{{Short description|Indian Urdu and Persian poet (born 1947)}} {{Use British English|date=August 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see :Template:Infobox writer/doc --> | name = Shamim Hashimi<br /><small>{{Nastaliq|شمیم ہاشمی}}</small> | image = Shamim Hashimi famous urdu poet.jpg | imagesize = 200px | caption = Shamim Hashimi | pseudonym = Hashimi, Shamim | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1947|8|14}}<ref name="urduliterature">{{cite web |url=https://www.urduliterature.org/m1172654-shamim-hashimi-1 |title=Biography of Dr. Shamim Hashimi |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |publisher=Urduliterature.org |accessdate=12 July 2013 |archive-date=28 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128050117/https://www.urduliterature.org/m1172654-shamim-hashimi-1 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | birth_place = Sasaram, Bihar, India<ref name="urduliterature"/> | occupation = Poet | genre = ''Ghazal''<ref name="gov">{{cite web |url=http://urduyouthforum.org/biography/biography-Shamim-Hashimi.html |title=Shamim Hashimi Biography|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |year=1972 |publisher=social activists group |accessdate=12 July 2013}}</ref> | subject = Islam, Nostalgia, philosophy, Urdu literature<ref name="con "> {{Cite book | last = Ghazipuri | first = Zaheer | title = Jhārkhanḍ aur Bihār ke aham ahl-i qalam ('''The Notable poets of Jharkhand and Bihar''') | url =http://connemara.tnopac.gov.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=142451 | year=2009 | publisher =Nirali Dunya Publishers | pages =184–192 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304024225/http://connemara.tnopac.gov.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=142451 | place ='''Govt. of Tamil Nadu, Anna University Chennai''', Directorate of Public online Libraries | access-date =13 July 2013 | archive-date = 4 March 2016 }} </ref> }}
'''Shamim Hashimi''' (Urdu/Persian/Arabic: {{Nastaliq|شمیم ہاشمی}}; {{langx|hi| शमीम हाशिमी }}; born '''Syed Muhammad Shamimuddin''' on 14 August 1947) is an Urdu and Persian poet.<ref name="Biography "> {{Cite book | last = HUSSAIN | first = IQBAL | year =2012 | title = Sukhanwaran-e-Jharkhand | url =http://connemara.tnopac.gov.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=7551751 | volume =1 | publisher =Rang Publications | pages =443–444 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304024231/http://connemara.tnopac.gov.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=7551751 | place =Directorate of Public Libraries, Govt. of Tamil Nadu, Anna University Chennai | access-date=11 July 2013 | archive-date = 4 March 2016 }} </ref><ref name="con"/><ref name="worldcat"> {{Cite book | last = Ghazipuri | first = Zaheer | title =Worldcat.org, Jhārkhanḍ aur Bihār ke aham ahl-i qalam | year=2009 | publisher =Nirali Dunya Publishers | pages =184–192 | oclc = 664261279 }} </ref><ref name=" openlibrary"> {{Cite book | last = Ghazipuri | first = Zaheer | title = openlibrary.org, Jharkhand aur Bihar ke aham ahl e qalam | url =https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15417829W/Jh%C4%81rkhan%E1%B8%8D_aur_Bih%C4%81r_ke_aham_ahl-i_qalam | year=2009 | publisher =Nirali Dunya Publishers | pages=184–192 | oclc = 664261279 | access-date =13 July 2013 }} </ref> He is basically a poet of Ghazal. He has also written poems of other forms of poetry in different meters.<ref name="gov"/>
