Nawab Mirza Khan Daagh Dehlvi ( ur, , 25 May 1831 – 17 March 1905) was a

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known for his

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s''. He belonged to the old

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school of

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.Flashback: Remembering a Mughal city
Dawn (newspaper), Published 15 January 2012, Retrieved 17 May 2018 He wrote romantic and sensuous poems and ''ghazals'' in simple and chaste Urdu, minimising usage of

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words. He laid great emphasis on the Urdu

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and its usage. He wrote under the ''takhallus'' (Urdu word for

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) ''Daagh Dehlvi'' (the meanings of ''Daagh'', an Urdu noun, include stain, grief and taint while ''Dehlvi'' means belonging to or from Dehli or Delhi). He belonged to the ''Delhi school of thought''. His

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''Dabeer ud Dawla, Faseeh ul Mulk, Nawab Nizam Jang Bahadur, Sipah Salar, Yar-e-Wafadar, Muqrib-us-Sultan, Bulbul-e-Hindustan, Jahan Ustad, Nazim Yar Jung'', were the titles bestowed upon him by the sixth

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Mir Mahbub Ali Khan Asaf Jah VI, also known as, Sir Mir Mahboob Ali Khan Siddiqi Bayafandi (17 August 1866 – 29 August 1911) was the 6th Nizam of Hyderabad. He ruled Hyderabad state, one of the Princely states in India between 1869 and 1911. Early life Mahboo ...

. Daagh was considered one of the best romantic poets of his time by some commentators.

Life

Early life

Dehlvi was born in ''Kucha Ustad Dagh'',

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to Nawab Shamsuddin Ahmed Khan, the ruler of Loharu and

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and

Wazir Khanum Nawab Mirza Khan Daagh Dehlvi ( ur, , 25 May 1831 – 17 March 1905) was a poet known for his Urdu '' ghazals''. He belonged to the old Delhi school of Urdu poetry.

, daughter of a Delhi jeweller. Dehlvi's father was hanged under charges of conspiracy in the murder of

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. Dehlvi at the age of four and his mother at age thirty four, the most sought after lady, wooed and remarried the Mughal

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Mirza Muhammad Fakhroo Shahzada Mirza Fath-ul-Mulk Bahadur also known as Mirza Fakhru ( 1816 or 1818 – 10 July 1856) was the last Crown Prince of the Mughal Empire. Biography A senior Prince of the Mughal Royal Family, he was the son of Bahadur Shah Zafar, the la ...

, an heir to the last Mughal

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. Hence, Dehlvi had the privileged education at the

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, There he received best of education and was later under tutelage of poet laureate,

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. Later, he also took advise from

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on finer nuances of Urdu literature and poetry. He was also trained in

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and

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Literary life

Dehlvi belonged to the ''Dabistan-e-Dehli'' (Dehli school of thought) and never allowed western influences on his poetry. He started reciting poetry at the age of ten and his forte was the romantic version, the ''ghazal''. He became popular for his poetry. Unlike the elitist style by the poets of the time, his style was simple and was well received by both, the common man and the elite. After Fakhroo's death in 1856, Dehlvi along with his mother left Delhi after facing turbulent times, for

Rampur State Rampur State was a 15 gun-salute princely state of British India. It came into existence on 7 October 1774 as a result of a treaty with Oudh. Following independence in 1947, Rampur State and other princely states of the area, such as Bena ...

and came under the aegis of Nawab of Rampur, Yusuf Ali Khan Bahadur. He went into government service there and lived well for 24 years.

Later life in Hyderabad Deccan

Dehlvi stayed in Hyderabad in 1888 for several months. He left Hyderabad after not being invited to the court by the

Mahbub Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VI Asaf Jah VI, also known as, Sir Mir Mahboob Ali Khan Siddiqi Bayafandi (17 August 1866 – 29 August 1911) was the 6th Nizam of Hyderabad. He ruled Hyderabad state, one of the Princely states in India between 1869 and 1911. Early life Mahbo ...

