Saghar Nizami (1905–1983), also known as Samad Yar Khan, was an Indian poet and writer of ghazal and

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, in 1969, for his contributions to literature.

Biography

Saghar Nizami was born in

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on 21 December 1905. His father, Sardar Ahmed Yar Khan, was a medical doctor in the service of the British government of India. He was a recipient of the

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Award (1969) and the

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Award (1982).

Literary career

From 1923 to 1932 he edited ''Paimana'', a monthly magazine published by his teacher in

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. In 1933 he shifted to

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and founded Adabi Markaz, a publishing house which, in its very first year of operation, introduced Mehr Lal Soni Zia Fatehabadi to the Urdu literary world by publishing ''Tullu'' (Dawn), the latter's first collection of poems. Years later, Yusuf Hussain, Editor of ''Nairang e Khayal'' was to class

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, Saghar Nizami and Mehr Lal Soni Zia Fatehabadi as the three bright stars (of Urdu poetry) of the modern era. During his lifetime he published six collections of ghazals and nazms: ''Subuhi'' (1934), ''Badah e mashriq'' (1934), ''Kahkashaan'' (1934), ''Rangmahal'' (1943), ''Mauj e saahil'' (1949) and ''Nehrunama'' (1967). His collected works, ''Kuliat e Saghar Nizami'', were published in three volumes by Modern Publishing House, Delhi between 1999 and 2001. An appraisal of the works, life and personality of Saghar Nizami titled - ''Saghar Nizami — Fan aur shakhsiyat ma'a kalam'' written by Zamir Ali Khan was published in 1985; this book also contains his selected ghazals and nazms. In his article titled ''Two Anarkalis: Saghar Nizami’s Dream Drama and the Deconstruction of the Parsi Theatre'' Afroz Taj compares Nizami's play ''Anarkali'' to the earlier play of the same name by

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. Just as

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had done for

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(1923–1942) by singing ''Yoon na reh reh kar hamen tersaaiye'' and ''Hairat se tak raha hai jahan e wafa mujhe'', the two ghazals written by Saghar Nizami, made Saghar Nizami well known; the music for these ghazals was composed by Pandit Amarnath.

Bibliography

* ''Subuhi'' (1934) * ''Badah e Mashriq'' (1934) * ''Kahkashaan'' (1934) * ''Rangmahal'' (1943) * ''Mauj e saahil'' (1949) * ''Nehrunama'' (1967)

References

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