Shahzad A. Rizvi

Dr. Shahzad A. Rizvi Ph.D. (28 February 1937-) is an Indian-born American author, scholar and Urdu poet. His English language works include historical novels set in India and scholarly articles on Urdu literary figures. His Urdu language works include numerous poems and ghazals. Dr. Rizvi was born in 1937 in Gwalior, India and currently lives in the United States. He is a descendant of Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi, a prominent Indian scholar and freedom fighter in the Indian Rebellion of 1857, and grandson of the renowned Urdu poet Muztar Khairabadi.

Shahzad A. Rizvi

Dr. Shahzad A. Rizvi Ph.D. (28 February 1937-) is an Indian-born American author, scholar and Urdu poet. His English language works include historical novels set in India and scholarly articles on Urdu literary figures. His Urdu language works include numerous poems and ghazals. Dr. Rizvi was born in 1937 in Gwalior, India and currently lives in the United States. He is a descendant of Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi, a prominent Indian scholar and freedom fighter in the Indian Rebellion of 1857, and grandson of the renowned Urdu poet Muztar Khairabadi.