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Khwaja Hafiz recites his poetry in the 17th century. The Urdu ghazal is a literary form of the ghazal-poetry unique to the Indian subcontinent, written in the Urdu standard of the Hindostani language. It is commonly asserted that the ghazal spread to South Asia from the influence of Sufi mystics in the Delhi Sultanate. [1]
Ghulam Hamdani Mushafi, the poet first believed to have coined the name "Urdu" around 1780 AD for a language that went by a multiplicity of names before his time. [1] Mirza Muhammad Rafi, Sauda (1713–1780) Siraj Aurangabadi, Siraj (1715–1763) Mohammad Meer Soz Dehlvi, Soz (1720-1799) Khwaja Mir Dard, Dard (1721–1785)
Ada Jafarey's works are mostly Ghazals, [5] but she also experimented with āzād naz̤m, [e] [28] as well as Urdu Haiku. [5] She had mastered both genres of Urdu poetry, naz̤m and ghazal. [7] In her ghazals, she took the pen name, Adā. [f] She has also written a few maẓāmīn. [g] [5]
Urdu literature (Urdu: ادبیاتِ اُردُو, “Adbiyāt-i Urdū”) comprises the literary works, written in the Urdu language.While it tends to be dominated by poetry, especially the verse forms of the ghazal (غزل) and nazm (نظم), it has expanded into other styles of writing, including that of the short story, or afsana (افسانہ).
Urdu poetry (Urdu: اُردُو شاعرى Urdū šāʿirī) is a tradition of poetry and has many different forms. Today, it is an important part of the culture of India and Pakistan . According to Naseer Turabi, there are five major poets of Urdu: Mir Taqi Mir (d. 1810), Mirza Ghalib (d. 1869), Mir Anees (d. 1874), Muhammad Iqbal (d. 1938 ...
Amir Khusro (1253–1325) composed the first ghazal in Urdu, titled ze-hāl-e-miskīñ. [2] He wrote in Persian and Rekhta (initial form of Urdu). Mirza Ghalib is considered one of the leading literary authority on Urdu poetry. [3] He lived in Delhi [4] and died in 1869. The literal meaning of shayar (shaa'ir) is poet. [5]
Her first language was Urdu, and she was also fluent in Arabic, Persian and Bhojpuri languages. [4]: 118 & 123 She was the first woman poet to author a diwan, a complete collection of Urdu ghazals. The collection, named Gulzar-e-Mahlaqa, comprises 39 ghazals, and each ghazal consists of 5 couplets. The collection was published in 1824 after her ...
Qamar Jalalvi is regarded as one of the best classical Urdu Ghazal poets. His ghazal poetry has a unique simplicity of expression. A poet from the age of eight, Qamar Jalalvi's writing had become quite popular by the time he was in his 20s. He lived a life of financial hardship, working for many years at bicycle repair shops.