Syed Zameer Akhtar Naqvi (Urdu: علامہ ڈاکٹر سید ضمیر اختر نقوی) was a Pakistani writer, poet and religious scholar born in Lucknow, British India, and permanently moved to Karachi, Pakistan, in 1967.
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Born | Syed Zameer Hassan Naqvi (1940-03-24)24 March 1940[1] Lucknow, United Provinces, British India |
Died | 13 September 2020(2020-09-13) (aged 80)[2] |
Religion | Shia Islam |
Education | University of Karachi (PhD) |
Occupation | Urdu poet, scholar |
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Website | allamasyedzameerakhtarnaqvi |
He was a scholar, writer, and researcher and had written multiple books on religion and poetry. He was the editor of Al Kalam magazine besides heading the Anees Academy.[3]
He studied at Lucknow until graduation. He did his matriculation at Hussain School Lucknow and intermediate at Government Jubilee College Lucknow.
He received his post graduate degree from the Shia College Lucknow.
He died at age 80 years on 13 September 2020 in Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi due to cardiac arrest.
Funeral prayer was held at Imam Bargah Shuhda-e-Karbala, Ancholi, and he was buried in Wadi-e-Hussain graveyard in Karachi.[4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
He authored more than 300 books on various subjects, including Urdu poetry, Islamic history, literature, culture, religion,[9] philosophy, sociology, science, oratory, languages, journalism, events of Karbala, and current affairs..
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