Khoja Mir Dard ( 1721 - 1785 ) - Indian poet , author of poems in Urdu, representative of the Delhi school, writer, philosopher , mystic since the fall of the Mughal empire .
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Life and work
He came from a family of Sufis. The son of Khoja Muhammad Nasyr Andalib, chairman of the Muhammad branch of the Mujadid branch of the Sufi order (tariqu) Naqshbandi . He received a home education: he knew Arabic and Persian, studied music, Sufi canons. In his youth he made a hajj to Mecca, hence he received an addition to the name of Hodge. In 1749, he inherited from his father the position of head of the Muhammadic Sufi movement in Delhi. As a result of the campaigns of Nadir Shah and Ahmad Shah, Abdali was forced to leave Delhi and move for some time to Lucknow , where he was engaged in philosophical work and composing verses.
Creativity
Mir Dard continued the line of those Urdu poets, whose work was felt both Muslim and Hindu traditions. Being a Sufi, he worshiped the Hindu goddess of eloquence - Saraswati, possessed not only Aruz, but also Indian poetry, in particular "Alancar" (poetic decoration), among which he preferred "slashing" (puns) and "yamak" (using one word) in different values). Most of Dard’s work was gazelles. According to the canon, a gazelle is a poem about unrequited love, and in earthly and mystical terms, pain, suffering and tears should sound in it. Hence the pseudonym "Dard", that is, pain.
Also, the asset of Mer Darda has a metaphysical work on the philosophy of Ilm-ul-Kitab, written in Persian. A collection of mystical aphorisms and sayings - “Chakhar Rizalat” was created in this language.
Notes
- ↑ Encyclopædia Universalis - Encyclopædia Britannica Inc. .
- ↑ 1 2 BNF identifier : Open Data Platform 2011.
Sources
- Homayra Ziad, "Poetry, Music and the MuHammadī Path: How Khvājah Mīr Dard Brought Three Worlds Together in Eighteenth-Century Delhi," Journal of Islamic Studies, 21.3 (2010), 345-376.
- Dard // Brief Literary Encyclopedia. T. 2. - 1964
- Ilm ul kitab
- Khwaja Mir Dard at Kavita Kosh (Hindi)
- Khwaja Mir Dard: Life and Ghazals
- http://www.urdustudies.com/pdf/20/10Ziad.pdf