Waheed Akhtar

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Syed Waheed Akhtar
Waheed Akhtar
Title	Syed
Personal
Born	(1934-08-12)12 August 1934
Died	13 December 1996(1996-12-13) (aged 62)
Religion	Islam
Nationality	Indian
Era	Contemporary
Region	India
Main interest(s)	Sufism Islamic philosophy philosophy
Notable work(s)	Paththaron Ka Mughanni, Shab Ka Razmiyah, Zanjeer ka Naghma, Karbala Ta Karbala, Early Imamiyah Shia Thinkers, etc
Occupation	Urdu poet and Muslim philosopher
Signature
Writing career
Genres	Ghazal Nazm Marsiyah Hijv

Syed Waheed Akhtar (Urdu: سید وحید اختر ) (12 August 1934, in Aurangabad (Deccan) – 13 December 1996) was an Urdu poet, writer, critic, orator, and a Muslim scholar and philosopher.

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".^[1] 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.^[2]

• Urdu poetry
• Mir Babar Ali Anis

• [1] Reliving Karbala Martyrdom in South Asian Memory By Syed Akbar Hyder, Inc NetLibrary