Akhtar Sheerani

Akhtar Shīrānī (; born Muhammad Dawood Khan; 4 May 1905 – 9 September 1948), also spelled Sheerani or Sherani, was a Pakistani Urdu romance poet and writer.

He decided to pursue poetry full time after graduating. His ustad (mentor) was Maulana Tajwar Najibabadi, who had been published in literary magazines. Since his birth name was relatively common, he adopted 'Akhtar' Shirani as his pen name.

Career Akhtar wrote columns for the daily newspapers Hamdard and Zamindar, published by Maulana Muhammad Ali Johar and Maulana Zafar Ali Khan, respectively. He also published his magazine Romaan, which introduced many emerging writers, including Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi and Qudratullah Shahab.

He became known as شاعرِ رومان (The Poet of Romance) because of his philosophical and inspiring poems. "Kuchch to tanhaai ki raaton ka sahara hota" "Barsaat"