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diff --git a/‎pyrogram/client/methods/messages/forward_messages.py‎
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diff --git a/‎pyrogram/client/methods/messages/send_contact.py‎
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diff --git a/‎pyrogram/client/style/html.py‎
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diff --git a/‎pyrogram/client/style/markdown.py‎
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diff --git a/‎pyrogram/client/types/messages_and_media/message.py‎
Lines changed: 145 additions & 36 deletions b/‎pyrogram/client/types/messages_and_media/message.py‎
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@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ def forward_messages(
         chat_id: Union[int, str],
         from_chat_id: Union[int, str],
         message_ids: Iterable[int],
-        disable_notification: bool = None
+        disable_notification: bool = None,
+        as_copy: bool = False,
+        remove_caption: bool = False
     ) -> "pyrogram.Messages":
         """Use this method to forward messages of any kind.
 
@@ -52,6 +54,15 @@ def forward_messages(
                 Sends the message silently.
                 Users will receive a notification with no sound.
 
+            as_copy (``bool``, *optional*):
+                Pass True to forward messages without the forward header (i.e.: send a copy of the message content).
+                Defaults to False.
+
+            remove_caption (``bool``, *optional*):
+                If set to True and *as_copy* is enabled as well, media captions are not preserved when copying the
+                message. Has no effect if *as_copy* is not enabled.
+                Defaults to False.
+
         Returns:
             On success and in case *message_ids* was an iterable, the returned value will be a list of the forwarded
             :obj:`Messages <pyrogram.Message>` even if a list contains just one element, otherwise if
@@ -61,35 +72,55 @@ def forward_messages(
         Raises:
             :class:`Error <pyrogram.Error>` in case of a Telegram RPC error.
         """
+
         is_iterable = not isinstance(message_ids, int)
         message_ids = list(message_ids) if is_iterable else [message_ids]
 
-        r = self.send(
-            functions.messages.ForwardMessages(
-                to_peer=self.resolve_peer(chat_id),
-                from_peer=self.resolve_peer(from_chat_id),
-                id=message_ids,
-                silent=disable_notification or None,
-                random_id=[self.rnd_id() for _ in message_ids]
+        if as_copy:
+            sent_messages = []
+            for chunk in [message_ids[i:i + 200] for i in range(0, len(message_ids), 200)]:
+                messages = self.get_messages(chat_id=from_chat_id, message_ids=chunk)  # type: pyrogram.Messages
+                for message in messages.messages:
+                    sent_messages.append(
+                        message.forward(
+                            chat_id,
+                            disable_notification=disable_notification,
+                            as_copy=True,
+                            remove_caption=remove_caption
+                        )
+                    )
+            return pyrogram.Messages(
+                client=self,
+                total_count=len(sent_messages),
+                messages=sent_messages
+            ) if is_iterable else sent_messages[0]
+        else:
+            r = self.send(
+                functions.messages.ForwardMessages(
+                    to_peer=self.resolve_peer(chat_id),
+                    from_peer=self.resolve_peer(from_chat_id),
+                    id=message_ids,
+                    silent=disable_notification or None,
+                    random_id=[self.rnd_id() for _ in message_ids]
+                )
             )
-        )
 
-        messages = []
+            forwarded_messages = []
 
-        users = {i.id: i for i in r.users}
-        chats = {i.id: i for i in r.chats}
+            users = {i.id: i for i in r.users}
+            chats = {i.id: i for i in r.chats}
 
-        for i in r.updates:
-            if isinstance(i, (types.UpdateNewMessage, types.UpdateNewChannelMessage)):
-                messages.append(
-                    pyrogram.Message._parse(
-                        self, i.message,
-                        users, chats
+            for i in r.updates:
+                if isinstance(i, (types.UpdateNewMessage, types.UpdateNewChannelMessage)):
+                    forwarded_messages.append(
+                        pyrogram.Message._parse(
+                            self, i.message,
+                            users, chats
+                        )
                     )
-                )
 
