Name Mirza Rafi | Role Poet | |
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Beautiful Urdu Ghazal | Mirza Muhammad Rafi Sauda | Ve Soorate |
Mirza Muhammad Rafi 'Sauda' (1713–1781) (Urdu: مرزا محمد رفیع سودا ) was an Urdu poet in Delhi, India. He is known for his Ghazals and Urdu Qasidas.
Contents
- Beautiful Urdu Ghazal Mirza Muhammad Rafi Sauda Ve Soorate
- Biography
- Ustads and shagirds
- Works
- Some ashaar of Sauda
- References
Biography
He was born in 1713 in Shahjahanabad (i.e. Old Delhi), where he was also brought up. At the age of 60 or 66, he moved to Farrukhabad (with Nawab Bangash), and lived there from 1757 to about 1770. In A.H. 1185 [1771–72] he moved to court of Nawab of Awadh (then in Faizabad) and remained there till his death. When Lucknow became state capital, he came there with Nawab Shujauddaula.
He died in A.H. 1195 [1780–81] in Lucknow.
Ustads and shagirds
Sulaiman Quli Khan 'Vidad' and Shah Hatim were his Ustads (teachers of Urdu poetry). King Shah Alam was Shagird (student of Urdu poetry) of Sauda. He was also Ustad of Shujauddaulla. Nawab Asif ud-Daulah gave him title of Malkushshu'ara and annual pension of Rs 6,000.
Works
Initially he composed in Persian, but switched to Urdu on the advice of his ustad, Khan-e Arzu. His work was translated in 1872 by Major Henry Court, Captain, Bengal Cavalry. Kulliyat of Sauda was compiled by Hakim Sayyid Aslah. ud-Din Khan wrote the introduction. List of Sauda's work from his Kulliyat are:
Some ashaar of Sauda
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