Shaikh Zahuruddin Hatim also known by the

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s of Shah Hatim or Hatim was an

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poet and an early exponent of the

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school of Urdu poetry. He lived in Delhi during the reign of

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Career

Hatim was born to Fatuddin in Delhi in 1699. He was a soldier by profession and lived during the reign of the Mughal Emperor

. He started writing poetry under the influence of

Wali Mohammed Wali Wali Muhammad Wali (1667–1707), also known as Wali Dakhani, Wali Gujarati, and Wali Aurangabadi, was a classical Urdu poet from India. He is considered by many scholars to be the father of Urdu poetry, being the first established poet to have ...

after his '' Diwan'' came to Delhi in 1722. He actively took part in the literary assemblies or the mushairas in Delhi convened by

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, Dard and other poets. His major poetic work is collected in two volumes, ''Diwan'' and ''Diwanzada''. ''Diwanzada'' is smaller selection of his first volume of ''Diwan''. He also took to teaching poetry. The preface of his ''Diwanzada'' contained the name of 45 of his pupils who studied under him. Notable among his pupils were

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and Rangin. He died in 1781 according to one account. Another account mentions his death to be in 1792.

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External links

Works of Shaikh Zahuruddin Hatim at Rekhta
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