's court, as access to his court was very limited. He then was invited immediately and was appointed as the

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and mentor, in 1891, to the Sixth

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, at the age of 60.Profile of Dagh Dehlvi on urdupoetry.com website
Published 28 August 2001, Retrieved 17 May 2018 Contrary to the impression one gets from his poetry, he did not drink wine and shunned it. His couplet on Urdu language was:

Death

He died in 1905 at the age of 74 in Hyderabad Deccan after a paralytic stroke. He was buried at

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Disciples

Dehlvi's students included

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(1859-1908),

Jigar Moradabadi Ali Sikandar (6 April 1890 – 9 September 1960), known by his pen name as Jigar Moradabadi, was an Indian Urdu poet and ''ghazal'' writer. He received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1958 for his poetry collection "Atish-e-Gul", and was the secon ...

(1890 – 1960),

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', referring to

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and Bekhud Dehlvi.

Popular ghazal songs

His selected ''ghazals'' are rendered by contemporary ''ghazal'' singers,

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, Noor Jahan, Ghulam Ali,

Adithya Srinivasan Adithya Srinivasan is an Indian singer. He is best known for his award winning ghazals, and international singles in classical, pop, and world music genres. His notable performances include sharing stage space with Hariharan and opening for Gh ...

Malika Pukhraj Malika Pukhraj ( Punjabi, ur, ملكہ پکھراج ) (1912 – 2004) was a highly popular Ghazal and folk singer of Pakistan. She was generally known as "Malika", meaning "The Queen", publicly. She was extremely popular for her rendition ...

Mehdi Hassan Mehdi Hassan Khan ( ur, مہدی حسن خاں , translit=) 18 July 1927 – 13 June 2012) was a Pakistani ghazal singer and playback singer for Lollywood. Widely considered one of the greatest and most influential figures in the history of gh ...

Abida Parveen Abida Parveen (Urdu, sd, ; born 20 February 1954) is a Pakistani singer, composer and musician of Sufi music. She is also a painter and entrepreneur. Parveen is one of the highest paid singers in Pakistan. Her singing and music has earned he ...

Begum Akhtar Akhtari Bai Faizabadi (7 October 1914 – 30 October 1974), also known as Begum Akhtar, was an Indian singer and actress. Dubbed "Mallika-e-Ghazal" (Queen of Ghazals), she is regarded as one of the greatest singers of ghazal, dadra, and thumr ...

Pankaj Udhas Pankaj Udhas (born 17 May 1951) is an Indian ghazal and playback singer. He started his career with a release of a ghazal album titled ''Aahat'' in 1980 and subsequently recorded many hits like ''Mukarar'' in 1981, ''Tarrannum'' in 1982, ''Mehf ...

and

Farida Khanum Farida Khanum (Urdu language, Urdu: ) is a Pakistani Music of Pakistan#Classical music, classical singer from the city of Kolkata West Bengal, India, West Bengal. She is also known by her honorific title ''Malika-e-Ghazal'' (The Queen of Ghazal) ...

.Profile of Daagh Dehlvi on urduadab.com website
Retrieved 17 May 2018

Bibliography

His work consists of four volumes, consisting of 16,000

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and a

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. The last two volumes he wrote when he was in Hyderabad. * ''Gulzar-e-Daagh'' (1878) * ''Masnavi Fariyad-e-Daagh'' (1882) * ''Aftab-e-Daagh'' (1885) * ''Mahtab-e-Daagh'' (1893) * ''Yaadgar-e-Daagh'' (posthumous, 1905) * ''Diwan e Daagh'' * ''Intikhab-e-Kalam Daagh'' (edited by Moinuddin Aqeel)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Daagh Dehlvi Indian male poets Urdu-language poets from India 19th-century Indian Muslims Poets from Delhi People from Rampur, Uttar Pradesh 1905 deaths 1831 births Writers from Hyderabad, India 19th-century Indian poets 19th-century Indian male writers