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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1948}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Bangalore]]<br />
| occupation = writer; [[Indian Police Service|IPS]] officer<br />
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'''Khaleel ur Rehman''' (born 1948) better known by his pen name '''Khaleel Mamoon''' is a noted Urdu poet whose poetry collection Aafaaq ki Taraf won the 2011 Sahitya Akademi Award for works in Urdu.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kidwai|first=Shafey|date=2017-01-05|title=The last word|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/society/The-last-word/article16993897.ece|access-date=2021-05-31|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><br />
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==Life and career==<br />
Mamoon was born in Bangalore. After working as a staff artist for [[All India Radio]], Mamoon joined the Indian Police Service in 1977. He served in senior positions in Karnataka including as Inspector General.<ref name=DH1212>{{cite news|url=http://archive.deccanherald.com/Deccanherald/dec122004/artic2.asp|title=Investigations into poetry!|author=Shafaat Ahmed|newspaper=Deccan Herald|date=2004-12-12|access-date=2011-12-24}}</ref><br />
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==Works==<br />
Mamoon has published a number of works. ''Lissan Falsafe Ke Aine Me'' on the philosophy of language was published in 1986. ''Unnees Lillahi Nazmen'' (1989) is a translation of poems written in praise of Prophet Mohammed by Scherzade Rikhye. ''Nishaat-e-Gham'' is a collections of [[Ghazal]]s. ''Kannada Adab'' is a collection of translations of [[Kannada]] language poetry and fiction.<ref name=DH1212/> Mamoon's poetry collection ''Aafaaq ki Taraf'' won the 2011 [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Urdu|Sahitya Akademi Award for works in Urdu]].<ref>{{cite news|title= Guha wins it for narrative history|url=http://www.thehindu.com/arts/books/article2735882.ece|work=The Hindu|date=21 December 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite press release|title = POETS DOMINATE SAHITYA AKADEMI AWARDS 2011|publisher = [[Sahitya Akademi]]|date = 2011-12-21|url = http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/pdf/award-2011.pdf|access-date = 2011-12-21|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120508031321/http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/pdf/award-2011.pdf|archive-date = 2012-05-08}}</ref><br />
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In 2004, Mamoon became the first Urdu writer to win the Karnataka [[Rajyotsava Prashasti]].<ref name=DH1212/><br />
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==Karnataka Urdu Academy chairmanship and removal controversy==<br />
Mamoon served as the Chairman of the Karnataka Urdu Academy between 2008 and 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.karnatakaurduacademy.org/Chairmen.html|title=Chairmen|publisher=Karnataka Urdu Academy|access-date=2011-12-24}}</ref> He was removed in controversial circumstances in 2010 for functioning in an 'arrogant manner'. [[H.S. Shivaprakash]], Dean, School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University resigned from the Karnataka Sahitya Academy in protest of government interference in an autonomous body.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.hindu.com/2011/01/01/stories/2011010154680700.htm| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110104194804/http://www.hindu.com/2011/01/01/stories/2011010154680700.htm| url-status=dead| archive-date=2011-01-04| title=Twist to controversy surrounding dissolution of Urdu Academy|access-date=2011-12-24| work=[[The Hindu]]|date=2011-01-01}}</ref><br />
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