Mahjoor, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Mahjoor

Indian writerIndian writer

Date of Birth: 11-Aug-1887

Date of Death: 06-Apr-1952

Profession: poet, author

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Peerzada Ghulam Ahmad (Kashmiri: ?????? ???? (Devanagari), ???? ???? (Nastaleeq)); 11 August 1887 - 9 April 1952), better known by the pen name Mahjoor (Kashmiri: ????? (Devanagari), ????? (Nastaleeq)), was a poet of the Kashmir Valley, along with contemporaries, Zinda Kaul, Abdul Ahad Azad, and Dinanath Nadim.
He is especially noted for introducing a new style into Kashmiri poetry and for expanding Kashmiri poetry into previously unexplored thematic realms.
In addition to his poems in Kashmiri, Mahjoor is also noted for his poetic compositions in Persian and Urdu.