Mustafa Zaidi
Mustafa Zaidi | |
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| Mustafa Zaidi as Deputy Commissioner Lahore Mustafa Zaidi as Deputy Commissioner Lahore | |
| Born | Syed Mustafa Hasnain Zaidi 10 October 1930 |
| Died | 12 October 1970 (aged 40) |
| Pen name | Tegh Allahbadi |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Genre | Nazms and Ghazals |
| Notable awards | Tamgha-e-Quaid-e-Azam |
| Spouse | Vera Zaidi |
Mustafa Zaidi (born Syed Mustafa Hasnain Zaidi; 10 October 1930 – 12 October 1970) was a Pakistani Urdu poet and a civil servant.[1][2]
Early life
[edit | edit source]In 1954, he passed the competitive examination and was sent to England for training before being given the posts of deputy commissioner and deputy secretary.[3]
He married Vera Zaidi, a German national, with whom he had a son and a daughter.[4]
In June 1970, he was dismissed from civil service along with 38 other Civil Service of Pakistan [CSP] officers by the dictatorial regime of General Yahya Khan. [5]
Death
[edit | edit source]He died on 12 October 1970, two days after his 40th birthday, in Karachi under mysterious circumstances and was laid to rest at Wadi-e-Hussain cemetery Karachi. At the time of his death, Shahnaz Gul, a contractor's wife, was found beside him unconscious. Some believed that Zaidi was murdered while others thought he committed suicide.[6][7]
In 2024, Saba Imtiaz and Tooba Masood-Khan wrote Society Girl, which explores Zaidi's mysterious death and his affair with Shahnaz Gul.[8][9]
Literary works
[edit | edit source]He also wrote under his pen-name Tegh Allahabadi. His initial poetry was romantic in nature. At the age of 17, he published his first collection of poetry Zangeerein (1949), followed by Roshni (1950), Shehr-e-Azar (City of Idol Worshippers; 1958), Mauj Meri Sadaf Sadaf (1960), Garebaan (1964), Qaba-e-Saaz (1967) and Koh-e-Nida (1971, published posthumously). His complete work was published as Kulliyaat-i-Mustafa Zaidi posthumously.[3]
Further reading
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See also
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Abida Parveen sings Mustafa Zaidi on YouTube – Andhi Chali
- Abida Parveen sings Mustafa Zaidi on YouTube – Dard e dil bhi
- Asad Amanat Ali sings Mustafa Zaidi on YouTube – Kisi Aur Gham mein
- Works by Mustafa Zaidi at Google Books
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- 1930 births
- 1970 deaths
- 20th-century Pakistani male writers
- 20th-century Pakistani poets
- Government College University, Lahore alumni
- Muhajir people
- Pakistani civil servants
- Pakistani male poets
- Pakistani Shia Muslims
- Recipients of Tamgha-e-Quaid-e-Azam
- Academic staff of the University of Peshawar
- Unsolved deaths in Pakistan
- Urdu-language Pakistani poets
- Writers from Prayagraj
- Twelvers
- Poets from Karachi
- Pakistani writer stubs