Bismil Saeedi (1901–1977)[1] (بسمل سعیدی), hailing from Tonk, India was an Urdu poet who mainly wrote ghazals.

Bismil Saeedi
Born
Eesa Ahmed

1901 (1901)
Died1977 (aged 75–76)
NationalityIndian
Occupation(s)Poet, Journalist
Known forGhazals

Bismil Saeedi who had settled in Delhi died in Delhi on 26 September 1977.[2]

Literary life edit

The Urdu poets of Tonk preferred the style and mannerism of Momin to that of Ghalib. A master of classic diction Bismil Saeedi wrote mainly ghazals. He was a recipient of Ghalib Award and Nehru Award.[3]

A collection of his ghazals titled Auraq e Zindagi was published by P.K.Publications in the year 1971.[4] And, another collection of his ghazals, selected and compiled by Makhmoor Saeedi, titled Intikhab e kalam e Bismil Saidi was published by the Urdu Akadmi, Delhi.[5] In 2007 his complete works titled Kulliyat e Bismil Saeedi were published by the Sahitya Akademi.[6] His other poetical works are Mushhidat, Kaif e Alam and Nishat e gham.

In 2011, Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University awarded the Ph.D. Degree to Sabiha Kausar Badruddin Ansari on her doctoral dissertation – "Bismil Saeedi – Hayat aur Shairi" (Bismil Saeedi – Life and poetry).[7] A detailed appraisal of his life and works titled Bismil Saeedi-shakhs aur shair compiled jointly by Gopal Mittal, Makhmoor Saeedi and Prem Gopal Mittal was published by Nishanil Akademi, New Delhi, in 1976.[8] Zia Fatehabadi, also a disciple of Seemab Akbarabadi, had through his 1975 nazm, Bismil e ghazal, eulogised his senior whose takhallus, Bismil, means, "the wounded".[9]

Bibliography edit

  • Auraq e zindagi
  • Intikhab e kalam e Bismil Saeedi
  • Kulliyat e Bismil Saeedi
  • Mushhidat
  • Kaif e Alam
  • Nishat e gham

References edit

  1. ^ "Urdu Authors: Date list as on 31-05-2006 – S.No. 490 –Bismil Saeedi; maintained by National Council for Promotion of Urdu, Govt. of India, Ministry of Human Resource Development". Urducouncil.nic.in. Archived from the original on 1 March 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
  2. ^ "Authors". Global Urdu Forum. 26 August 1977. Retrieved 27 September 2012.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "aboutme – smtaweem". Archived from the original on 31 May 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
  4. ^ Summary Technical Report of Division 18, NDRC – United States. Office of Scientific Research and Development. National Defense Research Committee, Clyde Williams, Vannevar Bush, James Bryant Conant – Google Boeken. 1946. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
  5. ^ Intikhab-i kalam-i Bismil Saidi (1999). Intikhab-i kalam-i Bismil Saidi: Bismil Saidi: 9788171211234: Amazon.com: Books. ISBN 8171211232.
  6. ^ Kulliyat-e-Bismil Saeedi (URDU). "Kulliyat-e-Bismil Saeedi (URDU): Bismil Saeedi: Amazon.com: Books". Retrieved 27 September 2012.
  7. ^ "Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University" (PDF). Nagpuruniversity.org?links. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
  8. ^ Bismil Saʻīdī : shak̲h̲ṣ aur shāʻir (Book, 1976). [WorldCat.org]. OCLC 35131777.
  9. ^ Mehr Lal Soni Zia Fatehabadi. Soch ka Safar. New Delhi: Bazm e Seemab. p. 74. OL 15663509W. "Bismil e ghazal"::Kal shaam naagahaan sar e raah mil gaii mujhe :Fitane qadam qadam pe jagaatii huii ghazal :Poochhaa ki aaj paae safar kaa hai rukh kidhar :Bolii nazar jhukaa ke, lajjaatii huii ghazal: :Kahatii hoon dil kii baat jo phaelii hai shahar mein :Pardah hi uth gayaa hai to tujh se chhupaaoon kyaa :Mahboobaa jis kii hoon, miraa mahboob hai vahii :Soda hai kis dayaar kaa sar mein, bataaoon kyaa :Garamii hai bazm e sh'er mein jis kii nawaaon se :Mere khadang e naaz kaa bismil vahii to hai :Sargardaan koo ba koo hoon main jis kii talaash mein :Dilbar miraa vahii, miri manzil vahii to hai