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Aziz al-Hasan Ghouri (also known as Aziz al-Hasan Majzoob or Khwaja Aziz al-Hasan ) (12 June 1884 – 17 August 1944) was an Indian Islamic scholar and poet. He was a disciple of Ashraf Ali Thanwi .1His four volume book Ashrafus Sawaneh is regarded as one of the primary sources for biography of Thanwi.2Ashraf Ali Thanwi commended one couplet from Ghouri's poem Har Tamanna Dil Se Rukhsat Hogayi and said that if he had one hundred thousand rupees, he would give it to Ghouri.3 This couplet has been deemed to be one of the 100 most popular Urdu couplets. "Read 100 popular Urdu couplets on the International Poetry Day" . anynews.tv .4
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Indian Islamic scholar and poet Aziz al-Hasan Ghouri (also known as Aziz al-Hasan Majzoob or Khwaja Aziz al-Hasan ; 12 June 1884 – 17 August 1944) was an Indian Islamic scholar, poet and the primary biographer of Ashraf Ali Thanwi .He was an alumnus of Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College and an authorized disciple of Ashraf Ali Thanwi in Sufism .Ghouri held the titles of Khan Sahib and Khan Bahadur .His couplet Har Tamanna Dil Se Rukhsat Hogayi has been deemed to be one of the 100 most popular Urdu couplets.Thanwi commended it saying that if he had one hundred thousand rupees, he would give it to Ghouri.
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