Sahir Lakhnavi (born Syed Qaim Mehdi Naqvi; 6 September 1931 25 November 2019) was a Pakistani classical

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and the 20th century's last marsiya writer of Pakistan. He wrote

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s, nazms, qataat-i-tareekh, particularly marsiya and qasida throughout his literary career. He wrote twenty books on multiple subjects, including linguistics, poetry, prosody, seerat, history, theology and

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. He also appears to have written to the Persian literature, but his primary contribution appears in Urdu. He was born as Syed Qaim Mehdi Naqvi on 6 September 1931 in Karachi, India. He was the grandson of Fazil Lakhnavi, an Islamic scholar and son of Nawab Syed Akhtar Hussain Masood Lakhnavi who belonged to Ghufran Ma’ab family. He did his matriculation in 1937 from his hometown, and later attended a government college in Ludhiana for higher education. However, he was suspended from the college due to his uncertain irresponsibility, and he subsequently attended Government Dayal Singh College, Lahore where he was again suspended due to his alleged involvement in

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. He then obtained Master of Arts and Bachelor of Laws in Karachi. He had four daughters and one son.

Career

Sahir wrote prose and poetry in Urdu language, however he is primarily recognised for writing marsiya and qasida besides gazals and nazms. He published most of his work during his

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. His research work on mersia titled ''Marsiya Per Aitrazat Ka Tanqidi Jaiza'' is recognised one of the prominent publications which covers the history of mersia.

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Death

He died on 25 November 2019 in Karachi, Pakistan after a chronic medical complication. He is buried in

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cemetery.

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