-        return pyrogram.Messages(
-            client=self,
-            total_count=len(messages),
-            messages=messages
-        ) if is_iterable else messages[0]
+            return pyrogram.Messages(
+                client=self,
+                total_count=len(forwarded_messages),
+                messages=forwarded_messages
+            ) if is_iterable else forwarded_messages[0]
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ def send_contact(
         chat_id: Union[int, str],
         phone_number: str,
         first_name: str,
-        last_name: str = "",
-        vcard: str = "",
+        last_name: str = None,
+        vcard: str = None,
         disable_notification: bool = None,
         reply_to_message_id: int = None,
         reply_markup: Union[
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ def send_contact(
                 media=types.InputMediaContact(
                     phone_number=phone_number,
                     first_name=first_name,
-                    last_name=last_name,
-                    vcard=vcard
+                    last_name=last_name or "",
+                    vcard=vcard or ""
                 ),
                 message="",
                 silent=disable_notification or None,
 
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ def __init__(self, peers_by_id):
 
     def parse(self, message: str):
         entities = []
-        message = utils.add_surrogates(str(message))
+        message = utils.add_surrogates(str(message or ""))
         offset = 0
 
         for match in self.HTML_RE.finditer(message):
 
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ def __init__(self, peers_by_id: dict):
         self.peers_by_id = peers_by_id
 
     def parse(self, message: str):
-        message = utils.add_surrogates(str(message)).strip()
+        message = utils.add_surrogates(str(message or "")).strip()
         entities = []
         offset = 0
 
 
@@ -16,12 +16,13 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 # along with Pyrogram.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
+from functools import partial
 from typing import List, Match, Union
 
 import pyrogram
 from pyrogram.api import types
 from pyrogram.api.errors import MessageIdsEmpty
-from pyrogram.client.ext import ChatAction
+from pyrogram.client.ext import ChatAction, ParseMode
 from pyrogram.client.types.input_media import InputMedia
 from .contact import Contact
 from .location import Location
@@ -33,6 +34,32 @@
 from ..user_and_chats.user import User
 
 
+class Str(str):
+    def __init__(self, *args):
+        super().__init__()
+
+        self._client = None
+        self._entities = None
+
+    def init(self, client, entities):
+        self._client = client
+        self._entities = entities
+
+        return self
+
+    @property
+    def text(self):
+        return self
+
+    @property
+    def markdown(self):
+        return self._client.markdown.unparse(self, self._entities)
+
+    @property
+    def html(self):
+        return self._client.html.unparse(self, self._entities)
+
+
 class Message(PyrogramType, Update):
     """This object represents a message.
 
@@ -268,7 +295,7 @@ def __init__(
         edit_date: int = None,
         media_group_id: str = None,
         author_signature: str = None,
-        text: str = None,
+        text: Str = None,
         entities: List["pyrogram.MessageEntity"] = None,
         caption_entities: List["pyrogram.MessageEntity"] = None,
         audio: "pyrogram.Audio" = None,
@@ -280,7 +307,7 @@ def __init__(
         video: "pyrogram.Video" = None,
         voice: "pyrogram.Voice" = None,
         video_note: "pyrogram.VideoNote" = None,
-        caption: str = None,
+        caption: Str = None,
         contact: "pyrogram.Contact" = None,
         location: "pyrogram.Location" = None,
         venue: "pyrogram.Venue" = None,
@@ -2519,7 +2546,13 @@ def edit_reply_markup(self, reply_markup: "pyrogram.InlineKeyboardMarkup" = None
             reply_markup=reply_markup
         )
 
-    def forward(self, chat_id: int or str, disable_notification: bool = None) -> "Message":
+    def forward(
+        self,
+        chat_id: int or str,
+        disable_notification: bool = None,
+        as_copy: bool = False,
+        remove_caption: bool = False
+    ) -> "Message":
         """Bound method *forward* of :obj:`Message <pyrogram.Message>`.
 
         Use as a shortcut for:
@@ -2547,18 +2580,120 @@ def forward(self, chat_id: int or str, disable_notification: bool = None) -> "Me
                 Sends the message silently.
                 Users will receive a notification with no sound.
 
+            as_copy (``bool``, *optional*):
+                Pass True to forward messages without the forward header (i.e.: send a copy of the message content).
+                Defaults to False.
+
+            remove_caption (``bool``, *optional*):
+                If set to True and *as_copy* is enabled as well, media captions are not preserved when copying the
+                message. Has no effect if *as_copy* is not enabled.
+                Defaults to False.
+
         Returns:
             On success, the forwarded Message is returned.
 
