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{{Infobox writer
| name = Abdul Qavi Desnavi
| image = [[File:Abdul Qavi Desnavi.jpg|150px]]
| imagesize = 200px
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1930|11|1}}
| birth_place = [[Desna, Bihar]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2011|7|7|1930|11|1}}
| death_place = [[Bhopal]], [[India]] {{flagicon|india}}
| occupation = Professor, writer, critic, [[linguist]]
| genre =
}}

'''Abdul Qavi Desnavi''' (1 November 1930 – 7 July 2011)<ref name="outlookindia.com">{{cite web|url=http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=727064 |title=Noted Urdu Litterateur Abdul Qavi Desnavi Dead |publisher=OutLookIndia.com |date=7 July 2011 |accessdate=16 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616082610/http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=727064 |archivedate=16 June 2012 }}</ref><ref name="khojkhabarnews.com">{{cite web|url=http://khojkhabarnews.com/?p=351 |title=Abdul Qavi Desnavi (professor) |publisher=KhojKhabarNews.com |date=23 February 2010 |accessdate=16 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314203535/http://khojkhabarnews.com/?p=350 |archivedate=14 March 2012 }}</ref> was an [[Indian People|Indian]] Urdu language writer, critic, bibliographer and [[linguist]]. He wrote many books on Urdu literature.<ref name="theindianawaaz.com"/> His work included about Maulana [[Abul Kalam Azad]], [[Mirza Ghalib]] and [[Allama Muhammad Iqbal]].<ref name="outlookindia.com"/><ref name="theindianawaaz.com"/> He was awarded with several awards for his literary work.<ref name="theindianawaaz.com"/>

==Early life==

Desnavi was born in village [[Desna, Bihar|Desna]] of block Asthawan in [[Nalanda]] district [[Bihar]].<ref name="ibnlive.in.com">{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/noted-urdu-litterateur-abdul-qavi-desnavi-passes-away/750738.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017194523/http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/noted-urdu-litterateur-abdul-qavi-desnavi-passes-away/750738.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 October 2012|title=Noted Urdu litterateur|publisher=IbnLive.in.com|date=7 July 2011|accessdate=16 February 2012}}</ref> to the family of
Muslim scholar [[Sulaiman Nadvi]], who claimed to be descended from and who was a recognized historian and biographer of [[Muhammad]].<ref name="theindianawaaz.com">{{cite web|url=https://timesnext.com/who-is-abdul-qavi-desnavi-all-you-need-to-know-about-him/|title=Who is Abdul Qavi Desnavi – All you need to know about him|date=20 December 2019|website=Times Next India|publisher=TimesNext.com|accessdate=16 February 2012}}</ref> Desnavi was the son of [[Syed Mohammed Saeed Raza]], who was Professor of [[Urdu]], [[Arabic]] and [[Persian languages]] in [[St. Xavier's College, Mumbai]]. Desnavi had two brothers, elder Prof. Syed Mohi Raza and younger Syed Abdul Wali Desnavi.<ref name="theindianawaaz.com"/>

Many scholars, poets, and teachers of today were his students in [[Bhopal]], and several other students obtained PhD degree under his guidance. He died on 7 July 2011 in Bhopal, India.<ref name="ibnlive.in.com"/>

== Career ==

Desnavi got his primary education in [[Arrah]] town of [[Bihar]] state. He completed his Graduation and Post Graduation in First from [[St. Xavier's College, Mumbai]].<ref name="theindianawaaz.com"/> He joined Urdu department in Saifia Post Graduate College in February 1961. He became Professor and head of the Urdu department of Saifia College. He was a well known literary figure in India and in the Urdu world.

