Sahir Lakhnavi | |
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 Syed Qaim Mehdi Naqvi a.k.a. Sahir Lakhnavi | |
| Born | Syed Qaim Mehdi Naqvi 6 September 1931 Karachi, Pakistan |
| Died | 25 November 2019 (aged 88) Karachi, Pakistan |
| Resting place | Wadi-e-Hussain |
| Pen name | Sahir Lakhnavi |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Language | Urdu, Persian |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Education | MA, LL.B. |
| Alma mater | Government Dayal Singh College |
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| Partner | Nawab Syed Akhtar Hussain Masood Lakhnavi |
| Children | 5 |
| Relatives | Fazil Lakhnavi (grandfather) |
Sahir Lakhnavi (born Syed Qaim Mehdi Naqvi; 6 September 1931 – 25 November 2019) was a Pakistani classical Urdu poet and the 20th century's last marsiya writer of Pakistan. He wrote gazals, nazms, qataat-i-tareekh, particularly marsiya and qasida throughout his literary career. He wrote twenty books on multiple subjects, including linguistics, poetry, prosody, seerat, history, theology and tafseer. He also appears to have written to the Persian literature, but his primary contribution appears in Urdu.
He was born as Syed Qaim Mehdi Naqvi on 6 September 1931 in Karachi, India.[1] He was the grandson of Fazil Lakhnavi, an Islamic scholar and son of Nawab Syed Akhtar Hussain Masood Lakhnavi who belonged to Ghufran Ma’ab family.[2] He did his matriculation in 1937 from his hometown, and later attended a government college in Ludhiana for higher education. However, he was suspended from the college due to his uncertain irresponsibility, and he subsequently attended Government Dayal Singh College, Lahore where he was again suspended due to his alleged involvement in biological basis of love.[3] He then obtained Master of Arts and Bachelor of Laws in Karachi.[4] He had four daughters and one son.[1]
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- ^ "2019ء میں جنہوں نے مٹی کا بدن کر دیا مٹی کے حوالے". mag.dunya.com.pk.