         Raises:
             :class:`Error <pyrogram.Error>`
         """
-        return self._client.forward_messages(
-            chat_id=chat_id,
-            from_chat_id=self.chat.id,
-            message_ids=self.message_id,
-            disable_notification=disable_notification
-        )
+        if as_copy:
+            if self.service:
+                raise ValueError("Unable to copy service messages")
+
+            if self.game and not self._client.is_bot:
+                raise ValueError("Users cannot send messages with Game media type")
+
+            # TODO: Improve markdown parser. Currently html appears to be more stable, thus we use it here because users
+            #       can"t choose.
+
+            if self.text:
+                return self._client.send_message(
+                    chat_id,
+                    text=self.text.html,
+                    parse_mode="html",
+                    disable_web_page_preview=not self.web_page,
+                    disable_notification=disable_notification
+                )
+            elif self.media:
+                caption = self.caption.html if self.caption and not remove_caption else None
+
+                send_media = partial(
+                    self._client.send_cached_media,
+                    chat_id=chat_id,
+                    disable_notification=disable_notification
+                )
+
+                if self.photo:
+                    file_id = self.photo.sizes[-1].file_id
+                elif self.audio:
+                    file_id = self.audio.file_id
+                elif self.document:
+                    file_id = self.document.file_id
+                elif self.video:
+                    file_id = self.video.file_id
+                elif self.animation:
+                    file_id = self.animation.file_id
+                elif self.voice:
+                    file_id = self.voice.file_id
+                elif self.sticker:
+                    file_id = self.sticker.file_id
+                elif self.video_note:
+                    file_id = self.video_note.file_id
+                elif self.contact:
+                    return self._client.send_contact(
+                        chat_id,
+                        phone_number=self.contact.phone_number,
+                        first_name=self.contact.first_name,
+                        last_name=self.contact.last_name,
+                        vcard=self.contact.vcard,
+                        disable_notification=disable_notification
+                    )
+                elif self.location:
+                    return self._client.send_location(
+                        chat_id,
+                        latitude=self.location.latitude,
+                        longitude=self.location.longitude,
+                        disable_notification=disable_notification
+                    )
+                elif self.venue:
+                    return self._client.send_venue(
+                        chat_id,
+                        latitude=self.venue.location.latitude,
+                        longitude=self.venue.location.longitude,
+                        title=self.venue.title,
+                        address=self.venue.address,
+                        foursquare_id=self.venue.foursquare_id,
+                        foursquare_type=self.venue.foursquare_type,
+                        disable_notification=disable_notification
+                    )
+                elif self.poll:
+                    return self._client.send_poll(
+                        chat_id,
+                        question=self.poll.question,
+                        options=[opt.text for opt in self.poll.options],
+                        disable_notification=disable_notification
+                    )
+                elif self.game:
+                    return self._client.send_game(
+                        chat_id,
+                        game_short_name=self.game.short_name,
+                        disable_notification=disable_notification
+                    )
+                else:
+                    raise ValueError("Unknown media type")
+
+                if self.sticker or self.video_note:  # Sticker and VideoNote should have no caption
+                    return send_media(file_id)
+                else:
+                    return send_media(file_id=file_id, caption=caption, parse_mode=ParseMode.HTML)
+            else:
+                raise ValueError("Can't copy this message")
+        else:
+            return self._client.forward_messages(
+                chat_id=chat_id,
+                from_chat_id=self.chat.id,
+                message_ids=self.message_id,
+                disable_notification=disable_notification
+            )
 
     def delete(self, revoke: bool = True):
         """Bound method *delete* of :obj:`Message <pyrogram.Message>`.
@@ -2798,29 +2933,3 @@ def pin(self, disable_notification: bool = None) -> "Message":
             message_id=self.message_id,
             disable_notification=disable_notification
         )
-
-
-class Str(str):
-    def __init__(self, *args):
-        super().__init__()
-
-        self.client = None
-        self.entities = None
-
-    def init(self, client, entities):
-        self.client = client
-        self.entities = entities
-
-        return self
-
-    @property
-    def text(self):
-        return self
-
-    @property
-    def markdown(self):
-        return self.client.markdown.unparse(self, self.entities)
-
-    @property
-    def html(self):
-        return self.client.html.unparse(self, self.entities)