Junaid Ahmad Noor | |
|---|---|
| Born | Junaid Ahmad Zargar 2 January 1992 Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Occupation | Writer, researcher, trader |
| Language | Urdu |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Notable works | Bahraich Ek Tārīkhi Shahr (2 vols), Khanqah-e-Nayeemia Bahraich |
Junaid Ahmad Noor (born 2 January 1992), also spelled as Juned Ahmad Noor, is an Indian Urdu writer and researcher from Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh. He has written on the cultural, religious, and literary history of Bahraich, including the two-volume Bahraich Ek Tārīkhi Shahr and Khanqah-e-Nayeemia Bahraich: Tarīkh ke Aurāq se Aaj tak.
Biography[edit | edit source]
Junaid Ahmad Noor was born in Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh, on 2 January 1992.[1][2] He studied at local institutions and later pursued further education through IGNOU.[3]
In October 2021, he was elected senior vice-president of Urdu Mahfil, a literary association in Bahraich.[4]
In March 2025, amid public debate over the Jeth Fair at the shrine of Ghazi Saiyyad Salar Masud, Noor was quoted in the Hindustan Times as saying that Masud was born in Ajmer in 1015 CE and died in Bahraich in 1034 CE. He added that the saint is locally known as "Baale Miyan" and that carrying flags to his shrine has been a longstanding practice.[5]
Works[edit | edit source]
Noor authored the two-volume series Bahraich Ek Tārīkhi Shahr. The first volume, published in 2019, documents the history of Bahraich with accounts of religious figures, scholars and political leaders.[6] The second volume, Bahraich Urdu Adab Mein (2021), focuses on the region’s Urdu literary tradition and was launched in Bahraich in March 2022.[7]
The series received reviews in Urdu literary circles. In the daily Aag (Lucknow), Waseem Ahmad Azmi wrote that the second volume places Bahraich in a wider literary and historical context,[8] while University of Lucknow scholar Sufiyan Ahmad Ansari described the work as a detailed cultural and historical study.[9] The quarterly journal Fikr-o-Taḥrīr (Kolkata) praised the first volume for its treatment of Bahraich's geography, religious figures and freedom fighters.[10] In 2024, Tahir Mahmood discussed Noor's work in his essay collection Merā junūn-i Urdū, calling it a notable attempt to record regional Urdu literary heritage.[11] Both volumes were also listed in official sanction orders of the National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, which provided grants for Urdu promotional activities in 2019 and 2021.[12][13]
Apart from this series, Noor wrote Khanqah-e-Nayeemia Bahraich: Tarīkh ke Aurāq se Aaj tak and compiled collections such as Chamanistān-e-Bahraich, Khutbāt-e-Bahraich,[1] and Sadā-i Watan.[14]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Junaid Ahmad Noor - Profile & Biography". Rekhta. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
- ↑ "Adabī Mīrās ke Qalammkāron kā Mukhtasar Ta'āruf: Junaid Ahmad Noor" [A Brief Introduction to the Writers of Adbi Miras: Junaid Ahmad Noor]. Adbi Miras (in اردو). 3 August 2021. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
- ↑ "Bahraich Ek Tareekhi Shahar (ebook)". Rekhta. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
- ↑ "बहराइच-सम्मान समारोह एवं मुशायरे का हुआ आयोजन". Live Hindustan (in हिन्दी). 12 October 2021. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
- ↑ Siddiqui, Shariq Rais (21 March 2025). "Demands to ban Bahraich's Jeth Fair gather steam". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 28 September 2025. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
- ↑ Abul Bashar (8 December 2020). "Review: Bahraich Ek Tārīkhi Shahr". Adbi Miras (in اردو). Retrieved 28 September 2025.
- ↑ "Bahraich: Ek Tārīkhi Shahar, Jild Dōm kī Rasm-e-Ijrā'" [Bahraich: A Historic City, Release Ceremony of Volume II]. Adbi Miras (in اردو). 29 March 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
- ↑ Azmi, Waseem Ahmad (10 May 2023). "Review: Bahraich Urdu Adab Mein". Daily Aag (in اردو). 17 (298): 7. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
- ↑ Ansari, Sufiyan Ahamad (27 January 2022). "Kitab Ki Baat: Book Review". Adbi Miras (in اردو). Retrieved 28 September 2025.
- ↑ Ansari, Dāim Muhammad (January–March 2021). Anees, Nayeem (ed.). "Review: Bahraich Ek Tārīkhi Shahr". Quarterly Fikr o Taḥrīr (in اردو). 8 (27). Braunfield Road, Kolkata: Office of Fikr o Taḥrīr: 138–139.
- ↑ Mahmood, Tahir (2024). Merā junūn-i Urdū: k̲h̲ut̤bāt va maẓāmīn (in اردو). Anjuman-i Taraqqi-i Urdu. pp. 306–309. ISBN 978-81-966470-2-5.
- ↑ "Sanction Order (7 October 2019)" (PDF). National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India. 7 October 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 April 2025. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
- ↑ "Sanction Order (3 November 2021)" (PDF). NCPUL, Ministry of Education, Government of India. 3 November 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 April 2025. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
- ↑ Ansari, Sufyān Ahmad (May 2025). Nigārishāt (A Collection of Articles) (in اردو) (2nd ed.). New Delhi: Educational Publishing House. ISBN 978-93-6062-669-3.