Nassakh

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Persian poets.[2] He organised mushaira in places where he worked; inspiring young Urdu poets in Bengal.[1]

Early life

Abdul Ghafur was born on 11 February 1834 to the

Mughal Bengal.[4][5]

Career

Abdul Ghafur joined as deputy magistrate in the British Indian government. He served as deputy collector in many places in the

Backergunge from 1860 to 1888.[1] In 1868, Elayechiram Talib of Jalalabad, Amritsar migrated to Bakerganj (Barisal) to become a student of Nassakh, who would suggest edits to Talib's poetry. Talib would also write poetry in praise of his teacher Nassakh.[6]

Literary career

Abdul Ghafur mainly wrote poetry in

Persian. Apart from Bengali, Urdu and Persian, he also knew English, Arabic and Hindi.[1]

Among his Urdu poetry are Daftar-e-Bemisal (1869), Armugan (1875), Armugani (1884). Daftar-e-Bemisal was praised by Ghalib. In Sukhan-e-Shuara (1874) and Tazkiratul Muasirin he introduced Urdu and Persian poets. He translated Persian poet Fariduddin Attar's Pand Name into Urdu under the title of Chashma-e-Faez in 1874. Ganj-e-Tawarikh (1873) and Kanz-e-Tawarikh (1877) were pieces of poetry which contained biographies of great Islamic personalities. Ashar-e-Nassakh (1866) is also one of his works on poetry. His Intikhab-e-Nakam (1879) was a critique on the marsiya poetry of Mir Anees and Mirza Dabeer. Nassakh also wrote Mazhab-e-Muamma (1888) which contained his own works of Persian poetry.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^
    OL 30677644M
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  2. Rekhta Foundation
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  3. OL 30677644M
    . Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  4. ^ Islam, K. Z. (2012-07-11). "Nawab Bahadur Abdul Latif". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  5. ISBN 978-1-84774-052-6
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  6. ^ Mohammad Saif Uddin (1990). Saikat Asghar (ed.). বাকেরগঞ্জ জেলার ইতিহাস [History of Bakerganj District] (in Bengali). Bakerganj Zelar Itihash Prokolpo. p. 677.
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