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Syed Asim Mahmood (born 24 April 1968) is an Urdu writer, encyclopedist, researcher, editor and journalist. He has written thirteen books and many articles on scientific and non-scientific subjects in magazines and newspapers. He edited three magazines and is currently associated with the Pakistani newspaper, Daily Dunya as a Senior Sub Editor. He is the son of Pakistani encyclopedist and writer, Syed Qasim Mahmood.
His thirteen books include:
Islami Pocket Dictionary
America ka Tahalka Khaiz Mukadmay
Pakistani Atom Bomb kee kahani (Story of Pakistan's Atom Bomb)
Dastan Lady Diana (Story of Lady Diana)
Mashoor Siasi Qatal (Murders of famous Politicians)
Dastan Imam Shamil (Story of Imam Shamil)
Hitler kay Bacha (Hitler's Sons, Translation)
Mashoor Rohanai Ajabiat (Famous Spiritual Events)
Parandow Ke kahani (Story of Birds)
Mashoor Badunwan siasatdan (Famous Corrupt Politicians)
Banadar Ke Kahani (Story of Monkeys)
Mashoor Badnam Auratian (Famous Notorious Women)
Mohammed Reza Shah Pahlavi kee dastan (Autobiography of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi)
As a encyclopedist
In 1985 he helped his father to compile the Shahkar Islamic Encyclopedia. In 1997 he helped his father to compile the Shahkar Encyclopedia Pakistanica.
In 2003 he published Tarikh Ibn Khaldun (Kitābu l-ʻibār), by Arab polymath, Ibn Khaldun. In 2004 he produced a revised edition of Persian historian Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari's book, Tarikh al-Tabari (History of the Prophets and Kings). In 2005 he revised the Islamic encyclopedia which had been compiled by Urdu journlist and writer Mahboob Alam in 1900. He has republished the Munshi Sahab Islamic Encyclopedia in modern Urdu. These books are published by Alfasial publishers in Lahore.