Jaun Elia

Syed Hussain Sibt-e-Asghar Naqvi (14 December 1931 – 8 November 2002), commonly known by his pen name Jaun Elia, was a Pakistani poet.

One of the most prominent modern Urdu poets of ghazals (amatory poems), popular for his unconventional ways, he "acquired knowledge of philosophy, logic, Islamic history, the Muslim Sufi tradition, Muslim religious sciences, Western literature, and Kabbala".

He was fluent in Urdu, Arabic, Sindhi, English and Persian. Elia was also the younger brother of poet Rais Amrohvi.

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