to 15th centuries. Later, major poets linked with the Sufi tradition included Hatef Esfahani (17th century), Bedil (18th century), and Ahmad NikTalab (20th century). However, Sufi literature for the longest time in history had been scattered in different languages and geographic regions.
Nund Rishi [a] (Kashmiri pronunciation: [nundɨ rʲoʃ] c. 1377 – c. 1438; born Noor-ud-Din [b]) was a Kashmiri Sufi saint, mystic, poet and Islamic preacher. [2] [3] Nund Rishi was among the founders of the Rishi order, a Sufi tradition of the region, and is also known by the titles Sheikh-Ul-Alam (lit.
Saifi Sopori (born Saifuddin Masoodi; 19 January 1922 – 19 October 2017), also known by the honorary title Peer Saifuddin Sopori, was a Kashmiri poet and teacher.He wrote poetry and books on various subjects in Urdu, Persian and initially in Kashmiri language throughout his literary career.
Zinda Kaul was the first Kashmiri poet to win the Sahitya Academy award in 1956, for his book of poetry compilations Sumran. [4] It was first published in Devanagari, and later the government had it printed in the Persio-Arabic script. The Sahitya Academy of India gave Kaul an award of five thousand rupees for this book.