Dagh dehlvi biography
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Daagh Dehlvi
Indian poet ()
Nawab Mirza Khan Daagh Dehlvi (Urdu: نواب مرزا خان داغ دہلوی, 25 May &#;– 17 March ) was a poet known for his Urdughazals. He belonged to the old Delhi school of Urdu poetry.[2][3][4]
He wrote romantic and sensuous poems and ghazals in simple and chaste Urdu, minimising usage of Persian words. He laid great emphasis on the Urdu idiom and its usage. He wrote under the takhallus (Urdu word for pen name) Daagh Dehlvi (the meanings of Daagh, an Urdu noun, include stain, grief and taint while Dehlvi means belonging to or from Dehli or Delhi). He belonged to the Delhi school of thought.[2]
His honorificDabeer ud Dawla, Faseeh ul Mulk, Nawab Nizam Jang Bahadur, Sipah Salar, Yar-e-Wafadar, Muqrib-us-Sultan, Bulbul-e-Hindustan, Jahan Ustad, Nazim Yar Jung, were the titles bestowed upon him by the sixth Nizam of HyderabadMir Mahbub Ali Khan.[2]
Daagh was considered one of the best romantic p
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The Urdu Poet Dagh Dehlevi & His Three More Famous Pupils Iqbal, Seemab & Jigar: Lives & Selected Poems (Ghazals) (Paperback)
By Paul Smith (Translator), Dagh Dehlevi
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THE URDU POET DAGH DEHLEVI & HIS THREE MORE FAMOUS PUPILS: IQBAL, SEEMAB & JIGAR Lives & Selected Poems( Ghazals) Translation & Introduction Paul Smith Dagh Dehlevi was born in Delhi in He is considered the last great poet of the Mughal period of Urdu poetry. His takhallus or pen-name of Dagh means 'scar'. Ghalib was a relation of his and he could also seek advice from him on his poetry. His fame as a fine poet in Delhi soon came and he was loved for his simple style and his naturalism and the musical nature of his work. Like his pupils Iqbal, Seemab and Jigar, many of his poems have a strong Sufi influence. Dagh married and had children but he was occasionally
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Daagh Dehlvi was the nom-de-plume used by a famous 19th century Indian poet of the old Delhi school, who specialised in ghazals written in the Urdu language. The Persian language was still much in use at the time but Daagh concentrated on Urdu idioms and words, writing in an often sensuous and romantic style. His work was widely popular during his lifetime, with his simple, often flippant style, appealing to people of all classes and backgrounds.
He was born Nawab Mirza Khan on the 25th May in Delhi. His father was an important man, the Nawab Shamsuddin Ahmed Khan, who was the ruler of Lotharu and Ferozepur Jhirka. Tragically the Nawab was implicated in the murder of a British civil servant and was hanged for the crime when his son was only four years old. His mother was in great demand though and her second husband was the Mughal crown prince, Mirza Muhammad Fakhroo. Daagh therefore grew up in an extremely privileged environment at the Red Fort, receiving the best education