Ahmed Noori, aka Abu Raihan Ahmed Noori, was a prominent writer and journalist who belonged to the

Beary The Beary (also known as Byari) is a community concentrated along the southwest coast of India, mostly in the Mangalore district of the south Indian state of Karnataka. They are an ethnic group of Indian Muslims with their own distinct cu ...

community of

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in Dakshina Kannada in South

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. He was born on 10 June 1920 and grew up in

but later on lived in

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. He completed the Adeeb-e-Mahir in Urdu from the Jamia Urdu Aligarh. He wrote books in the local

Beary bashe Beary or Byari (ಬ್ಯಾರಿ ಬಾಸೆ ''Byāri Bāse'') is a Dravidian language spoken by the Muslim communities mainly of Karnataka ( Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts) and extreme northern end of Kerala like Manjeshwaram, Ku ...

and

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languages. His book, ''Maikala'', a documentary about the culture Beary community of Mangalore in Kannada language, has been cataloged by the largest library in the world, the

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at Washington, D.C., USA. The second edition of the book was published in 1997, thirty seven years after the first edition published in 1960. He was also part of a six-member team of scholars who, for the first time, translated the meaning of the

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to Kannada language in 1978, working on this project for about seven years. He edited several periodicals such as "Sandesha", "Kitaab" and "The Message". He contributed extensively to the Sanmarga weekly Kannada magazine. He was also one of the founding members of the Beary's Welfare Association in 1988. In 2010, the Karnataka Beary Sahitya Academy awarded him an honorary award for the year 2009 for his literary achievements. The

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eluded him though many community members thought that he deserved it for his services. Over the past 50 years, he has become a household name in the Beary community due to his popular songs and music composition. Some of his popular songs are ‘Kelanda Makkale Kelanda,’ ‘Ethare Tholo Varakro Masth,’ ‘Alam Padachadum Neenem, Adre Chameychedum Neeneme.’ In January 2011, a CD of

Beary Bashe Beary or Byari (ಬ್ಯಾರಿ ಬಾಸೆ ''Byāri Bāse'') is a Dravidian language spoken by the Muslim communities mainly of Karnataka ( Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts) and extreme northern end of Kerala like Manjeshwaram, Ku ...

songs written by him was released in Bangalore. Ahmed Noorie died on 2 September 2012. Tributes poured from all around the region in the news media in multiple languages.

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*1997 (first version 1960). ''Maikala* ''.

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*Sandesha *Kitaab *The Message

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