Format:
1 Online-Ressource (519 Seiten)
Edition:
Čāp-i duwwum
Original writing edition:
چاپ دوم
Original writing title:
دیوان غالب دهلوى
Original writing person/organisation:
غالب, مرزا اسد الله خان
ISBN:
9789004401877
Series Statement:
Persian E-Books Miras Maktoob, ISBN: 9789004365452
Content:
Mīrzā Asadallāh Khān, better known by his pen-name of Ghālib Dihlawī, is the last one of the great poets of the Mughal era. Born in Agra in 1212/1797, he traced his origins back to Tūrān, his paternal grandfather having emigrated from Transoxania to India during the reign of Shāh ʿĀlam (r. 1759-1806). While mostly known as one of the foremost Urdu poets, Ghālib’s Persian work, poetry and prose, is of comparable quality. In his childhood days, his Persian had been greatly improved thanks to the teachings of a Persian immigrant by the name of ʿAbd al-Ṣamad. But even if Ghālib acknowledged ʿAbd al-Ṣamad’s qualities as a teacher and a human being, as a writer of Persian poetry, he regarded his talents as God-given. Ghālib’s life was full of drama: an unhappy marriage, the loss of all his children, alcoholism, depression, and years of financial hardship. Plagued by ill health, he died in Delhi, aged 71
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789648700299
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Dīwān-i Ghālib-i Dihlawī: Mushtamil bar ghazaliyyāt u rubāʿiyyāt-i Fārsi Leiden, Boston : BRILL, 2006 ISBN 9789648700299
Language:
Persian
DOI:
10.1163/9789004401877
Author information:
Ġālib, Mīrzā Asadallāh H̱ān 1797-1869
