Qadir Yar (1802–1892), born Qadar Baksh, was a Muslim
Sandhu Jat and a poet of the
Punjabi language
Punjabi, sometimes spelled Panjabi, is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language native to the Punjab region of Pakistan and India. It is one of the most widely spoken native languages in the world, with approximately 150 million native sp ...
. Born in
Gujranwala
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, he wrote
Punjabi Qissa
A Punjabi Qissa (plural: Qisse) is a tradition of Punjabi language oral story-telling that emerged in Punjab region of eastern Pakistan and northwestern India, with the fusion of local Punjabi people and migrants from the Arabian peninsula and co ...
like ''Qissa Purana Bhagat'', ''Raja Rasal''.
Life
Qadir Yar was born in the village Machhike, in
Gujranwala District
Gujranwala District (), is a Districts of Pakistan, district that is a part of the in Punjab (Pakistan), Punjab, Pakistan. Gujranwala District is bordered by the districts of Wazirabad District, Wazirabad, Sialkot District, Sialkot, Hafizabad Di ...
in Punjab (now in Pakistan) during the rule of the Sikh Empire. He belonged to an agriculturalist family and was Sandhu by caste. The details of his life are not available, except that he received his education at the village
mosque
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Originally, mosques were si ...
.
He was the court poet of the Lahore Sikh Darbar, during the reign of
Maharaja Ranjit Singh
Ranjit Singh (13 November 1780 – 27 June 1839) was the founder and first maharaja of the Sikh Empire, in the northwest Indian subcontinent, ruling from 1801 until his death in 1839.
Born to Maha Singh, the leader of the Sukerchakia Misl ...
.
Works
Qadir Yar started his literary career with ''Mehraj Nama'' (1832), the longest poem composed by him and containing 1014 couplets. The poem gives a fictional account of Prophet
Muhammad
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's journey through the seven skies. It tells the story of Puran Bhagat. His other significant works include ''Qissa Sohni Mahinwal'', ''Hari Singh Nalwa Di Var'', and ''Var Rani Kokilan''.
Further reading
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See also
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Punjabi
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Punjabi literature
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Muslim Jats
Jat Muslim or Musalman Jats (; ), also spelled Jatt or Jutt (), are an elastic and diverse ethnoreligious subgroup of the Jat people, who follow Islam and are native to the northwestern Indian subcontinent. They are primarily found in Sindh a ...
References
# M.Athar Tahir (1988). ''Qadir Yar: A Critical Introduction. Punjab Adabi Board Lahore Pakistan. P. 141.''
1802 births
1892 deaths
19th-century poets
Punjabi-language poets
People from Punjab Province (British India)
People from the Sikh Empire
Poets from British India
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