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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) and ...
Mirza Muhammad Rafi, Sauda (1713–1780) Siraj Aurangabadi, Siraj (1715–1763) Mohammad Meer Soz Dehlvi, Soz (1720-1799) Khwaja Mir Dard, Dard (1721–1785) Qayem Chandpuri, Muhammad Qyamuddin Ali Qayem (1722–1793) Mir Taqi Mir, Mir (1723–1810) Nazeer Akbarabadi, Nazeer (1740–1830) Qalandar Bakhsh Jurat, Jurat (1748–1810)
t. e. Faiz Ahmad Faiz MBE NI (Punjabi, Persian: فیض احمد فیض, Urdu: فیض احمد فیضpronounced [fɛːz ɛɦ.məd̪ fɛːz]; 13 February 1911 – 20 November 1984) [ 2 ] was a Pakistani poet and author of Punjabi and Urdu literature. Faiz was one of the most celebrated, popular, and influential Urdu writers of his time, and his ...
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).
According to a major Pakistani English-language newspaper, Altaf Hussain Hali and Maulana Shibli Nomani played key roles in rescuing Urdu language poetry in the 19th century, "Hali and Shibli rescued Urdu poetry. They re-conceived Urdu poetry and took it towards a transformation that was the need of the hour." [3] In the same above-mentioned ...
1905-1948. Genre. Nazm and Ghazal. Literary movement. Setting a new trend in Urdu poetry. Relatives. Hafiz Mehmood Sheerani (Father) Akhtar Sheerani (born Muhammad Davud Khan; 4 May 1905 – 9 September 1948; also spelled Sheerani or Sherani) was an Urdu poet. He was a romantic poet of the Urdu language.
Hafeez Jalandhari was unique in Urdu poetry for the enchanting melody of his voice and lilting rhythms of his songs and lyrics. His poetry generally dealt with romantic, religious, patriotic and natural themes. His language was a fine blend of Hindi and Urdu diction, reflecting the composite culture of South Asia. [3]
Aab-e hayat (Urdu: آبِ حیات, lit. water of life) is a commentary (or tazkira) on Urdu poetry written by Muhammad Husain Azad in 1880. [1] The book was described as "canon-forming" and "the most often reprinted, and most widely read, Urdu book of the past century." [1][2] The book is regarded as the first chronological history of Urdu poetry.