Ghulam Ahmad Mahju Biography | Poet

Peerzada Ghulam Ahmad (Kashmiri : (Devanagari ), (Nastaleeq ) ); 3 September 1885 - 9 April 1952), better known by the pen name Mahjoor (Kashmiri : (Devanagari ), (Nastaleeq ) ), was a renowned poet of the J&K Kashmir Valley, along with contemporaries, Zinda Kaul, Abdul Ahad Azad, 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 .