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Tabish Mehdi was born on 3rd July 1951 at Pratap Garh. He acquired degree in M.A Urdu and later awarded Ph.D for writing confirmatory book. His books on collection of poetries are " Tabeer", and "Salasbeel", have been published in 1998 & 2000 respectively. Apart from it "Urdu Tanqeed Ka Safar", "and Shafeeq Jaunpuri-Ek mutala" are his important books. “Ghazal is still the most popular genre of Urdu poetry that attracts most of the poets. Its sonority and ability to express different moods and shades of life is the prime draw. In addition, its different modulations have kept the poets, readers and audiences captive to its beauty for centuries,” said Dr. Tabish Mehdi. Tabish is in the Kingdom to participate in the Consulate General of India, Jeddah, Annual Mushaira. A famous poet and editor, Tabish, has penned down 33 books, 144 essays and articles and more than 80 prefaces and 200 book reviews till now. A doyen of Urdu poetry, he is invited to almost all international Mushairas. It is his simplicity and melodious voice that enchants all. Tabish was born in Partapgarh, UP, on July 3, 1951. His father Rafiuddin was a farmer. Tabish spent his childhood with his maternal grandfather Sufi Muhammad Sabit Najih Puri. He completed his primary education, and then passed middle school (Class VIII) examination. He then went to Madrasah Subhaniyah Allahabad in 1965 to learn qir’at and tajweed of the Holy Qur’an. He finished his primary Arabic learning there. In 1966 he learned qir’at from Qari Shaukat Ali in Hasanpur, Moradabad. Later in 1967 He went to learn Persian from Allama Bilali Aliabadi of Nawab Ganj, Bahraich. He learned the basics of Urdu poetry from Maulana Bilali.Tabish taught there too. In 1969-70 he completed his Arabic secondary classes from Markaz Uloom-e-Qur’aniyah Jamiussharq, Jaunpur. He passed his Maulvi and Alim examinations from there. Later, he came to Amroha where he enhanced his poetic skills under the tutelage of famous poet Shahbaz Amrovi. Shahbaz proved to be his mentor and guide in Urdu poetry but unlike his mentor, who made his mark in humor and satire, Tabish preferred serious Urdu Ghazal. Shahbaz taught him English too and encouraged him to pass Persian language Munshi and Kamil examinations from Allahabad Board. That he did. In Amroha Tabish learned Urdu poetry’s meters from Shahbaz. He passed Adib, Adib Mahir, Adib Kamil examinations from Jamia Urdu Aligarh and passed MA (Urdu) in 1990 from Agra University. He did his doctorate in Urdu literature from Jamia Millia Islamiyah, New Delhi. After leaving Amroha he went to Rampur and edited Zikra magazine there. In August 1978 he went to Deoband as a sub-editor of Tajalli and later editor in chief of its sister magazine fortnightly Ijtema. During his Deoband stay he got married on May 18, 1979. Tabish’s independent thinking made him rise to the challenge to publish his own Al-Iman magazine from Deoband with the help of Dr. Abdul Rahman Da’ei of a Nigerian university. Tabish established Maktaba Al-Iman too.During his Deoband stay, as he didn’t find the atmosphere conducive for his professional life, he went to Bilaria Ganj, Azamgarh in June 1986. He taught tajweed there for four years. He was the part of editorial staff of the magazine Zindagi-e-Nau for one year in Aligarh. He bought a small house in Abul Fazl Enclave, New Delhi. He joined Markazi Maktaba Islami Publishers in 1991 and worked with it till July 3, 2009. On July 16, 2009 Tabish joined Zindagi-e-Nau as an assistant editor. Tabish has two sons and 4 daughters. All his children, the sons and daughters have literary inclinations. Tabish has published 8 poetry collections Naqsh-e-Awwal, Limaate Haram, Surood-e-Hijaz, Taabeer, Kankar Bolte Hain, Salsabeel, Subhe Sadiq, and Ghazalnama. As a critic and religious scholar he has written couple of books. His travelogues are popular too.“My essays shed light on the life of many famous personalities and poets including Jigar Moradabadi, Shafiq Jaun Puri,