Bharucha Hasim bin Yusuf ( gu, ભરુચા હાસિમબિન યુસુફ), better known by his pen name Zar Randeri ( gu, ઝાર રાંદેરી), was a

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- ...

poet and translator from

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. He was born in

Rander Rander (also known as Rahe Neer or city of mosques) is a town in Surat district in the state of Gujarat, India. Located on the bank of the Tapti River, it is from the city of Surat. History There are some historic indications that Rander ...

, a town in

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. He received his primary and secondary education in Rander and then went to Aminiyah Arabiyah, a

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, for further education. He published the first Gujarati book on Persian

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as ''Shairi'' in two volumes in 1936. His other notable works include ''Shamshire Sadakat'', ''Hindustan Na Humla'', ''Aatma Ane Punarjanma''. He translated and published several works such as ''Kasdussabil'' (1913), ''Muhannad'', ''Dharmaprachar'', ''Mahatma Ane Islam'' and ''Hindustani Bhasha''.

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Gujarati-language writers 20th-century Indian poets People from Surat district Gujarati-language poets Poets from Gujarat 1887 births Indian male poets Date of death missing 20th-century Indian male writers Date of death unknown {{India-writer-stub