WRITER

Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi

1941 - 2010

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Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi (Urdu: ریاض احمد گوھر شاہی) (born 25 November 1941) was a spiritual leader and founder of the spiritual groups RAGS International (now known as Messiah Foundation International) and Anjuman Serfaroshan-e-Islam. He is the author of a number of Urdu books on topics relating to spirituality, the most successful among these being Deen-e-Ilahi "The Religion of God" (2000), which was republished by Balboa Press, a division of Hay House and translated into English and other languages by Messiah Foundation International in 2012. RAGS International was renamed to Messiah Foundation International in 2000. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi has received more than 594,880 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi is the 4,706th most popular writer (up from 5,534th in 2019), the 77th most popular biography from Pakistan (up from 88th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Pakistani Writer.

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  • 25

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  • 2.57

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  • 3.73

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi ranks 4,706 out of 7,302. Before him are Jonathan Carroll, Bo Goldman, John Mawe, Helene Hanff, Alfredo Zitarrosa, and Emma Andijewska. After him are Ahmet Mithat, Juan José Millás, Eduardo Pondal, I. A. L. Diamond, Peter Seeberg, and Shel Silverstein.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi ranks 396. Before him are Ole Ritter, Margaret Price, Mario Perniola, Ara Shiraz, Paola Pitagora, and Michael Lerner. After him are Henry Carr, Barry Flanagan, Uffe Ellemann-Jensen, Florence Delay, Trish Van Devere, and Rafael Albrecht. Among people deceased in 2010, Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi ranks 257. Before him are Carla Del Poggio, Jamie Gillis, Lhasa de Sela, Paul Gray, Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal, and Daisuke Gōri. After him are Roy Ward Baker, Robert B. Parker, William Tenn, Vladimir Maslachenko, Dario Mangiarotti, and Clarke Scholes.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi ranks 77 out of 217. Before him are Shahid Khan (1950), Raaj Kumar (1926), Bahlul Lodi (1406), Ramanand Sagar (1917), Art Malik (1952), and Sultan Bahu (1630). After him are Balraj Sahni (1913), Yousaf Raza Gillani (1952), Muhammad Mian Soomro (1950), Reginald Dyer (1864), Noor Jehan (1926), and Shekhar Kapur (1945).

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Among WRITERS In Pakistan

Among writers born in Pakistan, Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi ranks 11. Before him are Bulleh Shah (1680), Rahman Baba (1632), Krishna Sobti (1925), Tariq Ali (1943), Faiz Ahmad Faiz (1911), and Sultan Bahu (1630). After him are Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai (1690), Mulk Raj Anand (1905), Khushwant Singh (1915), Asma Barlas (1950), Bhisham Sahni (1915), and Parveen Shakir (1952).

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