Shad Azimabadi

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]

Shad Azimabadi
Born
Syed Ali Mohammad

8 January 1846
Azimabad, Patna, Bihar
Died7 January 1927
Patna, Bihar
Other namesShaad
TitleKhan Bahadur
Parent
  • Syed Tafazzul Hussain (father)
RelativesShahnaz Fatmi (granddaughter)

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]

Life and career

Shad Azimabadi was born in 1846 in his maternal grandparent's house. His family was very wealthy and held a respectable position within the high-society of Patna.

Shad Azimabadi showed an interest in poetry from a young age. He was taught Arabic, Persian and Urdu during his school years and received poetic instruction from a number of famous poets of his age including Shah Ulfat Hussain Faryaad who some consider his preceptor. His poetic work was published in five volumes.[14]

Bismil Azimabadi was disciple of Shad Azimabadi.[15] Azimabadi's granddaughter Shahnaz Fatmi is also a writer.

Attitudes towards Urdu

Azimabadi took a conservative approach towards the Urdu language, which he viewed as only in the purview of the upper classes.[13] His attitude brought him into conflict with the Urdu newspaper, Al Punch as the newspaper gave space for common people to speak and write in Urdu which went against his view that only ashraf were the rightful speakers of Urdu.[13]

References
  1. "Life and death". Hindustan Times. 1 April 2013. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  2. "शाद अज़ीमाबादी के 10 मशहूर शेर..." Amar Ujala. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  3. "उर्दू के मशहूर शायर झाद अजीमाबादी की 91वीं पुण्यतिथि पर मजार पर चादरपोशी". punjabkesari. 11 January 2019. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  4. "Shad Azimabadi – Profile & Biography". Rekhta. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  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. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  10. admin (8 January 2019). "'गालिब की टक्कर के शायर थे शाद अज़ीमाबादी'". हिंदी हैं हम. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  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.
  13. Paiker, Ufaque (2022). "Remembering Malan: reading representations of domestic servants in colonial Bihar". South Asian History and Culture: 498–513.
  14. Kanda, K.C (1995). Urdu Ghazals: An Anthology, from 16th to 20th Century. Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. Copyright. pp. 208–209. ISBN 9788120718265.
  15. "तमन्नाओं में उलझाया गया हूं...जानिए मशहूर शायर शाद अजीमाबादी को". Dainik Jagran (in Hindi). Retrieved 26 October 2022.
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