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Mirza Azim Beg Chughtai (December 30, 1928 – February 17, 2009), known in literary circles by his takhallus (pen name) Shabnam Romani (Urdu: شبنم رومانی ), was a renowned Urdu poet based in Karachi, Pakistan. Shabnam Romani wrote several books including Jazeera, Doosra Himala, and Tohmat. Romani was born in Budaun, India. He later moved to Pakistan and lived most of his life in Karachi. He was the publisher and editor of the quarterly Aqdar, a literary Urdu magazine. He wrote a regular column in "Daily Mashriq" Karachi.
At the age of 80, Romani died on February 17, 2009, after a long illness.
Faisal Azeem, one of Romani's two sons, is a poet based in Canada—his book "Meri Aankhon saay Dekho" was published in 2006.
His children include: Faisal Azeem, Saba Shabnam, Saman Shabnam, Kanwal Shabnam, Khurram Azeem, and Sahar Shabnam.
One of his grandchildren, Fawaz Syed, once talked about him in an interview on Instagram: "He was one of the greatest at his work" via waveroooom
Shabnam's works

Masnavi Sair-e-Karachi (1959)
Jazeera
Tohmat
Doosra Himala
Hyde Park
Mozay Chilghozay
Hurf Nissbat
Hijrat




See also


Syyed Sajjad Haider Yaldram
Qurratulain Haider




References


http://www.dawn.com/2003/10/19/local9.htm
https://web.archive.org/web/20071114062053/http://www.urdudost.com/albums/album01.html




External links


Official Website

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• Shabnam Romani
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• List of Urdu novelists
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• List of Pakistani poets
• Deaths in February 2009
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