Bashir Badr

Bashir Badr (born Syed Muhammad Bashir; 15 February 1935) is an Indian poet. He taught Urdu at the Aligarh Muslim University. He primarily writes in the Urdu language particularly ghazals. He also wrote a couplet titled ''Dushmani Jam Kar Karo'' in 1972 during Shimla Agreement that revolves around the partition of India. Most of Badr's unpublished literary work, including an uncertain number of poems was lost during the 1987 Meerut communal riots, and later he moved to Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. Provided by Wikipedia