Habiba, alias Habba Khatoon, was a great poetess of the late sixteenth century. Born in Chandhar (Pampore), fifteen kilometers from Srinagar, her parents used to call her Zoon (Moon) due…
Shaikh Nooruddin Wali
Shaikh Nooruddin Wali is an unparalleled saint and Sufi poet whose poetry has been infusing vibrance is thousands of inanimate souls. Born in a newly converted Muslim family of Kaimuh…
Gani Kashmiri
Mulla Mohd Tahir Ashai or Gani Kashmiri was the most famous persian poet of the subcontinent who was widely read in Iran .He was a student of another unsung persian…
Amir-e-Kabir Shah-e-Hamdan
Many saints came to the valley of Kashmir to preach and to propagate Islam, to name a few were: Bulbul Shah, Syed Jalal Uddin Bukhari, Syed Taj Uddin, Syed Hussain…
Sir Mohammad Iqbal
Among the Kashmiris of International repute, Sir Mohammad Iqbal, the greatest poet and philosopher of the continent, tops the list. Iqbal's ancestors were the Kashmiri Pandits of the Saproo family…