He has over 50 books under his name, some of which are:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesnext.com/who-is-abdul-qavi-desnavi-all-you-need-to-know-about-him/|title=Who is Abdul Qavi Desnavi - All you need to know about him|date=20 December 2019|website=TimesNext|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-20}}</ref>

# Blopal aur Ghalib
# Motala-E-Khotoot Ghalib
# Talesh-E_Azad
# Ek Shahar Panch Mashahirs
# Hayat-e-Abul Kalam Azad

[[File:Poet Kaifi Azmi,Mr.Fakhruddin,Prof. Desnavi,Prof Afaq Husain Siddiqui.jpg|thumb|right|From left:- [[Kaifi Azmi]], Abdul Qavi Desnavi, Fakhruddin (Secretary-SES), Afaq Husain Siddiqui ]]

==Bibliography==
* Allama [[Muhammad Iqbal|Iqbal]] Bhopal Mein, publisher, Dept. of Urdu Saifia College,Bhopal (1967)<ref name="theindianawaaz.com"/>
* Bhopal Aur [[Mirza Ghalib|Ghalib]], publisher, Dept. of Urdu Saifia College,Bhopal (1969)<ref name="theindianawaaz.com"/>
* Nuskha-E-Bhopal Aur Nuskha-A-Bhopal Sani, publisher, Dept. of Urdu Saifia College,Bhopal (1970)<ref name="theindianawaaz.com"/>
* Motala—E—Khotoot—E—[[Mirza Ghalib|Ghalib]] (1975) (Edition 2nd) (1979)<ref name="theindianawaaz.com"/>
* [[Muhammad Iqbal|Iqbal]] Uneesween Sadi Mein, publisher, Naseem Book Depot, (1977)<ref name="theindianawaaz.com"/>
* [[Muhammad Iqbal|Iqbal]] Aur Dilli, Publisher Nai Awaz Jamia Nagar New Delhi (1978)<ref name="theindianawaaz.com"/>
* [[Muhammad Iqbal|Iqbal]] Aur Darul Iqbal Bhopal, publisher, Naseem Book Depot, (1983)<ref name="theindianawaaz.com"/>
* Iqbaliat Ki Talash, Makataba Jamia, (1984)<ref name="theindianawaaz.com"/>
* Iqbaliat Ki Talash, publisher, Globe Publishers, Urdu Bazar Lahore, [[Pakistan]] (1985)<ref name="theindianawaaz.com"/>
* [[Abul Kalam Azad]] Urdu, Publisher [[Sahitya Akademi]] (1987)<ref name="theindianawaaz.com"/>
* Maulana [[Abul Kalam Azad|Abul Kalam]] Mohiuddin Ahmad Azad Dehlavi (1988)<ref name="theindianawaaz.com"/>
* Talash—E—[[Abul Kalam Azad|Azad]], publisher, Maharashtra Urdu Academy<ref name="theindianawaaz.com"/>
* Hayat [[Abul Kalam Azad]] (2000),Publisher, Modern Publishing House New Delhi.<ref name="theindianawaaz.com"/>

== Legacy ==
On 1 November 2017, Google showed a Google Doodle in honouring Desnavi's 87th birthday.<ref name="The Indian Express">{{cite web | title=Abdul Qavi Desnavi, the prolific Urdu author, honoured in today’s Google Doodle on 87th birthday | website=The Indian Express | url=http://indianexpress.com/article/trending/google-doodle-honours-urdu-author-abdul-qavi-desnavi-on-87th-birthday-4916583/ | access-date=2017-11-02}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of Urdu language writers]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://professordesnavi.blogspot.com/2011/07/ Photographs]
* [http://nationallibrary.gov.in/ResultKeyword.php?start=975&p_f=975&id=abu&id1=personal At the Indian National Library]
* [http://nationallibrary.gov.in/showdetails.php?id=383616 Bibliographic detail]

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[[Category:1930 births]]
[[Category:2011 deaths]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian educational theorists]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian linguists]]
[[Category:Indian literary critics]]
[[Category:Indian Muslims]]
[[Category:Linguists of Urdu]]
[[Category:St. Xavier's College, Mumbai alumni]]
[[Category:Urdu-language writers from India]]
[[Category:Scholars from Bihar]]
[[Category:Writers from Bhopal]]

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