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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Oldest Urdu-language literary magazine, based in Mumbai, India}}<br />
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{{Infobox magazine<br />
| title = Shair<br />
| category = [[Literary Magazine]]<br />
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| editor = Iftikhar Imam Siddiqui<br />
| firstdate = {{start date and age|1930|2|14|df=yes}}<br />
|language = [[Urdu language|Urdu]]<br />
| country = [[India]] <br />
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'''''Shair''''' ({{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|شاعر}}}}) is the oldest [[Urdu]]-language literary magazine, based in [[Mumbai]], India.<ref name="timesofindia.indiatimes.com">{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-05-30/india/28197624_1_shair-magazine-poet|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109190842/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-05-30/india/28197624_1_shair-magazine-poet|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 November 2013|title=This mag has preserved all letters to their editors|date=30 May 2009|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=17 April 2012}}</ref><ref name="harmonyindia.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.harmonyindia.org/hdownloads/FEB-2010.pdf|title=Passion for Poetry: Iftikhar Imam Siddiqui keeps an 80-year legacy alive|publisher=Harmony |date=February 2010 |accessdate=17 April 2012 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160803145340/http://www.harmonyindia.org/hdownloads/FEB-2010.pdf |archivedate=3 August 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="khojkhabarnews.com">{{cite news|url=http://khojkhabarnews.com/?p=1814|title=Iftikhar Imam Siddiqi|newspaper=Khoj Khabar News.com|date=22 April 2010|accessdate=17 April 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713145430/http://khojkhabarnews.com/?p=1814|archivedate=13 July 2011|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref name="urdutimes.in">{{cite news|url=http://www.urdutimes.in/feature_story.php?catId=1&ID=21&PHPSESSID=6d7f3172677ef4241d542586778d2411|title=اردو کے ادبی گھرانے 'شاعر ' کاایک اورتجرباتی شمارہ|newspaper=The Urdu Times Daily|date=1 September 2007|accessdate=17 April 2012}}</ref> It was launched in [[Agra]] in 1930 by the famous poet [[Seemab Akbarabadi]].<ref name="timesofindia.indiatimes.com"/> Its editor-in-chief is the poet, writer and journalist Iftikhar Imam Siddiqui, and the assistant editors are his two brothers, Noaman Siddiqui and Hamid Iqbal Siddiqui.<ref name="timesofindia.indiatimes.com"/><ref name="harmonyindia.org"/><ref name="khojkhabarnews.com"/><br />
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==History==<br />
''Shair'' was founded on 14 February 1930, in Agra, India, by Iftikhar Imam Siddiqui's grandfather Seemab Akbarabadi,<ref name="timesofindia.indiatimes.com"/><ref name="harmonyindia.org"/><ref name="khojkhabarnews.com"/> with the purpose of providing guidance and a platform to help new poets be published.<ref name="timesofindia.indiatimes.com"/> After the partition of India, Akbarabadi migrated to [[Pakistan]] in 1948 and never returned.<ref name="timesofindia.indiatimes.com"/><br />
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Aijaz Siddiqui, the second son of Akbarabadi and the father of Iftikhar Imam Siddiqui, took charge of the magazine. In 1951 he also moved with his family to Mumbai where he continued to publish the ''Shair''.<ref name="timesofindia.indiatimes.com"/><ref name="harmonyindia.org"/> After the death of Aijaz Siddiqui, Iftikhar Imam Siddiqui became its editor, who is himself a good poet and good at editing and writing.<ref name="timesofindia.indiatimes.com"/><ref name="harmonyindia.org"/><br />
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''Shair'' has introduced many old and new poets and writers. ''Shair''′s literary family has been admired and appreciated throughout Urdu literary figures for its best work and efforts.<ref name="urdutimes.in"/><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[List of magazines in India]]<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
*{{cite news |url= https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/this-shair-continues-to-thrive/article3189771.ece |title=This Shair continues to thrive |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |date=27 March 2006 |accessdate= 27 September 2018 }}<br />
*{{cite news |url= https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/83-years-on-Urdu-magazine-has-all-letters-to-editor/articleshow/15098446.cms |title=83 years on, Urdu magazine has all letters to editor |newspaper=The Times of India |date=23 July 2012 |first=Mohammed |last=Wajihuddin |accessdate= 27 September 2018}}<br />
*{{cite news |url= https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/sunday-times/Lafz-in-the-time-of-saas-bahu/articleshow/2456318.cms |title= Lafz in the time of saas-bahu |date=14 October 2007 |first=Mohammed |last= Wajihuddin |newspaper= The Times of India |accessdate= 27 September 2018 }}<br />
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[[Category:Literary magazines published in India]]<br />
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