Mahjoor Writer

Peerzada Ghulam Ahmad (Kashmiri: ग़ुलाम अहमद (Devanagari), غلام احمد (Nastaleeq)); 3 September 1885 − 9 April 1952), better known by the pen name Mahjoor (Kashmiri: महजूर (Devanagari), مہجور (Nastaleeq)), was a renowned poet of the J&K Kashmir Valley, along with contemporaries, Zinda Kaul, Abdul Ahad Azad, Dinanath Nadim. He is especially noted for introducing a new style into Kashmiri poetry and for expanding Kashmiri poetry into previously unexplored thematic realms. In addition to his poems in Kashmiri, Mahjoor is also noted for his poetic compositions in Persian and Urdu.

Personal facts

Birth dateSeptember 03, 1885
Birth place
India , Territorial dispute , Kashmir and Jammu (princely state) , Metragam
Nationality
Kashmiri people
Ethnicity
Kashmiri people
Citizenship
Kashmiri people
Date of deathApril 09, 1952

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influenced
Abdul Ahad Azad
Dinanath Nadim
influenced by
Rabindranath Tagore
Muhammad Iqbal

Mahjoor on Wikipedia