poets – Rana Safvi https://ranasafvi.com A blog exploring India's Ganga Jamuni Tehzeeb or its rich multi plural multi cultural heritage via its adab, tehzeeb & tareekh Sat, 24 Oct 2020 04:29:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://ranasafvi.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/image-7-75x75.jpg poets – Rana Safvi https://ranasafvi.com 32 32 179612229 Poets in the Court of Bahadur Shah Zafar https://ranasafvi.com/poets-in-the-court-of-bahadur-shah-zafar/ https://ranasafvi.com/poets-in-the-court-of-bahadur-shah-zafar/#respond Sat, 24 Oct 2020 04:29:26 +0000 https://ranasafvi.com/?p=37024 Bahadur Shah Zafar’s court was adorned, amongst others, by Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib, Hakim Momin Khan Momin, Shaikh Ibrahim Zauq, Mufti Sadruddin Aazurdah, Imaam Bakhsh Sehbaai and Nawab Mustafa Khan Shefta. Mushairas at the Fort, presided over by Zafar himself, were a literary treat.
Mughal Prince-poet, Mirza Qadir Bakhsh Saabir described how he had benefitted from the company of some brilliant poets at Zafar’s court :

pehle ustaad thay Ehsaan-o-Naseer-o-Momin
hui Ehsaan se pur-islaah tabiyat meri
phir hua Hazrat-e-Sehbaai ki islaah ka faiz
taba baareek hui unki badaulat meri
aur hum-bazm rahey Momin-o-Zauq-o-Ghalib
ustaadon se hi hardam rahi sohbat meri
munaqid hoti hai jab sheher mein bazm-e-Insha
kartey hain ehl-e-sukhan waqat-o-izzat meri

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Begum Smru was given this land in Chandni Chowk for saving Emperor Shah Alam ‘s life. She built a lovely European palace here with Corinthian and Greco Roman pillars.

It was Delhi Bank in 19th century and now Central Bank. Terribly encroach Ed & in pathetic condition

The last photo is By Uzma Azhar Ali ( from Twitter)

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