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Deputy Nazir Ahmed
A concise guide to Deputy Nazir Ahmed's body of work, major titles, and recurring themes.
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Author overview
Deputy Nazir Ahmed (1831–1912) was a poet whose body of work spans fiction. This writing is in Urdu and associated with India and Pakistan. Major works and useful reading starting points include Mirat-ul-Uroos, Taubat-un-Nasuh, and Ibn-ul-Waqt. Key themes include women's education, household ethics and reform, and religion, modernity, and social responsibility.
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Representative titles are intentionally withheld until at least two work-level bibliographic records have been verified. No title is inferred from the author name alone.