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Mehr Lal Soni Zia Fatehabadi

1913–1986, born Kapurthala, writer, poet

Mehr Lal Soni, better known as Zia Fatehabadi, was an Indian Urdu ghazal and nazm writer. He was a disciple (shaagird) of Seemab Akbarabadi (1882–1951), who was a disciple of Nawab Mirza Khan Daagh Dehlvi (1831–1905). He used the takhallus of Zia meaning “Light” on the suggestion of his teacher, Ghulaam Qadir Farkh Amritsari.

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