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  2. Urdu poetry - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. Ahmad Faraz - Wikipedia

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    Syed Ahmad Shah ( Urdu: سید احمد شاہ ), better known by his pen name Ahmed Faraz, ( Urdu: احمد فراز 12 January 1931 – 25 August 2008) [1] [2] [3] was a Pakistani Urdu poet, scriptwriter and became the founding Director General (later Chairman) of Pakistan Academy of Letters. [4] He wrote his poetry under the pseudonym Faraz.

  4. Parveen Shakir - Wikipedia

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    Parveen Shakir. /  33.68861°N 73.06444°E  / 33.68861; 73.06444. Parveen Shakir PP ( pronounced [ˈpəɾʋiːn ʃɑːkɪɾ]; 24 November 1952 – 26 December 1994) was a Pakistani poet, teacher and a civil servant of the government of Pakistan. She is best known for her poems, which brought a distinctive feminine voice to Urdu literature.

  5. Pashto literature and poetry - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Pashto literature ( Pashto: پښتو ليكنې) refers to literature and poetry in Pashto language. The history of Pashto literature spreads over five thousands years having its roots in the oral tradition of Tappa ( Pashto: ټپه/لنډۍ). However, the first recorded period begins in 7th century with Amir Kror Suri (a warrior poet).

  6. Iblees Ki Majlis-e-Shura - Wikipedia

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    Iblees Ki Majlis-e-Shura. " Iblees Ki Majlis-e-Shura " (English: The Parliament of Satan) is an Urdu poem written by Muhammad Iqbal in 1936. It describes the meeting of the Devil and his advisers, and they discuss the current situation of the world. It was described as "a scathing criticism of the major socio-political and economic systems ...

  7. Mir Taqi Mir - Wikipedia

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    This article contains Urdu text. Without proper rendering support, you may see unjoined letters running left to right or other symbols instead of Urdu script. Mir Muhammad Taqi (February 1723 – 20 September 1810), known as Mir Taqi Mir (also spelled Meer Taqi Meer ), was an Indian poet, author and literary critic of the Urdu and Persian ...

  8. Qateel Shifai - Wikipedia

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    Qateel Shifai was born in Haripur District as Muhammad Aurangzeb in 1919 in British India (now Pakistan ). [3] He was of Hindkowan background. [4] [2] He adopted Qateel Shifai as his pen name in 1938, under which he was known in the world of Urdu poetry. "Qateel" was his "takhallus" and "Shifai" was in honour of his ustaad (teacher) Hakeem ...

  9. Nasir Kazmi - Wikipedia

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    Urdu poet, journalist, staff editor at Radio Pakistan, writer. Nationality. Pakistani. Alma mater. Islamia College, Lahore, Pakistan. Genre. Ghazal. Nasir Raza Kazmi ( Urdu: سید ناصِر رضا كاظمی was an Urdu poet from Pakistan. Kazmi was born on 8 December 1925 at Ambala, Punjab, (British India).