Former Indian Forest Service officer and renowned Urdu poet Syed Ahmed Esar passed away on Wednesday in Bengaluru. He was 98.
After retiring from the Indian Forest Service in 1980, Esar dedicated his life to translating the work of canonical Persian poets into Urdu.
His magnum opus: the translation of Rumi's Masnawi – with more than 27,000 verses in that poem is one of the most significant works of Esar.
He is also a recipient of the Hafeez Merathi Award by Idara Adab-e-Islami Karnataka and Goa zone.
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