Ahmed Shareef ( ur, احمد شريف ), (19 May 1941 – 2007), popularly known as Pagal Adilabadi ( ur, احمد شريف پاگل عادل آبادى), was an
Urdu poet
Urdu poetry ( ur, ) is a tradition of poetry and has many different forms. Today, it is an important part of the cultures of South Asia. According to Naseer Turabi there are five major poets of Urdu which are Mir Taqi Mir (d.1810), Mirza Ghali ...
from
Adilabad, India. He wrote ''mazahiya shayari'' or humorous poetry in his native dialect of
Hyderabadi Urdu. His
pen name
A pen name, also called a ''nom de plume'' or a literary double, is a pseudonym (or, in some cases, a variant form of a real name) adopted by an author and printed on the title page or by-line of their works in place of their real name.
A pen na ...
, "Pagal", means "crazy" in Urdu.
Early life
Pagal Adilabadi was born 19 May 1941 in
Nizamabad district. He was a teacher in a government school in
Adilabad, hence the name.
Career
Pagal Adilabadi wrote humorous poems, ''shayari'' in
Urdu.
The book ''Khusur Phusr'' collects his life work. In the initial stage of his life he never published his works. He was busy working as a teacher, but after retiring from his job, he started writing the books.
Ahmed Sherif died at the age of 66
while working on his book ''Bagare Baingan''.
Bibliography
* ''Khusur Phusr'' - Goonj publications (Nizamabad).
References
External links
Video clip of Pagal poetry recitalAudio clips of Pagal Adilabadi on UrduLife.comAudio clips of Pagal Adilabadi on Mushaira.org
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Urdu-language poets from India
Indian male poets
People from Nizamabad, Telangana
1941 births
Living people