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The Poet: Sardar Ahmad Khan سردار احمد خان, commonly known as Behzad Lakhnawi بہزاد لکھنوی (takhallus Behzad) was born in a religious family in Lukhnow لکھنؤ, North Western Provinces of Agra and Oudh (currently Uttar Pradesh), British India, on 01 January 1900. According to the family traditions, he was not formally educated in any school or college. He was educated to the Middle School level in Urdu, Farsi, Arabic, and English. He started his career as a Train Ticket Inspector in the Railways. Due to some cardiac problems, he could not continue his job and moved to Delhi where he became a scriptwriter for the All India Radio. He also started writing poetry and would participate in mushairas at the national level. In 1940 he moved to Lahore and starting working as a song and script writer for the movies. In 1943 he went back to All India Radio. From 1945 to 1950 he worked in Bombay for writing songs and scripts for movies. One of the songs he penned is زندہ ہُوں اسطرح کہ غمِ زندگی نہیں "zinda hoon is tarha ke gham-e zindagi naheen", and it was included in the film آگ "Aag" released in 1948. He wrote popular songs for more than 40 movies. Then he moved to Pakistan. He wrote in various forms of Urdu poetry. He was particularly well-known for his نعت Na'ats. He passed away in Karachi on 10 October 1974. The collections of his potry include ثنائے حبیب Sana-e Habib, ذکرِ رسول Zikr-e Rasul, فیضانِ حرم Fizan-e Haram, کرم بالائے کرم Karam Bala-e Karam, نقشِ بہزاد Naqsh-e Behzad, نغماتِ بہزاد Naghmat-e Behzad, کفر و ایمان Kufr-o Imaan, نغمہِ روح Naghma-e Ruh, چراغِ طُور Charagh-e Toor, وجد و حال Wajd-o Haal, موجِ نُور Maoj-e Nur, نغمہِ نُور Naghma-e Nur, کیف و سرُور Kaif-o Suroor, معراجِ طہُور Mi'raaj-e Tahoor, and نعتِ حضور Naa't-e Huzoor. KhamoshTamashai (Tariq Akbar) 20 July 2014 خاموش تماشائی (طارق اکبر)