Khwaja Haider Ali Aatish (1764
–1846) of
Lucknow
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was an
Urdu poet
Urdu poetry ( ur, ) is a tradition of poetry and has many different forms. Today, it is an important part of the cultures of South Asia. According to Naseer Turabi there are five major poets of Urdu which are Mir Taqi Mir (d.1810), Mirza Ghali ...
. Khwaja Haider Ali Aatish Lakhnawi is one of the giants of
Urdu literature
Urdu literature ( ur, , ) is literature in the Urdu language. While it tends to be dominated by poetry, especially the verse forms of the ''ghazal '' غزل and ''nazm '' نظم, it has expanded into other styles of writing, including that of t ...
. Aatish and Imam
Baksh Nasikh
Imam Baksh Nasikh ( ur, ; 1776-1839) was an Urdu poet of the Mughal era who has been noted for his role in promoting Lucknow as a centre of poetry and innovation. He first succeeded in gaining the patronage of Meer Kazim Ali whose property he i ...
were contemporary poets whose rivalry is well known. Both had hundreds of disciples. The era of Aatish-Nasikh was a golden era for
Urdu poetry
Urdu poetry ( ur, ) is a tradition of poetry and has many different forms. Today, it is an important part of the cultures of South Asia. According to Naseer Turabi there are five major poets of Urdu which are Mir Taqi Mir (d.1810), Mirza Ghalib ...
in Lucknow. Aatish is mostly known for his
ghazal
The ''ghazal'' ( ar, غَزَل, bn, গজল, Hindi-Urdu: /, fa, غزل, az, qəzəl, tr, gazel, tm, gazal, uz, gʻazal, gu, ગઝલ) is a form of amatory poem or ode, originating in Arabic poetry. A ghazal may be understood as a ...
s, and for his amazing and different style of poetry.
Life
His ancestors had moved from Delhi to Lucknow. His focus on subjective experience, examining how people retain dignity in suffering, set him apart from other Luckhnavi
ghazal
The ''ghazal'' ( ar, غَزَل, bn, গজল, Hindi-Urdu: /, fa, غزل, az, qəzəl, tr, gazel, tm, gazal, uz, gʻazal, gu, ગઝલ) is a form of amatory poem or ode, originating in Arabic poetry. A ghazal may be understood as a ...
writers like Nasikh, who emphasised the
technical aspects of Ghazal writing. He also wrote poems in the
Khamariyyat tradition, to protest the ills of the feudal society.
It is also said that Aatish belonged to Faizabad, his father had died early during his childhood, but his deep instinctive taste of poetry gave Aatish easy access to the court of Nawab Mohammed Taqi Khan Taraqqi who took him to Lucknow. In Lucknow he became a disciple of Mushafi, an important poet of the Lucknow school. Soon after the death of Nasikh, Aatish stopped writing poetry. Some critics rank him after
Mir
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and
Ghalib
Mirza Beg Asadullah Khan (Urdu, fa, مرزا بیگ اسد اللہ خان; 27 December 1797 – 15 February 1869) also known as Mirza Ghalib (Urdu, fa}) was an Urdu and Persian language, Persian shayar (poet), poet of the 19th century Mughal Em ...
.
Pandit Dayashankar Nasim was a student of Aatish.
Works
*''Kulliyat-e-Khwaja Haider Ali Atish''
*''Deewan-e-Aatish''
See also
*
List of Urdu poets
The following is a List of Urdu-language poets.
13th century
15th century
16th century
17th century
18th century
* Mirza Muhammad Rafi, ''Sauda'' (1713–1780)
* Siraj Aurangabadi, ''Siraj'' (1715–1763)
*Mohammad Meer Soz Dehlvi, '' ...
References
Further reading
Ghazal in Urdu, Hindi and Roman scripts
External links
Khwaja Haidar Ali Atish at Kavita Kosh(Hindi font)
Khwaja Haidar Ali Atish PoetryRead Khwaja Haidar Ali Atish at Jakhira.com in Hindi font * http://www.bestghazals.net/2007/01/ye-aarzoo-thi-tujhe-gul-ke-rubaru-karte.html
1764 births
1846 deaths
Indian poets
18th-century Indian Muslims
19th-century Indian Muslims
18th-century Indian poets
19th-century Indian poets
Urdu-language poets from India
Urdu-language writers from Mughal India
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