==Personal life== Hashimi was born in Sasaram, Bihar, India.<ref name="urduliterature"/><ref name="hamari">{{cite web |url=http://www.hamariweb.com/articles/article.aspx?id=35021 |title= Famous Personalities Articles|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |publisher=Hamariweb, Karachi Pakistan |accessdate=24 July 2013}}</ref> He received his primary education in Madrasa Khanqaah kabeeriya. He obtained "Aalim" (Graduation) at the age of 15.<ref name="urduliterature"/> He pursued Fazil (Persian and Urdu) from Madrasa Shams-ul-Huda, Patna. After completing his studies from madrasa he joined Patna University and obtained master's degree in Urdu language & literature and Dip. in Ed.<ref name="gov"/> He received the degree of Doctor of Philosophy for his research thesis on the life of a poet Mahjoor Shamsi.<ref name="Biography "/><ref> {{Cite book | last = Harganvi | first = Dr. Manazir Ashiq | title = Urdu ki kahani Sho'raa ki zubaani | url =http://urduyouthforum.org/biography/biography-Shamim-Hashimi.html | year=1974 | place= Lucknow, India | accessdate =13 July 2013 }} </ref> He is from the Daagh Dehlvi school of Urdu poetry and is one of the disciples of Abr Ahsani Gunnauri.<ref> {{Citation | last =Premi | first =Dr. Saefi | year =1972 | title =Nazar-e-Abr | place =Ludhiana | publisher =Ludhiana Urdu Press. }} </ref><ref name="Nadwi"> {{Cite book | last = Nadwi | first = Prof. Hakeem Syed Ahmadullah | title = Tazkira-e-muslim sho'raa-e-Bihar | volume = 6 | year=1970 | place= Pakistan (Karachi) }} </ref> His pen name is Shamim Hashimi.<ref name="urduliterature"/>
==Career== Hashimi began writing poems at the age of 9.<ref>{{cite magazine | editor-last =Akram | editor-first =Seraj | date =28 August 2013 | title =Bakhabar | magazine =Monthly Magazine | volume =6 | issue =8 | page =5 | location =Patna | publisher =Biharanjuman | type =Journal | issn =2319-4049 | accessdate =28 August 2013 | url =http://www.biharanjuman.org/ | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20130827173506/http://www.biharanjuman.org/ | archive-date =27 August 2013 | url-status =bot: unknown }}</ref> His poems and prose were published in national magazines of Urdu literature like Funoon, Shair, Aaj kal and subh-e-naw-patna etc.<ref>{{cite journal | editor-last =Rahmani | editor-first =Abrar | date =June 2013 | title =Monthly Urdu Ajkal | journal =Ajkal (Urdu) | volume =71 | issue =11 | page =26 | location =journals unit, east block 4, level 7, R K Puram, New Delhi-66 | publisher =AGD, Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt. of India | language =ur | type =Journal | id =RNI 948/57 | issn =0971-846X | accessdate =5 August 2013 | url =http://publicationsdivision.nic.in/ | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20130727163719/http://www.publicationsdivision.nic.in/ | archive-date =27 July 2013 | url-status =bot: unknown }}</ref><ref>{{citation | editor-last =Kanwar | editor-first =Rakesh | date =April–June 2012 | title =Jadeed fikr-o-fan (Quarterly) | volume = 25 | issue = 91 |page=38 | location = Director, Languages and Culture Deptt. Himachal Pradesh, Block 39, SDA complex, Shimla-171009. | publisher =Languages and Culture Deptt., Govt. of Himachal Pradesh | language =ur | type =Quarterly Journal | id =RN No. 46606/87 | oclc =26479831 }}</ref><ref name="poem hunter"/> He has written many books in Urdu, Persian and English, including collections of his Urdu and Persian Ghazals.<ref name="poem hunter"/><ref> {{Citation | last =University | first =Magadh | author-link =Magadh University | year =1973 | title =Syllabus of Pre University board Magadh University | place =Mannulal Central Library, Magadh University, Bodh Gaya, Bihar | publisher =Govt. of Bihar }} </ref> His major literary work was published in the 1970s.<ref name="Nadwi"/> One of his best books ''Toot tay patton ka dukh'' was published in 2005 which has widely been appreciated.