Ahmed Noori

Ahmed Noori, aka Abu Raihan Ahmed Noori,{{cite web | url=http://catalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?SC=Author&SEQ=20090816075759&PID=Y-krMre66W2KYmZaUo4cs1LOwGf&SA=Nūri,+Abūraihān+Ahmad | title=LC Catalog - Legacy Catalog Retired }} was a prominent writer and journalist who belonged to the Beary community of Mangalore in Dakshina Kannada in South India.

He was born on 10 June 1920 and grew up in Mangalore but later on lived in Bangalore. He completed the Adeeb-e-Mahir in Urdu from the Jamia Urdu Aligarh.{{cn|date=September 2023}} He wrote books in the local Beary bashe and Kannada languages. A second edition of his 1960 book, Maikala, a documentary about the culture Beary community of Mangalore in Kannada language, was published in 1997. He was part of a six-member team who, for the first time, translated the meaning of the Quran to Kannada language in 1978.Divya Qur'an, Qur'an Majid, (An effort of six scholars: Mawlana Shah Abd al-Qadir, Mawlana Sayyid, Abu Raihan Ahmed Noori, Abd Allah Sahib, I’jaz al-Din and Abd al-Ghaffar), 2 vol. Islami Sahitya Prakashana, Bangalore 1978, p. 1400. He edited several periodicals such as "Sandesha", "Kitaab" and "The Message". He contributed extensively to the Sanmarga weekly Kannada magazine.{{cn|date=September 2023}} {{cn|date=September 2023}} In 2010, the Karnataka Beary Sahitya Academy awarded him an honorary award for 2009 for his literary achievements.{{cite web|author =Mangalore |url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/58985/beary-sahithya-academy-honour-three.html |title=Beary Sahithya Academy honour for three |publisher=Deccanherald.com |date= 19 March 2010|accessdate=2012-12-27}}

He has become a household name in the Beary community due to his popular songs and music composition. Some of his popular songs are ‘Kelanda Makkale Kelanda,’ ‘Ethare Tholo Varakro Masth,’ ‘Alam Padachadum Neenem, Adre Chameychedum Neeneme.’{{cn|date=September 2023}} In January 2011, a CD of Beary Bashe songs written by him was released in Bangalore.{{cite web |url=http://www.coastaldigest.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=19069 |title=Beary Academy to hold literary session on Jan 16 |website=www.coastaldigest.com |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708172115/http://www.coastaldigest.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=19069 |archive-date=8 July 2011 |url-status=dead}}

Ahmed Noori died on 2 September 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.megamedianews.in/index.php/68892/noted-scholar-writer-ahmed-noori-no-more/ |title=Noted scholar, writer Ahmed Noori no more | Mega Media News |publisher=Megamedianews.in |accessdate=2012-12-27 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160129003201/http://www.megamedianews.in/index.php/68892/noted-scholar-writer-ahmed-noori-no-more/ |archivedate=2016-01-29 }}