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{{Infobox religious biography|religion=[[Islam]]<br />
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| name = Najm Afandi<br />
| image = Najm-Afandi-Portrait.jpg<br />
| alt = <br />
| caption = Najm-Afandi-Portrait<br />
| birth_name = Mirza Tajammul Hussain<br />
| birth_date = 1893{{Citation needed|date= June 2018}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Agra, India]]{{Citation needed|date= June 2018}}<br />
| death_date = 1975 (82 years){{Citation needed|date= June 2018}}<br />
| death_place = [[Karachi, Pakistan]]{{Citation needed|date= June 2018}}<br />
| resting_place = [http://wikimapia.org/350877/Sakhi-Hassan-Graveyard Sakhi Hassan-GraveYard]<br />
| nationality = [[India]]n, [[Pakistani]]<br />
| ethnicity = [[Indian people|Indian]]<br />
| occupation = [[Poet]], writer<br />
| main_interests = Religious Poetry ([[Marsiya]], [[Noha]])<br />
| notable_works = Noha: 'Aey Waey Nahre Alqama' 'Raaj dulara Zehra ka'<br />
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'''Najm Afandi''' (1893–1975) '''نجم آفندی''' was an [[Urdu]] poet in India.<br />
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==Life==<br />
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Najm Afandi was born in [[Lucknow, India|Agra, India]] in 1893. His father Bazm Afandi was also a poet.<ref>{{Cite web |title=COLUMN: The art of marsiya |url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1141816 |website=www.dawn.com |date=2014-11-02 |accessdate=2015-10-24}}</ref><br />
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He moved to [[Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh|Hyderabad]], [[Deccan Plateau|Deccan]].{{Citation needed|date= June 2018}} He started writing poetry early in his life and continued for 65 years.{{Citation needed|date= June 2018}}<br />
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His nazm durr-e-yateem was popular, which he wrote while he was only 15 or 16 years of age.{{Citation needed|date= June 2018}} He experimented with various genres of Urdu poetry.{{Citation needed|date= June 2018}} Najm had in the later part of his life dedicated himself to writing [[marsiya]], salaam, [[manqabat]] and [[qasida]].{{Citation needed|date= June 2018}}<br />
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Although he wrote numerous [[ghazals]] and [[nazms]], because of the religious nature of his poetry and the issues he dealt with, he was known as 'Shair-e-Ahle-bait.'{{Citation needed|date= June 2018}}<br />
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== Work and Career ==<br />
Long before the [[Progressive Writers Movement]] came into existence his poetry dealt with the issues and themes which were the hallmark of the movement.{{Citation needed|date= June 2018}}<br />
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He published five collections of poetry; Mah-e-Wafa, Iqbal-e-Wafa, Jamal-e-Wafa, Ilham-e-Wafa, and he had noted the name of Najm Afandi and Haider Dehlvi as his teachers in each one of them.{{Citation needed|date= June 2018}}<br />
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He influenced generation of poets who adopted marsia, salam, qasida and other similar genres of poetry in Urdu.{{Citation needed|date= June 2018}}<br />
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== Death ==<br />
He died naturally in 1975 in Karachi and is buried at the infamous Sakhi Hassan Graveyard, [[North Nazimabad Town|North Nazimabad]].{{Citation needed|date= June 2018}}<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [http://urduindia.wordpress.com/2006/07/30/najm-afandi-a-forgotten-poet/ Najm Afandi, a forgotten poet]<br />
* [http://smma59.wordpress.com/2006/08/25/marsia-of-najm-effendi/ Excerpts from marsia by Najm Afandi]<br />
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[[Category:1893 births]]<br />
[[Category:1975 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Urdu-language poets]]<br />
[[Category:Indian Muslims]]<br />
[[Category:Indian male poets]]<br />
[[Category:People from Agra]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian poets]]<br />
[[Category:Poets from Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:Muhajir people]]<br />
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