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Abdul Ahad Hajini

kashmiri writer, translator

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Source revisionAug 31, 2026
Entity authorityQ106641850 ↗
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Abdul Ahad Hajni (born 19 April 1948) is an Indian writer, translator and treasurer of Adbee Markaz Kamraz. He predominantly writes in Kashmiri language. He is primarily known for translating Indian language books such as Assamese, Kannada, Telugu and Dogri languages into Kashmiri.

The recipient of Sahitya Akademi Award in Kashmiri, he wrote a book titled Teuth Pazar (Bitter truth), consisting translation of six short stories from different Indian regional languages into Kashmiri.

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This entry incorporates text from “Abdul Ahad Hajini” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.