# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mehr-lal-soni-zia-fatehabadi
# Generated: 2026-08-16T11:46:29.221Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mehr-lal-soni-zia-fatehabadi"
name: "Mehr Lal Soni Zia Fatehabadi"
slug: "mehr-lal-soni-zia-fatehabadi"
description: "Mehr Lal Soni, better known as Zia Fatehabadi, was an Indian Urdu ghazal and nazm writer. He was a disciple (shaagird) of Seemab Akbarabadi (1882–1951), who was a disciple of Nawab Mirza Khan Daagh Dehlvi (1831–1905). He used the takhallus of Zia meaning \"Light\" on the suggestion of his teacher, Ghulaam Qadir Farkh Amritsari."
tagline: "Indian writer (1913–1986)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mehr_Lal_Soni_Zia_Fatehabadi.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1913-02-09"
deathDate: "1986-08-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.61
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.603096
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "ضیاء فتح آبادی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ضياء فتح آبادي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ميهر لال سونى زيا فاتيهابادى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zia_Fatehabadi"
    title: "Zia Fatehabadi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ज़िया फ़तेहाबादी"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%9C%E0%A8%BC%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%86_%E0%A8%AB%E0%A8%BC%E0%A8%A4%E0%A9%87%E0%A8%B9%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%AC%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%A6%E0%A9%80"
    title: "ਜ਼ਿਆ ਫ਼ਤੇਹਾਬਾਦੀ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B6%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%A1_%D9%81%D8%AA%D8%AD_%D8%A2%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%8C"
    title: "ضیاء فتح آبادی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%85%D1%80_%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%BB_%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%96_%D0%97%D1%96%D0%B0_%D0%A4%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%96"
    title: "Мехр Лал Соні Зіа Фатехабаді"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3634006"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump