Prof Mughni Tabassum is a highly renowned Urdu scholar, critic, poet, author and editor who served for a long time as Head of Idara-e-Adabiyat-e-Urdu, Hyderabad and as head of department of Urdu in the Osmania University. He had written hundreds of books in Urdu and was a recipient of several prestigious awards such as Ghalib Award, Aalmi Frogh-e-Urdu Adab Award, etc. He was the editor of the monthly Urdu magazine 'Sabras' . and jointly edited the prestigious Urdu journal 'Sher-o-Hikmat', along with poet Shahryar. He died in Hyderabad on 15th feb 2012.