Nasim Amrohvi
Nasim Amrohvi | |
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| Born | August 24, 1908 Amroha, British India |
| Died | February 28, 1987 (aged 78) |
| Occupation | Pakistani Urdu poet, philosopher, lexicographer |
| Language | Urdu |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Notable works | Khutbat-e-Mushiran (1942), Adabī kahāniyān, Nasīm ul-lug̲h̲āt, Urdū, Dust banu dust bana'u, Risālah tauz̤ih al-masāʼil, Mūmin-i āl-i Ibrāhīm, Musaddas-i Nasīm, Farhang-i Iqbāl, Urdū lug̲h̲at : tārīk̲h̲ī uṣūl par, Mars̲iyah-yi Josh, Cashmah-yi g̲h̲am, ʻAllāmah Iqbāl ke cāron̲ davāvīn, Nazm-e-Urdu |
Nasim Amrohvi or Syed Qaim Raza Taqvi (Urdu: نسیم امروہوی, romanized: Allamah Nasīm Amrohvī; (24 August 1908 – 28 February 1987) was a Pakistani Urdu poet, philosopher, and lexicographer who was born as Syed Qaim Raza Taqvi on 24 August 1908 in Amroha, British India.
He belonged to a Taqvi Syed family. His father was Syed Barjees Hussain Taqvi and his mother was Syeda Khatoon. His grandfather was Shamim Amrohvi who was bestowed the title Farazdaq-e-Hind (lit. "India's Farazdaq").
In 1950, he migrated to Pakistan after the independence in 1947, settling in Khairpur. He moved to Karachi in 1961 and eventually died there on 28 February 1987.