Shad Azimabadi

Shad Azimabadi
Born
Syed Ali Mohammad

(1846-01-08)8 January 1846
Azimabad, Patna, Bihar
Died7 January 1927(1927-01-07) (aged 80)
Patna, Bihar
Other namesShad
TitleKhan Bahadur
FatherSyed Tafazzul Hussain
RelativesShahnaz Fatmi (granddaughter)

Shad Azimabadi (8 Jan 1846 – 7 Jan 1927)[1][2][3] was an Indian poet and writer from Azimabad, Patna, Bihar.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10]

He studied not only his own faith, Islam, but also Hinduism and Christianity. He excelled in ghazal and marsiya compositions.[11] Urdu scholar, Ali Jawad Zaidi has described him as "a saviour of the ghazal by imparting it with a new mellowness stimulating perception and lyrical realism".[12] Due to his social standing as a laureate, he held several administrative posts in Patna including as a Honorary Magistrate and also as Municipal Commissioner of Patna.[13]

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  3. ^ "उर्दू के मशहूर शायर झाद अजीमाबादी की 91वीं पुण्यतिथि पर मजार पर चादरपोशी". punjabkesari. 11 January 2019. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
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  5. ^ "शाद अज़ीमाबादी: ज़िंदगी की दुश्वारियों से मोहब्बत करने वाला शायर". Amar Ujala (in Hindi). Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  6. ^ "Shad Azimabadi Two Lines Urdu Poetry – Best Shad Azimabadi Urdu 2 Line Shayari Collection". UrduPoint. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  7. ^ "ग़ालिब की टक्कर का शायर शाद अज़ीमाबादी". Jakhira. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  8. ^ TwoCircles.net (9 January 2008). "Bihar remembers Shad Azimabadi". TwoCircles.net. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  9. ^ "मंत्री नीरज कुमार ने शायर शाद अजीमाबादी के मजार पर की चादरपोशी". ETV Bharat News. 7 January 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
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  11. ^ Mukherjee, Sujit (1998). A Dictionary of Indian Literature: Beginnings-1850. Orient Blackswan. p. 357. ISBN 9788125014539.
  12. ^ Ali Jawad, Zaidi (1993). A History of Urdu Literature. Sahitya Akademi. pp. 333–336. ISBN 978-81-7201-291-5.
  13. ^ Paiker, Ufaque (2022). "Remembering Malan: reading representations of domestic servants in colonial Bihar". South Asian History and Culture. 13 (4): 498–513. doi:10.1080/19472498.2022.2120245.