Peerzada Ghulam Ahmad Mahjoor | |
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 Ghulam Ahmad Mahjoor on a 2013 stamp of India | |
| Native name | مَہجوٗر |
| Born | 11 August 1885 Mitrigam, Kashmir and Jammu |
| Died | 9 April 1952 (aged 66) Mitrigam, India Administered Jammu and Kashmir |
| Resting place | Mitrigam (exhumed) then Athwajan, Jammu–Srinagar National Highway, Kashmir |
| Pen name | Mahjoor |
| Occupation | Regional administrator, Poet |
| Notable works | Poshe-mati – Janano,[1] Bage Nishat Ke Gulo,[1] Sahibo sath cham |
Peerzada Ghulam Ahmad (August 1885 − 9 April 1952), known by his pen name as Mahjoor, was a poet of the Kashmir Valley, along with contemporaries, Zinda Kaul, Abdul Ahad Azad, and Dinanath Nadim.[2][3][4] He is especially noted for introducing a new style into Kashmiri poetry and for expanding Kashmiri poetry into previously unexplored thematic realms.[5] Mahjoor is recognized as father of Kashmiri language.
- ^ a b "Wordsworth of Kashmir". Merinews. Retrieved 25 March 2007.
- ^ Poetry and renaissance: Kumaran Asan birth centenary volume. Sameeksha. 1974. Retrieved 25 March 2007.
It is at this stage that the poet Mahjoor swam into the poetical firmament to redeem Kashmiri poetry from this plight. His contribution and that of other major poets of the modern era like Zinda Kaul, Abdul Ahad Azad, Dina Nath Nadim
- ^ Kashmir panorama. Raj Publications. 1997. ISBN 9788186208076. Retrieved 25 March 2007.
Famous writers of this era were: Pirzada Ghulam Ahmad 'Mahjoor' (Poet), Abdul Ahad Azad and Master Zinda Koul.
- ^ A History of Indian Literature 1911–1956. Sahitya Akademi. 2005. ISBN 9788172017989. Retrieved 25 March 2007.
The literary figures who dominated Kashmiri in this period are Zinda Kaul (1884–1965), the universally respected poet of the Bhakti tradition; AA. Azad (1903–68), Dinanath Nadim (1916–88) and of course Mahjoor (1885–1952), who broke the long monotony of mystic poets with a distinctly new personal voice and at the same time created a body of poetry of public protest.
- ^ "Selections from Mahjoor's Kashmiri Poems". Kashmiri Overseas Association U.S.A. 2007. Retrieved 12 December 2007.