Mahirul Qadri
BornManzoor Hussain
30 July 1906
Pilibhit, Uttar Pradesh, British India
Died12 May 1978 (aged 71)
LanguageUrdu, Hindi, Punjabi, English
NationalityPakistani/British Indian
GenreWriter, Poet

Mahirul Qadri (Urdu ماہر القادری) whose real name was Manzoor Hussain, was a writer, poet, and novelist. He was born in village Kesar Kalan Tahsil Pilibhit on 30 July 1906, in Bulandshahar district of Uttar Pradesh India.[1][2] He studied at Aligarh Muslim University. In 1947 he migrated to Karachi Pakistan. He affixed his poetic pen-name Mahir with Qadri due to his spiritual links with the Qadiriyya order of Sufism. This great poet and writer died while participating in a mushaira in Jeddah on 12 May 1978.[3][4][5]

Poetic career

At the age of 13, he began his poetic career. His first ghazal was published in Bulandshahr Gazette in 1924. Later Mahir-ul-Qadri went to Hyderabad, Deccan, where for 10 years he held key literary positions. He was associated with men like Kishen Pershad Kaul and Nawab Moazzam Jah[6]

Books

Mahirul Qadari published more than twenty books. Some of his works are.

  • Durr e Yateem[7]
  • Aatish-e-Khamosh, [8]
  • Shiraaza,
  • Mehsoosat-e-Mahir,
  • Naghmaat-e-Mahir,
  • Jazbaat-e-Mahir,
  • Karvan-e-Hijaz,
  • Zakhm-o-Marham,
  • Yaad-e-Raftagaan,
  • Firdaus,
  • Tilism-e-Hayaat.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Mahir-ul-Qadri â€" a movement unto himself". DAWN.COM. 10 May 2010.
  2. ↑ "Mahirul Qadri: One man army against progressive left". 18 April 2018.
  3. ↑ "Mahirul Qadri : A Poet and a Movement Unto Himself". 18 April 2018.
  4. ↑ "Mahir Ul Qadri Poetry - Urdu Shayari, Ghazals, Nazams & Poems". UrduPoint.
  5. ↑ "Mahirul Qadri Poetry - Best Mahirul Qadri Shayari, Sad Ghazals, Love Nazams, Romantic Poetry". Darsaal.
  6. ↑ "Mahirul Qadri Poet Biography - Bihar Urdu Youth Forum, Patna". urduyouthforum.org.
  7. ↑ "Durr e Yateem by Mahirul Qadri".
  8. ↑ Hashmi, Talib (1 January 2010). Mahirul Qadri Ke Tabsare. Markazi Maktaba Islami Publishers – via Amazon.
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