Mahirul Qadri (Urdu ماہر القادری) whose real name was Manzoor Hussain, was a writer, poet, and novelist.

He was born in village Kesar Kalan Tahsil Debai on 30 July 1906, in Bulandshahar district of Uttar Pradesh India.

He affixed his poetic pen-name Mahir with Qadri due to his spiritual links with the Qadiriyya order of Sufism.

Later Mahir-ul-Qadri went to Hyderabad, Deccan, where for 10 years he held key literary positions.

He was associated with men like Kishen Pershad Kaul and Nawab Moazzam Jah[6] Mahirul Qadari published more than twenty books.