| Allama Dr Syed Zameer Akhtar Naqvi | |
| Birth Name: | Syed Zameer Akhtar Naqvi |
| Birth Date: | 24 March 1944[1] |
| Birth Place: | Lucknow, United Provinces, British India |
| Death Date: | [2] |
| Death Place: | Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan |
| Occupation: | Urdu poet, scholar |
| Education: | University of Karachi (PhD) |
| Religion: | Shia Islam |
| Background: | black |
Syed Zameer Akhtar Naqvi also known as Zameer Hassan Naqvi, was a Pakistani writer, poet and religious scholar born in Lucknow, British India, and permanently moved to Karachi, Pakistan, in 1967.
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 after a prolonged illness.
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..
10. He started his initial Muharram majalis (Ashra 10 majalis) at imambargah Raiza e Najaf Neelum Block LHR from where he got fame.