Qalandar Bakhsh Jurat

Qalandar Bakhsh Jurat, born Yahya Khan, was an Indian poet of the Lucknow school; he was born 1748 in Delhi but spent his childhood in Faizabad and later migrated to Lucknow. He was the disciple of Mirza Jafar Ali Hasrat and a close friend of Insha Allah Khan 'Insha'. He is Known for depicting romantic encounters with the beloved in lurid details. Lost his eye sight in the prime of youth. He was fond of Poetry since his childhood. He was expert in Music and Astrology

Contents

• Qalandar Bakhsh Jurats Naat Audio Archives of Lutfullah Khan
• Muntakhab Deewan e Jurat Gudasta e Musarrat in 1868
• Kulyat e Jurat Volume 001 in 1968
• Kulyate e Jurat in 1971
• Intikhab Kalam e Juraat in 1980
• Poetry Collection
• Ghazal Sung by Artist
• References

He was not a highly educated person but he was sharp-witted and imaginative and was a regular at the court of Sulieman Shikoh. He lost his eye-sight towards the end of middle age. He was a fluent writer of ghazals. He died in Lucknow in 1809. A collection of his ghazals – Kuliyaat e Jurat, was last published in 1968 by Majlis Taraqii e Adab, Lahore.

A sher from his famous Ghazal:

اب گزارا نہیں اس شوخ کے در پر اپنا

جس کے گھر کو یہ سمجھتے تھے کہ ہے گھر اپنا