| Mahirul Qadri | |
| Birth Name: | Manzoor Hussain |
| Birth Date: | 30 July 1906 |
| Birth Place: | Pilibhit, Uttar Pradesh, British India |
| Death Date: | 12 May 1978 (aged 71) |
| Language: | Urdu, Hindi, Punjabi, English |
| Nationality: | Pakistani/British Indian |
| Genre: | Writer, Poet |
Mahirul Qadri (Urdu ماہر القادری) whose real name was Manzoor Hussain, was a writer, poet, and novelist. He was born in village Kesar Kalan Tahsil Debai on 30 July 1906, in Bulandshahar district of Uttar Pradesh India.[1] [2] He studied at Aligarh Muslim University. In 1947 he migrated to Karachi Pakistan. He affixed his poetic pen-name Mahir with Qadri due to his spiritual links with the Qadiriyya order of Sufism. This great poet and writer died while participating in a mushaira in Jeddah on 12 May 1978.[3] [4] [5]
At the age of 13, he began his poetic career. His first ghazal was published in Bulandshahr Gazette in 1924. Later Mahir-ul-Qadri went to Hyderabad, Deccan, where for 10 years he held key literary positions. He was associated with men like Kishen Pershad Kaul and Nawab Moazzam Jah[6]
Mahirul Qadari published more than twenty books. Some of his works are.