Ibn-e-Safi or also spelled as Ibne Safi was the pen name of Asrar Ahmad, born on 26 July 1928 in Nara, district of Allahabad, U.P. (now Uttar Pradesh), British India and he Died 26 July 1980 in the age of 52 in Karachi, Pakistan.
The legendary urdu literature characters of "Col. Firidi" and "Ali Imran" created by the great Urdu writer Ibn-e-Safi. he was the author of 125-book series of Jasoosi Dunya (The Spy World) and the 120-book Imran Series. Although he has written many poetry books, he used to write poems under the pen name of "Asrar Narvi".
Following is the list of his Ghazals:
- Daulat-e-Gham
- Zahan se Dil ka Bar Utra Hai
- Chhalakti aayay
- Kuch to ta-alluq
- Aaj ki raat
- Baday ghazab ka
- Yun hi wabastagi
- Lab-o-rukhsar-o-jabeen
- Rah-e-talab mein kaun kisi ka
- Kuch bhi to apne paas nahin
- Aay nigaraan-e-khoobroo
- Kabhi sawab ki hain
- Kabhi qatil
- Qafas ki daastaan hai
- Maan
- Shakist-e-talism
- Talism-e-hosh-ruba
- Tanhayee
- Bansuri ki awaaz
- Aadmi ki Jarain
- baldaraan ki malikaa
- Ab tak thee kahaan
- Diplomat murgh
- saarhe paanch baje
- tuzke do-piazi
- shumaal ka fitna
- mata-e Qalb-O-Nazar