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{{Infobox writer
| name = Noor Mohammad Allah Rakha 'Nazir' Dekhaiya
| native_name = નૂરમહંમદ અલારખ દેખૈયા 'નાઝિર'
| native_name_lang = gu
| image = File:Nazir Dekhaiya Shunya Palanpuri Musafir Palanpuri.jpg
| caption =
| pseudonym = Nazir
| birth_name = Noor Muhammad Allah Rakha Dekhaiya
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1921|2|13}}
| birth_place = [[Bhavnagar]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|1988|3|16|1921|2|13}}
| death_place = Bhavnagar, [[Gujarat]], India
| resting_place =Bhavnagar
| occupation = Poet
| language = [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]
| nationality = [[India]]n
| education =
| period =
| genre = [[Ghazal]]
| movement =
| notableworks ={{plainlist|
* ''Tushar'' (1962)
* ''Soona Sadan'' (2013)
}}
| spouse = Halima Bai
| awards =
| signature =
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| subjects =
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'''Noor Mohammad Allah Rakha Dekhaiya''' ({{lang-gu|નૂરમહંમદ અલારખ દેખૈયા}}), better known by his [[takhallus]] '''Nazir Dekhaiya''' ({{lang-gu|નાઝિર દેખૈયા}}), was a Gujarati [[ghazal]] poet from [[Gujarat]], India. His ghazal collections include ''Tushar'' (1962), ''Nazirni Ghazalo'' (part 1-2) and ''Soona Sadan'' (2006).

== Biography ==
He was born on 13 February 1921 in [[Bhavnagar]] to Allah Rakha Bhai and his second wife Dhan Bai. His father was a [[Bandmaster]]. He lost his parents during his childhood. He studied until 4th standard. He learned [[Clarinet]] and started to work in family-owned ''India Abhu Band'' as a bandmaster. His brothers died soon after and he became responsible for the rest of his family. In order to strengthen his finances, he joined the District Panchayat Board, Bhavnagar in 1956 as a peon where he served until retirement.<ref name="DeshGujarat2016"/>

He died after contracting [[Pneumonia|bronchopneumonia]] on 16 March 1988 in Bhavnagar.<ref name="DeshGujarat2016">{{cite web | title=Life and works of Nazir Dekhaiya, a gem in the realm of Gujarati Shayari | website=DeshGujarat News from Gujarat | date=2016-10-24 | url=http://deshgujarat.com/2016/10/24/life-and-works-of-nazir-dekhaiya-a-gem-in-the-realm-of-gujarati-shayari/ | accessdate=2016-12-01}}</ref>

== Works ==
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“Kashu kehvane aavyo chu, hoon kargarva nathi aavyo,
Bijani jem aa jeevan anusarva nathi aavyo.”<br />
(I have come to tell something significant, I haven’t come here to just blabber randomly. Like others I am not here to imitate any other’s life).
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| source = Nazir Dekhaiya<ref name="DeshGujarat2016"/>
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[[File:Grave of Poet Nazir Dekhaiya.jpg|thumb|Grave of Poet Nazir Dekhaiya]]
He used to participate in ''Ghazalsabha'', a literary meeting in Bhavnagar where he became acquainted with other poets including Kismat Qureshi, [[Barkat Virani]], [[Ruswa Majhalumi]], Vali Lakhani and Batuk Pandya. He studied ghazal under Kismat Qureshi. ''Tushar'', his first ghazal collection which contains 54 ghazals, was published in 1962 and was followed by ''Tushar-2'' (1978), ''Nazirni Ghazalo'' (Part 1-2) and ''Soona Sadan'' (2013). His ghazals mainly center around [[Sufism]], the worship of God and talking with loved ones.<ref name= nz>{{cite book |last=Andhariya |first=Kanu |editor1-last=Dave |editor1-first=Ramesh R. |editor2-last=Desai |editor2-first=Parul Kandarp |year=2015 |title= ગુજરાતી સાહિત્યનો ઈતિહાસ ગ્રંથ: ૭ (History of Gujarati Literature Volume: 7) |language=gu |location= |publisher=Ahmedabad |pages=227–228 |isbn= 978-81-930884-5-6}}</ref> His ghazal ''Gaganvasi'' was sung by [[Manhar Udhas]].<ref name="DeshGujarat2016"/>

His short biography was published by his granddaughter, Sameera Dekhaiya Patrawala and grandson Firdaus Dekhaiya in October 2016.<ref name="DeshGujarat2016"/>

==Personal life==
His father Allah Rakha Bhai married twice. He had two sons; Jamal (later "Bebas" Dekhaiya who was also a poet) and Qadar from his first wife Hoor Bai. After the death of Hoor Bai, he married Dhan Bai who gave birth to Rahim and Noor Muhammad (later 'Nazir'). Nazir was raised by his stepbrother, Jamal, and his stepbrother's wife, Hawwa Bai. He married Halima Bai. Their two daughters died at an early age. He had three sons and three daughters.<ref name="DeshGujarat2016"/>


==See also==
* [[List of Gujarati-language writers]]

==References==
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