Khwaja Haider Ali Aatish (1764 –1846) of Lucknow was an Urdu poet. Khwaja Haider Ali Aatish Lakhnawi is one of the giants of Urdu literature. Aatish and Imam Baksh Nasikh were contemporary poets whose rivalry is well known. Both had hundreds of disciples. The era of Aatish-Nasikh was a golden era for Urdu poetry in Lucknow. Aatish is mostly known for his ghazals, and for his amazing and different style of poetry.
Khwaja Haider Ali Aatish | |
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 Khwaja Haider Ali Aatish | |
| Born | 1764 |
| Died | 1846 |
| Pen name | Aatish |
| Occupation | Urdu poet |
| Language | Urdu |
| Period | Mughal India |
| Genre | Ghazal |
| Notable works | Kulliyat-e-Khwaja Haider Ali Atish Deewan-e-Aatish |
Life
editHis ancestors had moved from Delhi to Lucknow. His focus on subjective experience, examining how people retain dignity in suffering, set him apart from other Luckhnavi ghazal writers like Nasikh, who emphasised the technical aspects of Ghazal writing. He also wrote poems in the Khamariyyat tradition, to protest the ills of the feudal society.[1]
It is also said that Aatish belonged to Faizabad, his father had died early during his childhood, but his deep instinctive taste of poetry gave Aatish easy access to the court of Nawab Mohammed Taqi Khan Taraqqi who took him to Lucknow. In Lucknow he became a disciple of Mushafi, an important poet of the Lucknow school. Soon after the death of Nasikh, Aatish stopped writing poetry. Some critics rank him after Mir and Ghalib.[2]
Pandit Dayashankar Nasim was a student of Aatish.[3]
Works
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ Amresh Datta (1987). The Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature Vol.1. Sahitya Akademi. p. 262. ISBN 9788126018031.
- ^ Urdu Ghazals: An Anthology. Sterling Publishers. 1995. p. 108. ISBN 9788120718265.
- ^ Ali Sardar Jafri. Bharatiya Jnanpith. 2001. p. 155. ISBN 9788126306718.
- ^ "kulliyat-e-aatish". Rekhta. Retrieved 2024-01-13.
- ^ "deewan-e-aatish". Rekhta. Retrieved 2024-01-13.
Further reading
editExternal links
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- Khwaja Haidar Ali Atish at Kavita Kosh Archived 2014-06-19 at the Wayback Machine (Hindi font)
- Khwaja Haidar Ali Atish Poetry
- Read Khwaja Haidar Ali Atish at Jakhira.com in Hindi font
- http://www.bestghazals.net/2007/01/ye-aarzoo-thi-tujhe-gul-ke-rubaru-karte.html
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