Tradition of Poetic letter writing in Urdu
Abstract
The tradition of poetic letters in the subcontinent begins
with the Persian letters of Abdul Haq Mohaddess Dehlavi
(1551-1642). In this regard, the names of Nazir
Akbarabadi, Insha Allah Khan Insha, Mirza Ghalib, Shibli
Noumani and Habib-ur-Rehman Khan Sherwani are worth
mentioning. Urdu letter writing started in the subcontinent
in 1803, while the trend of poetic letters were originated in
1761 in Hyderabad Deccan. The series of correspondence
started in the latter half of the eighteenth century and
continued till the twenty-first century. Some of these letters
are specifically poetic, while others are written as regular
letters. Under the light of these evidences, it can be said
that although the tradition of poetic letters has not
progressed eminently, there are many possibilities that it
could. These possibilities can be gauged from the letters of
Sher Muhammad Khan Iman (Deid: 1806), Saadat Yar
Khan Rangeen (1757-1835), Nawab Shafta, Mirza Ghalib,
Nawab Alauddin Khan Alai, Hakeem Sultan Rampuri,
Akbar Alahabadi, Shibli Noumani, Allama Iqbal, Hakeem
Ahmad Shujaa, Qamar-ul-Huda Firdousi and Raza Naqvi
Wahi. Among them, the poems of Ghalib, Alai, Akbar and
Shibli are particularly written in the form of letters. If the
researchers dig deeper into this tradition, tremendous
results can be concluded and thus a new dimension is more
likely to be appeared in the history of Urdu literature.
Dr. Khalid Nadeem. (2020) اردو میں منظوم مکتوب نگاری کی ورایت, DARYAFT, Volume 23, Issue 23.
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