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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 Sun:Pakistani Writing in English' Karachi: Oxford UP, 1997, pp 482-483, {{ISBN|0195777840}}</ref><ref>Luminita Karim: Note on Omer Tarin in 'Weekly Poetry Review section' in ''The Muslim'' daily, Islamabad, 28th October 1994, p 18</ref> and [[Sufi]] [[mystic]]{{Verification needed}}.<ref>Interviews of various Sufi Shaykhs/masters of the [[Chishti]] Order from Pakistan in ''Anderoon:A Journal of Sufi Studies and Research'' , Punjab University, Lahore, Pakistan, Vol XXXV, No 2, July 2001, pp 22-35</ref><ref>E. Reffner ''The Esoteric Codex:The Alchemists'' , pub Lulu Books, USA, 2012, p 7. ISBN 
9781312989313</ref>

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>[https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL101176A/Omar_Tarin  Open Library Catalog of Omer Tarin's work]</ref> He is also a [[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>

==A Sad Piper:Poems==

''A Sad Piper: Poems'' (first published in 1994<ref>First edition published Islamabad:Leo Books, 1994 {{ISBN|9698127038}}. Later editions Pakistan and UK 1995-96, 2001</ref>) is a book of [[poetry]]. The poems are written in [[English language|English]].

This was the first book of poems written by Omer Tarin and it became a very popular book. Many people read and liked it.<ref>L Karim, 'Poems by Omer Tarin' in ''The Muslim'' Islamabad, Pakistan, 28 Oct 1994, p 18</ref> In this book, there are poems about many topics, such as Life, Death, the human spirit or soul, the beauty of nature and the sad things that happen to people.<ref>Karim, p.18</ref> Later, in new books, Tarin also wrote about many other things but many ideas came from this book.<ref>[[Tariq Rahman]], 'A Review of Pakistani English Poetry' in ''The News'', Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday special edition, 6 Dec 1996</ref>

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