Imamuddin Murtaza Khan Babi (

Gujarati Gujarati may refer to: * something of, from, or related to Gujarat, a state of India * Gujarati people, the major ethnic group of Gujarat * Gujarati language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by them * Gujarati languages, the Western Indo-Aryan sub- ...

: બાબી ઈમામુદ્દીનખાન મુર્તઝાખાન), better known by his pen name Ruswa Majhalumi (Gujarati: રુસ્વા મઝલૂમી), was a Gujarati language poet and a royal of Pajod state. He was born in Mangrol on 11 December 1915. He studied at the

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from 1927 to 1934. ''Meena'' (1948) and ''Madira'' (1972) are two of his collections of

Ghazal The ''ghazal'' ( ar, غَزَل, bn, গজল, Hindi-Urdu: /, fa, غزل, az, qəzəl, tr, gazel, tm, gazal, uz, gʻazal, gu, ગઝલ) is a form of amatory poem or ode, originating in Arabic poetry. A ghazal may be understood as a ...

poetry. ''Dhalta Minara'' (1978) is an episodic portrait by him. He died on 14 February 2008. He belonged to Babi Dynasty and was the Chief of Pajod and associate of Sardargadh. His son, Ayaazkhan Babi also studied at the Rajkumar College, Rajkot like his father and was the Principal having lived on the campus more than half his life.

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