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Zia Fatehabadi (Urdu: ضیاء فتح آبادی ) (Hindi: ज़िया फ़तेहाबादी ), born Mehr Lal Soni (Urdu:مهر لال سونی ) (Hindi: मेहर लाल सोनी ), was a renowned Urdu ghazal and nazm writer. He was a disciple (shaagird) of Syed Aashiq Hussain Siddiqui Seemab Akbarabadi (1882–1951) who was a disciple of Nawab Mirza Khan Daagh Dehlawi. He took on the takhallus (nom de plume) of Zia meaning "Light" on the suggestion of his teacher, Ghulaam Qadir Farkh Amritsari.
Early Life
Mehr Lal Soni Zia Fatehabadi was born on 9 February 1913, at Kapurthala, Punjab, as the eldest son of Munshi Ram Soni, a Civil Engineer by profession, whose family, it is believed, had at some time during ... more »
Zia Fatehabadi Poems
(Staying concealed, from behind a curtain someone has watched
The congregation of my longings and desires (grow) ,
Have done so in the manner that has caused my sighs
To bring alive my heart ...... more »
Thirty one other poems of Zia Fatehabadi posted by a member (as also Quotations of this famous poet) are for the past few days appearing as a separate feature, these should be properly linked and appear here on this page. Zia Fatehabadi was a prolific writer. He had written in all formats of prose and poetry, and is known for expressing his thoughts using simple sweet sounding lyrical words and phrases. There never was any other Urdu poet named Zia Fatehabadi.