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{{Infobox poet<br />
| name = Ali Mohammad Qureshi<br />
| native_name = <br />
| education = Master's degree<br />
| occupation = Poet, writer, teacher<br />
| death_place = Hangah, [[Handwara]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]], India<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1996|07|04|1939|05|01|df=y}}<br />
| caption = <br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1939|05|01|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = Shatgund payeen [[Handwara]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)|Jammu and Kashmir]], British India<br />
| image = Ali Mohammad Qureshi.jpg<br />
| honorific_suffix = Shahbaz<br />
| language = [[Kashmiri language|Kashmiri]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Ali Mohammad Shahbaz''', (born '''Ali Mohammad Qureshi''', 1939 – 1996) known by his pen name '''Shahbaz''', was a [[Kashmiri language|Kashmiri]]-language revolutionary poet, satirist, humanist, philanthropist, calligrapher, and teacher. His literary work revolved around the [[Kashmir conflict|conflict]] in [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Kashmir]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 July 2020 |title=Noted poet Ali Mohd. Shahbaz remembered on his 24th anniversary across Jk, famous folk singer Manzoor Shah conferred Shahbaz Memorial award |url=https://thekashmirhorizon.com/2020/07/04/noted-poet-ali-mohd-shahbaz-remembered-on-his-24th-anniversary-across-jkfamous-folk-singer-manzoor-shah-conferred-shahbaz-memorial-award/ |access-date=7 May 2021 |website=The Kashmir Horizon |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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== Early life==<br />
Ali Mohammad Shahbaz was born on 1 May 1939 at his ancestral resident Mawer ([[Langate]]), a village in [[Handwara]] town of [[Kashmir|North Kashmir]]'s [[Kupwara district]].{{citation needed|date= August 2022}} He had his primary school education from Islamia Model School, Qalamabad and completed high school at Handwara. He has done masters in the Kashmiri language.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Gul|first=Enayat|title=Ali Mohammad Shahbaz (monograph on the Kashmiri Poet)|publisher=Sahitya Akademi Office}}</ref><br />
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== Personal life==<br />
'''Shahbaz''' was a teacher by profession and was appointed as the ''Principal of Government Boys Higher Secondary School Handwara'' until his death. His father, Gh Mohammad Quershi was a cleric, who died when Shahbaz was in teens. Shahbaz turned to poetry at a very tender age. He was tremendously influenced by his teacher Shahlal Bahar. Bahar was the Vice President of [[Adbee Markaz Kamraz]], member cultural academy Srinagar and [[Sahitya Academy]], New Delhi.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Gul|first=Enayat|title=Ali Mohammad Shahbaz (Monograph on the Kashmiri Poet)|publisher=Sahitya Akademi Office}}</ref><br />
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== His poetry in music field==<br />
Kashmiri singers have sung most of Shahbaz's gazals and one among them is broadcast on [[AIR Srinagar|Radio Kashmir]] almost every morning.<br />
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His poetry have been sung at national level by singer [[Noor Mohammad Shah|Noor Mohammad]] titled "'''Janaan'''" (11 November 2020) and "'''Baliye'''" (9 April 2021) which have been released by [[Zee Music Company]] at the Online Video Platform YouTube.<ref>{{Cite web|last=LyricsLobby|title=Janaan Lyrics – Noor Mohammad {{!}} Irfaan Bukhari – LyricsLobby|url=https://www.lyricslobby.com/janaan-noor-mohammad-irfaan-bukhari/|access-date=7 May 2021|language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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== Death==<br />
Shahbaz was shot dead by an unidentified gunmen on 4 July 1996 at his native village Hangah Langate.{{citation needed|date= August 2022}} An award is named in his honour.<ref>{{Cite web|last=KNS|title=KNS|url=http://www.knskashmir.com/noted-lyricist-shahbaz-remembered-across-jk-48129|access-date=7 May 2021|website=www.knskashmir.com|language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
* Ali Mohammad Shahbaz (Monograph on the Kashmiri Poet), Enayat Gul<ref>{{Cite web|title=..:: SAHITYA AKADEMI : New Publications ::...|url=http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/publications/book-26.jsp|access-date=2021-05-13|website=sahitya-akademi.gov.in}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Kashmiri poets]]<br />
[[Category:Indian male poets]]<br />
[[Category:Kashmiri Muslims]]<br />
[[Category:People from Kupwara district]]<br />
[[Category:Poets from Jammu and Kashmir]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian poets]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian male writers]]<br />
[[Category:1996 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:1939 births]]<br />
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