Akhtar Sheerani Writer

Akhtar Shirani (Urdu: اخترشِيرانى‎), (also spelled 'Sheerani', 'Sherani', 'Shirani', 'Shairani'), (Born 4 May 1905 – 9 September 1948) is considered one of the leading romantic poets of Urdu.

Personal facts

PseudonymAkhtar Shirani
Birth dateMay 04, 1905
Birth nameMuhammad Dawood Khan
Birth place
Rajasthan , Tonk (princely state) , Presidencies and provinces of British India
Date of deathSeptember 09, 1948
Place of death
Pakistan , Lahore

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Writer

genre
Nazm
influenced
Urdu poetry

Topical connections

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Akhtar Sheerani on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://indscribe.blogspot.com/2007/09/akhtar-shirani-poet-of-romance.html
  2. http://www.poemhunter.com/akhtar-sheerani/biography
  3. http://www.urdupoint.com/poetry/View-Poetry.php?book_id=291&author_id=197&page=1