Waheed Akhtar
Waheed Akhtar (12 August 1934, in Aurangabad (Deccan) – 13 December 1996) was an Urdu poet, writer, critic, orator, and a Muslim scholar and philosopher.
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Waheed Akhtar
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- Occupation
- Urdu poet and Muslim philosopher
- Name
- Syed Waheed Akhtar
- Born
- 12 August 1934
- Died
- 13 December 1996
- Nationality
- India · British Raj · Dominion of India
- Languages
- Urdu
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Waheed Akhtar (12 August 1934, in Aurangabad (Deccan) – 13 December 1996) was an Urdu poet, writer, critic, orator, and a Muslim scholar and philosopher.
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• Religion — Islam • Occupation — Urdu poet and Muslim philosopher • Era — Contemporary • Name — Syed Waheed Akhtar • Title — Syed • Born — 12 August 1934 • Died — 13 December 1996 • Region — India • Main Interests — Sufism Islamic philosophy philosophy • Notable Works — Paththaron Ka Mughanni, Shab Ka Razmiyah, Zanjeer ka Naghma, Karbala Ta Karbala, Early Imamiyah Shia Thinkers, etc Syed Waheed Akhtar (12 August 1934, in Aurangabad (Deccan) – 13 December 1996) was an Urdu poet, writer, critic, orator, and a Muslim scholar and philosopher.
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According to Shamsur Rahman Faruqi, "Wahid Akhtar, regarded by many as a Modernist and by many others as Progressive, wrote that Modernism was really an extension of Progressivism". Akhtar is also considered by at least one writer to be among the few successful modern Urdu poets who took Marsia to new heights and gave it new direction in this age.
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1934
Waheed Akhtar born at Aurangabad.
1996
Waheed Akhtar died at Delhi.
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- 1.Shamsur Rahman Faruqi "Images in a Darkened Mirror: Issues and Ideas in Modern Urdu Literature", The Annual of Urdu Studies, 1987, Volume 6, page 54.
- 2.Syed Akbar Hyder. Reliving Karbala: Martyrdom in South Asian Memory. Oxford University Press. July 2019. 0195189302 Page needed.
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His recorded language was Urdu. His recorded confession was Islam. Recorded as poet, philosopher, writer and islamicist.
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