Nasim Amrohvi Explained

Nasim Amrohvi
Birth Date:24 August 1908
Birth Place:Amroha, British India
Occupation:Pakistani Urdu poet, philosopher, lexicographer
Language:Urdu
Nationality:Pakistani
Notableworks: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|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.[1] [2]

He belonged to the Taqvi Syed family. His father was Syed Barjees Hussain Taqvi and his mother was Syeda Khatoon. His grand father was Shamim Amrohvi who was bestowed the title of Farazdaq-e-Hind.

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.[2]

Work

Nasim Amrohvi was a member of Urdu Lughat Board. Over several years, Nasim Amrohvi compiled an Urdu dictionary entitled Nasim-ul-Lughat. For each word Nasim-ul-Lughat provides not only its meaning, its usage, its related proverbs but also the verses containing it. He also used to write Marsiya besides being a lexicographer.[3]

Books

Some of his major works include:

References

  1. https://www.dawn.com/news/1067747/dawn-features-20-april-2005 A long-running serial (Nasim Amrohvi)
  2. https://books.google.com/books/about/Nasim_Amrohvi.html?id=1zGkuAAACAAJ Book Review and Profile of Nasim Amrohvi on GoogleBooks website
  3. https://www.dawn.com/news/1062868 Reflections on modern Marsia
  4. https://www.rekhta.org/poets/naseem-amrohvi/ebooks Books by Nasim Amrohvi on rekhta.org website