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Nassakh

1833 –June 14, 1889

Poet

Lived 56 years

Born in
Faridpur District

Khan Bahadur Abu Muḥammad Abdul Ghafur (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.

Source: Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nassakh