<ref>{{cite journal | last1 =Hind | first1 =Anjuman Taraqqi Urdu | date =22–28 April 2006 | title = Hamari Zaban (weekly) | journal =(Weekly) Hamari Zaban |page=6 | location = Urdu Ghar 212, Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg, Delhi-110002 | publisher =Anjuman Taraqqi Urdu, Hind | language =ur | url =http://www.connectjournals.com/subscription_info.php?bookmark=CJ-005128 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | last1 =Taneem | first1 =Qaumi | date =6 February 2006 | title =Leading Urdu Daily, Qaumi Tanzeem | journal =Qaumi Tanzeem Patna | location =Qaumi Tanzeem Lane Sabzibagh, Patna −800004 Bihar | language =ur | url =http://qaumitanzeem.com/bazam_adab.htm | access-date =24 July 2013 | archive-date =28 February 2016 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20160228005654/http://qaumitanzeem.com/bazam_adab.htm | url-status =dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | last1 =Duggar | first1 =Nawai | date =9 February 2007 | title = Daily Nawai Duggar | journal =Daily Nawai Duggar | issue =38 |page=5 | location = Mubharak Mandi, Jammu – 180001, Jammu and Kashmir, India | language =ur }}</ref> He has also received ''Sahitya Bhushan'' and ''Bihar Urdu academy award''.<ref name="Biography "/><ref name="poem hunter">{{cite web |url=http://www.poemhunter.com/shamim-hashimi/biography/ |title=Biography of Dr. Shamim Hashimi|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |publisher=Poemhunter.com |accessdate=24 July 2013}}</ref>
His writing influences include Meer Taqi Meer and Amir Khusrow.<ref name="hamari" />
==Views of contemporaries== '''Shabab Lalit''': "...Shamim Hashimi is the narrator of the joy of grief. He is a reflector of his pain along with the grief of the universe and agony of the present. On the broad canvas of human life Shamim Hashimi has deeply felt and spiritually experienced the agony of present, unevenness of time and atrocities..."<ref name="gov"/><br/> '''Nadim Balkhi''': "...the main subject of the poems of Shamim Hashimi is Nostalgia which symbolises the complete inner and outer human world..."<ref name="gov"/><br/> Shamsur Rahman Faruqi: "...You have the tradition of intellect from the family of your mother and from that of your father as well and these two qualities are reflected in your poetry at a lot of places..."<ref name="gov"/>
==Awards== * ''Sahitya Bhushan''<ref name="Biography "/><ref name="poem hunter"/> * ''Bihar Urdu academy award''<ref name="Biography "/><ref name="poem hunter"/>
==Bibliography== Persian
* Collection of Persian Ghazals.<ref name="urduliterature"/> * "Farsi ki pahli kitab" The course text book for inter college (Bihar board) and Magadh University 1973.<ref name="urduliterature"/> * Taaleef "Faryaad-e-raghib".<ref name="urduliterature"/> * Talkheez-e-sher-ul-'ajam.<ref name="urduliterature"/>
* Collection of ghazals "Toot-tay Patton Ka Dukh.".<ref name="urduliterature"/><ref name="con"/><ref> {{Cite book | last = Nizami | first = Hasan | title = Jharkhand ke jadeed Ghazal-go Sho'raa ka tanqiidi-o-tajziyaati Mutaala'a | year=2007 | publisher =Nirali Dunya Publishers | place= Jhariya, Dhanbad, India }} </ref><ref>Dr. Manazir Ashiq Harganvi (2006), Kohsaar, Bhikanpur-3, Bihar.p. 16.</ref><ref> {{Cite book | last = Harganvi | first = Manazir Ashiq | title = Doha Geet, Doha Ghazal | year=2006 | publisher =Nirali Dunya Publishers | place= Bhopal, India }} </ref> * Sahsaraam me Urdu shayari ki ibtada-o-irtiqaa (evolution of Urdu poetry in Sahsaraam.).<ref name="urduliterature"/> * Insaniyat ka Islami Tasawwur. (Meaning of humanity in Islam).<ref name="urduliterature"/> * Kulliyaat-e-Mahjoor Shamsi. (Works on Mahjoor Shamsi).<ref name="urduliterature"/>
==See also== {{Portal|Poetry}} *Islam *List of Persian poets and authors *List of Urdu language poets *Urdu poetry *List of Muslim philosophers *Ghalib Academy, New Delhi
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==External links== * {{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rT1NCnRg0I0C |title=Insaniyat ka Islami Tasawwur |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=10 June 2008 |accessdate=12 July 2013 }}{{Dead link|date=December 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} * {{cite web |url=http://www.shamim-hashimi.website.org/ |title=Shamim Hashimi, The Biography|author=<!--Amir Sahab Pasha(s); no by-line.--> |publisher=Amir Sahab Pasha |accessdate=12 July 2013}}
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