Shahid Ahmad Dehlvi (Urdu: شاہد احمد دہلوی; 22 May 1906 – 27 May 1967) was a Pakistani author, editor and translator. He was conferred with the Pride of Performance award for his literary services by the Government of Pakistan in 1963. He was the grandson of Urdu novel writer and religious reformer Nazir Ahmad Dehlvi, popularly known as Deputy Nazir Ahmad.
In 1930 after completing his education, Dehlvi started the monthly Saqi (ur),[2][a] a literary magazine.[5] Dehlvi's articles in the monthly Saqi portrayed the vanishing culture of Delhi. He believed that the old Delhi, which was considered a symbol of Indo-Muslim culture, was ruined because of the bloodshed of Independence. Aqeel Abbas Jafari has collected his articles in a book.[3][2]
Dehlvi also ran the Delhi branch of the Progressive Writers' Association and started a literary journal called Shahjahan devoted to progressive literature.[6]
Dehlvi had interest in classical music and learnt the art under the guidance of Ustad Chand Khan, belonging to Delhi gharana (the Delhi School of Music) and participated in music programmes on All India Radio, by the name of S. Ahmad.[3] After the partition of India, he moved to Karachi where he worked for Radio Pakistan.[4][2]
^Prof. Muhammad Aslam, Khaftagan of Karachi, Pakistan Research Institute, University of the Punjab, Lahore, November 1991, p.132 ( پروفیسر محمد اسلم، خفتگانِ کراچی، ادارہ تحقیقات پاکستان، دانشگاہ پنجاب لاہور، نومبر 1991، ص 132)
