20th-century Urdu-language writers

South Asian Islamic philosopher, poet and politician

Dhanpat Rai Srivastava (31 July 1880 – 8 October 1936), better known as Munshi Premchand based on his pen name Premchand (), was an Indian writer famous for his modern Hindustani literature.

Indian politician and writer (1888–1958)

Indo-Pakistani novelist, playwright and writer (1912-1955)

Indian writer

Indian Islamic Scholar (1857–1914)

Indian Islamic scholar, thinker, author, orator and critic of Arab Nationalist (1913–1999)

poet (1846-1921)

Pakistani writer (1916–2006)

19th century Islamic scholar of Pakistan (1884–1953)

Pakistani writer (1931–2008)

writer, scholar, Urdu poet from Pakistan (1926-2015)

Indian author and editor

Pakistani scholar

Bangladeshi Islamic scholar

Pakistani philosopher, novelist (1925-2004)

Indian Islamic scholar, philosopher, writer, critic, researcher, journalist and exegete of the Quran (1892–1977)

Pakistani journalist

Pakistani writer (1914-1996)

Ibn-e-Safi, also spelt Ibne Safi, was the pen name of Asrar Ahmad (, 26 July 1928 – 26 July 1980), a Pakistani fiction writer, novelist, and poet who wrote in Urdu. The name Ibn-e-Safi is a Persian expression meaning “Son of Safi,” with Safi translating to “chaste” or “righteous.”

Pakistani poet and writer (1931-2002)

Shayar-e-Inqalab (1894-1982)

Indian historian

Indian writer and translator

Salim–Javed were an Indian screenwriting duo, composed of Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar, who worked primarily in Hindi cinema. They were among the first Indian screenwriters to achieve star status, and are regarded as among "Hindi cinema's greatest screenwriters". They worked together on 24 films between 1971 and 1987, of which 20 were commercially and critically successful.

Sher Muhammad Khan (, Punjabi, ), better known by his pen name Ibn-e-Insha (, Punjabi, ; 15 June 1927 – 11 January 1978), was a Pakistani Urdu poet, humorist, travelogue writer and newspaper columnist.

Indian poet

Indian historian

Indian Urdu-language poet

Pakistani writer

Pakastani scholar

Indian researcher and poet

Bangladeshi Islamic Scholar

Pakistani Islamic scholar (1915-1999)

Pakistani philosopher and Poet

poet (1923-1997)

Urdu satirist

Sufi in Bengal

Indian Muslim Sufi and Scholar

Indian Islamic scholar (1883 – 1955)

Ismaili Pakistani writer and poet

writer, poet and novelist (1907-1978)

Urdu language writer (1894–1977)

Pakistani academic and politician

Indian Urdu scholar and writer