Shamim Hashimi

Shamim Hashimi (Urdu/Persian/Arabic: ; ; born Syed Muhammad Shamimuddin on 14 August 1947) is an Urdu and Persian poet. He is basically a poet of Ghazal. He has also written poems of other forms of poetry in different meters. He received his primary education in Madrasa Khanqaah kabeeriya. He obtained "Aalim" (Graduation) at the age of 15. He is from the Daagh Dehlvi school of Urdu poetry and is one of the disciples of Abr Ahsani Gunnauri. His pen name is Shamim Hashimi. His poems and prose were published in national magazines of Urdu literature like Funoon, Shair, Aaj kal and subh-e-naw-patna etc. His major literary work was published in the 1970s. He has also received Sahitya Bhushan and Bihar Urdu academy award.

His writing influences include Meer Taqi Meer and Amir Khusrow. Sahsaraam me Urdu shayari ki ibtada-o-irtiqaa (evolution of Urdu poetry in Sahsaraam.). Insaniyat ka Islami Tasawwur. (Meaning of humanity in Islam). Kulliyaat-e-Mahjoor Shamsi. (Works on Mahjoor Shamsi).