Bashir Bhadravahi

• Name — Bashir Bhadarwahi • Birth Name — Bashir Ahmad Khateeb • Born — 24 January 1935 • Birthplace — Bhaderwah, Jammu and Kashmir, India • Occupation — Writer, educationist, poet • Language — Kashmiri • Education — Master of Arts in Urdu • Notable Works — *Jamis Ta Kasheeri Manz Kashir Natia Abduk Tawareekh • Tohfa-e-Azmeen-e-Hijaz • Bhaderwah ki Tareekh-o-Saqafat • Goshan Hind Posh • Awards — Sahitya Akademi Award • Years Active — 1948present

He was born in Bhadarwah, Jammu and Kashmir to a middle-class family. His father served as a school teacher. He did his matriculation from S. A. High School Bhadarwah in 1950. He did his intermediate examination in 1955 after completing a diploma in teaching training. In 1953, he was appointed as a primary school teacher and later was promoted to various academic ranks until he retired as a District Education Officer in 1993 after obtaining a master's degree in Urdu in 1962.

He wrote his first poem on communal violence when he was a student of 8th standard in the early 1948. Later in 1953, he wrote his first ghazal in Kashmiri language when he was serving as a teacher. He also wrote a book on folk music of Doda district which was published by the Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages in 1972. In 1953, he wrote his poetic collection titled Goshan Hind Posh which was published in 1998. After his retirement from the public service, the second edition of the book was published in 2014. His books such as Bhaderwah ki Tareekh-o-Saqafat are often used by the scholars as a reference work for the Bhadarwah's culture and history. It was published in 2010. His naat collection in Kashmiri language titled Tohfa-e-Azmeen-e-Hijaz was published in 2005.