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'''Omer Tarin''' (also spelt '''Omar Tarin'''; real name '''Omer Salim Khan'''; born 10 March 1967 in [[Peshawar]]) is a [[Pakistan]]i poet<ref>Dr [[Tariq Rahman]] , 'A Review of Pakistani English Poetry' , in daily ''The News'' , literati section, Friday weekly, Islamabad edition, Pakistan, 6th December 1996, page 30</ref><ref>M Shamsie ed, ''Dragonfly in the S(contracted; show full)
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Omer Tarin belongs to the well-known [[Tarin]] tribe resident in [[Talokar]], Haripur district, North-West Pakistan.<Ref>[http://www.woking.gov.uk/woking/heritage/muslimburialground/sikandarkhan  Woking Borough Council, Woking Surrey UK, Special Report about Tarin family of Talokar]</ref> He has published a number of books, including four volumes of poetry so far.<ref>
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[https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL101176A/Omar_Tarin  Open Library Catalog of Omer Tarin's work]</ref> He is also an [[military]] [[historian]] and [[Social work|social activist]].<ref>[http://imhs.org.uk/pdf%20documents/Durbar%20Index.pdf  Index of 'Durbar' Journal of the IMHS, UK], [http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php/FIBIS_Journals Journal of FIBIS, UK, Spring 2012] and [https://books.google.com.pk/books?id=EXXGBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA523&lpg=PA523&dq=%27%27Omer+Tarin%27%27&source=bl&ots=AnvGgCiZF2&sig=qSlA3nQ3ZbPmT7eE-e8vyefhMMs&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj53vHMko3KAhXKBI4KHVHyD8c4RhDoAQgfMAI#v=onepage&q=''Omer%20Tarin''&f=false Mnetion in Peter Oborne's book, 2014] and also see Woking Borough Council Report, cited above</ref>  His best-known books of poetry are ''[[A Sad Piper:Poems]]'' (1994) and ''Burnt Offerings'' (1996; reprint 2004) <ref>Eric Cyprian, 'Critical Review in 'The Nation', Islamabad and Lahore, Pakistan, 16th July 1995; and Dr Mahmood Alam Khwaja , Review in 'Sangat' journal of literature and humanities, Lahore, Pakistan, Autumn 1999 issue, Vol 27, No 3, pp 21-24 [http://issuu.com/khani/docs/nexus  For scanned copy please see here]</ref> 

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