Beloved Delhi: A Mughal City and her Greatest Poets

AuthorSaif Mahmood
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Price896

Urdu poetry rules the cultural and emotional landscape of Indiaâ€”especially northern India and much of the Deccanâ€”and of Pakistan. And it was in the great, ancient city of Delhi that Urdu grew to become one of the worldâ€™s most beautiful languages. Through the 18th and 19th centuries, while the Mughal Empire was in decline, Delhi became the capital of a parallel kingdomâ€”the kingdom of Urdu poetryâ€”producing some of the greatest, most popular poets of all time. They wrote about the pleasure and pain of love, about the splendour of God and the villainy of preachers, about the seductions of wine, and about Delhi, their beloved home. This treasure of a book documents the life and work of the finest classical Urdu poets: Sauda, Dard, Mir, Ghalib, Momin, Zafar, Zauq and Daagh. Through their biographies and poetryâ€”including their best-known ghazalsâ€”it also paints a compelling portrait of Mughal Delhi. This is a book for anyone who has ever been touched by Urdu or Delhi, by poetry or romance.

Publisher Speaking Tiger
Publication Date 10/10/2018
Number of Pages 384
Binding Paper Back
ISBN 9789388070546
Category Fiction , Poetry

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