Khan Bahadur Abdul Ghafur Nassakh
(1834-1889)
Urdu and Persian poet
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Khan Bahadur Abū Muḥammad ʿAbdul Ghafūr (11 February 1834 - 14 June 1889), better known by his pen name Nassakh (Urdu: نساخ), was a British Indian officer, writer, literary critic and collector. He is best known for his magnum opus Sukhan-e-Shuara (Urdu: سخن شعرا Speech of Poets) which was a biography of prominent Urdu and Persian poets. He organised mushaira in places where he worked; inspiring young Urdu poets in Bengal.
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11 February 1834 Faridpur, Bengal Presidency, Company Raj
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1889 (aged 54)
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| Zodiac | Aquarius |
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