Baksh Nasikh
Pen name | Naskih |
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Occupation | Urdu poet |
Nationality | Indian subcontinent |
Period | Mughal era |
Genre | Ghazal |
Subject | Love, Philosophy |
Khuda-e-Sukhan Mir Taqi Mir (Urdu: امام بخش ناسخ) (born 1776 - died 1838)
Early life
Born in Faizabad, India, ruled by the Mughals at the time. He left for Lucknow, at the age of 11, following his father's death. His philosophy of life was formed primarily from his father, whose emphasis on the importance of love and the value of compassion remained with him through his life and imbued his poetry.
Literary life
Nasikh's literary reputation is anchored on his ghazals.
After his move to Lucknow, his beloved daughter died, followed by his son, and then his wife. This, together with other earlier setbacks (including his traumatic stages in Delhi) lends a strong pathos to much of his writing - and indeed Mir is noted for his poetry of pathos and melancholy.
What Mir was practicing was probably the “Malamati” or “Blameworthy” aspect of the Sufi tradition. Using this technique, a person ascribes to oneself an unconventional aspect of a person or society, and then plays out its results, either in action or in verse. He was a prolific writer. His complete works, Kulliaat, consist of 6 dewans, containing 13,585 couplets comprising all kinds of poetic forms: ghazal, masnavi, qasida, rubai, mustezaad, satire, etc.
Faith
Major Works
- "Nukat-us-Shura" Description about urdu poets of his time
- "Faiz-e-Mir" Collection of five stories about beggars, said to have been written for the education of his son Mir Faiz Ali.[1]
- "Zikr-e-Mir" Autobiography written in Persian language.
- "Kulliyat-e-Farsi" Collection of poems in Persian language
- "Kulliyat-e-Mir" Collection of urdu poetry consisting of six diwans (volumes).
Famous Couplets
Some of his impeccable couplets are:
Mir Taqi Mir in fiction
Khushwant Singh's famous novel Delhi: A Novel gives very interesting details about the fictional life and adventures of the great poet. His fictional memoirs and confessions, especially those about his illicit relations with elite women, mainly with the wife of the aristocrat Rias Khan who employed him as tutor to teach his children, are not only very entertaining but also provide a lot of insight into his mind and heart.
References
- ^ Foreword by Dr. Masihuzzaman in Kulliyat-e-Mir Vol-2, Published by Ramnarianlal Prahladdas, Allahabad, India.
Further Reading
- C. M. Naim. Zikr-i-Mir, The Autobiography of the Eighteenth Century Mughal Poet: Mir Muhammad Taqi Mir(1723-1810), Translated, annotated and with an introduction by C. M. Naim, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1999.
- Anna Suvorova. Masnavi: A Study of Urdu Romance. Karachi: OUP, 2000 (about love poems of Mir)
See also
External links
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- The Meer Pages
- Mir Taqi Mir at Kavita Kosh
- Dewaan-e-Meer (Online)
- A Garden of Kashmir: the Ghazals of Mir Taqi Mir (maintained by Frances W. Pritchett)