aaj ik aur baras biit gayā us ke baġhair
jis ke hote hue hote the zamāne mere
Born in Delhi, on September 1959, Aadil Rasheed is an important name in children's literature in Urdu. He has published more than two dozen books of short stories and poetry and received many awards from different Urdu academies of India. He has written on a wide range of topics in a simple and captivating way. In poetry he used different genres. He, for the first time, experimented with writing Rubiyaat and Na'at for children. He obtained his education in Anglo Arabic School, Delhi, later on did M.A in Urdu, and Honors in Arabic. Feroz Muzzafar has compiled an important book on his literary contributions entitled "Adil Aseer Dehelvi: aik mutaleya".