Mir Ghulam Hasan, known simply as Mīr Ḥasan or Mir Hasan Dehlavi, was an biographer, critic, and Urdu poet.
Mir Ghulam Hasan | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1736 Delhi |
| Died | 1786 (aged 49–50) Lucknow |
| Pen name | Hasan |
| Language | Urdu, Persian |
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
editMir 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
editFurther reading
edit- 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
edit- Sāḥil Aḥmad (1997). Mīr Ḥasan kī g̲h̲azal go'ī (in Urdu). Allahabad.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|agency=ignored (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - 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.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|agency=ignored (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - 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.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|agency=ignored (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Raz̤iyah Sult̤ānah (1964). Mas̲navī siḥr al-bayān, Ek tahz̲ībī mut̤āla'ah (in Urdu).
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References
edit- ^ Bruce, Gregory Maxwell (1 December 2019). "Ḥasan, Mīr Ghulām". Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE.
- ^ a b c d Saksena, Ram Babu. A History of Urdu Literature. pp. 67–70.
- ^ "Tomb to tomb, dawn to dusk". The Hindu. 28 October 2012. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
- ^ Haywood, J. A. (24 April 2012). "Ḥasan, Mīr G̲h̲ulām". Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition.
- ^ Islam & Russell 1990, p. 69.
- ^ 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) - ^ 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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