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Pakistani surnames are divided into three categories: Islamic naming convention, cultural names and ancestral names. In Pakistan a person is either referred by his or her Islamic name or from tribe name (if it is specified), respectively.
Pages in category "Urdu-language surnames" The following 49 pages are in this category, out of 49 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Abid; Ahmad;
Shah is a popular surname in India, Nepal, Bangladesh, and Pakistan. [ 1 ] Shah ( / ʃ ɑː / ; Persian : شاه , romanized : Šāh , pronounced [ʃɒːh] , 'king') is a title given to the emperors, kings, princes and lords of Iran (historically known as Persia in the West ). [ 2 ]
Shaikh Zahuruddin Hatim also known by the pen names of Shah Hatim or Hatim was an Urdu poet and an early exponent of the Delhi school of Urdu poetry. He lived in Delhi during the reign of Muhammad Shah .
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)
The Shahr Ashob (Persian: شهر آشوب; literary written as Shahr-e-Ashob (lit. 'The city's misfortune' [1]), sometimes spelled Shahar-i-Ashob, is an ancient Urdu poetic genre in South Asia with its roots in lamented classical Urdu poetry.
Although Dabeer's poetic expression found expression in the genre of marsiya but he made use of other forms of Urdu poetry, viz., salaam and rubai, he seldom wrote ghazals too. A couplet from one of his salaams is a clear example of his genius comparable to Ghalib: Hurr fida pyaasa jo Shah par ho gaya Ai salami, qatra tha samandar ho gaya! Meaning:
The language of Urdu reached its pinnacle under the British Raj, and it received official status. All famous writers of Urdu language including Ghalib and Iqbal were given British scholarships. [1] Following the Partition of India in 1947, it found major poets and scholars were divided along the nationalistic lines. However, Urdu poetry is ...