Mir Hasan (poet)

Mir Ghulam Hasan
Born1736 (1736)
Delhi
Died1786 (aged 49–50)
Lucknow
Pen nameHasan
LanguageUrdu, Persian

Mir Ghulam Hasan, known simply as Mīr Ḥasan or Mir Hasan Dehlavi, was an biographer, critic, and Urdu poet.

He is known for his masnavis, the most famous being Sihar-ul-Bayan.[1] Other notable works include a diwan of ghazals and Tazkira-i-Shora-i-Urdu, a tazkira of Urdu poets, written in Persian.[2]

Biography

Mir Hasan's ancestors were Sayyids who belonged to Herat. His great grandfather Mir Imami migrated to India.[2]

Mir Hasan was born in Delhi. His father, Mir Zahik, was a poet.[3] Mir Hasan was educated in Urdu and Persian, and studied poetry as a child, submitting his poems to Khwaja Mir Dard for correction. After the invasion of India 1739 by Nader Shah, his father emigrated to Faizabad, the capital of Oudh. [4][5]

When the capital of Awadh was changed to Lucknow, Mir Hasan also settled there. He died in Lucknow after a period of illness.[2] He left behind four sons, three of whom were poets themselves.[2]

Notable works

  • Dīvān-i Mīr Ḥasan,[6] A diwan of ghazals
  • Eleven masnavis, of which Sihar-ul-Bayan is the most famous.
  • Tazkira-i-Shora-i-Urdu,[7] a tazkira of Urdu poets, written in Persian

Further reading

  • Faruqi, Mahmood (1953). میر حسن اور خاندان کے دوسرے شعرا. Lahore: Maktaba-i-Jadid.
  • Islam, Khurshidul; Russell, Ralph (1990). Three Mughal Poets: Mir, Sauda, Mir Hasan. Oxford University Press.
  • Nazmi, Mehdi (1986). مثنوی سحر البیان نیا عکس نیا آئینہ (in Urdu). New Delhi: Abu Talib Academy.

Bibliography

  • Sāḥil Aḥmad (1997). Mīr Ḥasan kī g̲h̲azal go'ī (in Urdu). Allahabad: Urdū Rā'iṭars Gilḍ.
  • Mahmud Faruqi (1953). Mir Hasan aur Khandan ke Dusre Shuara (in Urdu). Lahore.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Faz̤lulḥaq (1973). Mīr Ḥasan: ḥayāt aur adabī k̲h̲idmāt (in Urdu).
  • Muḥammad Iḥsānulḥaq (1979). Mīr Ḥasan, 'ahd aur fann (in Urdu). Lāhaur: Sang-i Mīl Pablīkeshanz.
  • Ralph Russel (1968). Khurshid ul-Islam. Cambridge.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Ralph Russell (1968). Three Mughal poets; Mir, Sauda, Mir Hasan. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
  • Raz̤iyah Sult̤ānah (1964). Mas̲navī siḥr al-bayān, Ek tahz̲ībī mut̤āla'ah (in Urdu). Kitāb Bhavan.

References

  1. ^ Bruce, Gregory Maxwell (1 December 2019). "Ḥasan, Mīr Ghulām". Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE.
  2. ^ a b c d Saksena, Ram Babu. A History of Urdu Literature. pp. 67–70.
  3. ^ "Tomb to tomb, dawn to dusk". The Hindu. 28 October 2012. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  4. ^ Haywood, J. A. (24 April 2012). "Ḥasan, Mīr G̲h̲ulām". Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition.
  5. ^ Islam & Russell 1990, p. 69.
  6. ^ Ḥasan, Mīr; cent, 18th (1 January 1912). "Dīvān-i Mīr Ḥasan: Naval Kishore Press" (in Urdu). Munshī Naval Kishor. JSTOR saoa.crl.25235828. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ Bailey, T. Grahame (1 February 1930). "Taẕkira i Shu'arā e Urdū. By Mīr Ḥasan. Edited by Muḥammad Habīr Ur Rahmān Sharvānī. 8 X 5, pp. 226. Aligarh". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. 5 (4): 928. doi:10.1017/S0041977X00090716. ISSN 1474-0699. S2CID 178364227.
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