The purists claim that a gazal is not a gazal which is not a tribute to women wine and love. > > > PREFACE > > > Would anyone believe that I stumbled on to poem Ahista Ahista, much before I first listened to the gazal Ahista Ahista sang by Jagjit Singh? I hated Urdu as a language and I was never shy to express my crude feelings. In Faujdarhat Cadet College after Liberation, joined a Urdu teacher (for the first time in the history of the college) whom we gave a nick name Whole Cube (Im sorry that I forgot his real name). He was bearded, very short and very muscular. At the time of of our liberation war, he was serving as a lecturer of Urdu in Pakistan Air Force College, Sargoda. One day he encountered me and asked Why do you hate Urdu? The atrocities were committed by the bastards of Pakistan, not the language. Moreover, Urdu is the mother tong of many Indians Musalmans and Hindus. The language is very rich and great poets and storytellers of all times have enriched the language and literature. Look Im making this conversation of you only because I love your poems you publish in the wall papers of your class. I suppose, you score the highest in Bengali and English in your class (which was a half truth) . Mr. Whole Cube gave me a booklet titled Poems of Ameer Meenai It was a translation of 15 to 20 poems of Ameer Meenai with transliteration.I was immediately hooked to the poems and got a few of the poems (translations) by heart. Very slowly I came off my hatred and gone through Mirza Galib, Sadat Hasan Minto and Krishan Chandra. I was in love with Urdu literature, specially the Gazals and short stories.. > > Ameer Ahmed, Ameer Minai (Urdu: امیر مینا ئی ), an Urdu poet of eminence. A popular poet both with the people and the aristocracy, he was held in high esteem by his contemporary poets like Ghalib and Daagh Dehalvi. Ameer Meenais famous gazal has been sung in a film starred by Rishi Kapoor and Tina Munim. The gazal is sarakati jayey hai rukh se nakab ahista, ahista... > > Born in 1829 in Lucknow into a family of religious scholars, Ameer was educated at Farangi Mahal, Lucknow`s educational institute. He joined the royal court of Awadh (Oudh) but after the 1857 war of independence, he was invited to join the royal court of Rampur where he lived for the rest of his life until 1900 when he decided to go to Hyderabad Deccan to seek some help for the publication of the remaining volumes of Ameer-ul-Lughaat — but that was not to be and he died there on October 13 ,1900. > > Ameer Ahmed Ameer Meenai was a poet of Urdu and Persian .He is also known as a lexicographer, Sufi, scholar, editor, prose writer, translator, and connoisseur of language. He had studied logic, law, geography, mathematics, medicine, history, religion, music, philosophy and wrote some 50 books in Urdu and Persian.He is also known as having a master of astrology, `ramal`, and `jafar`, the arts of foretelling the future, and wrote two books on them. However many of his books are not be published. Ameer helped popularise the naat genre in Urdu poetry and the popularity of his naats proved to be a trend-setter among other poets. Among his creation was `Ameer-ul-Lughaat`, an Urdu-Urdu dictionary that he intended to compile in eight volumes but it had never been complied and only two volumes came out in 1891 and 1892 respectively .Due to reasons that include ill health and a fire that devoured his library and manuscripts he was not able to finish all volumes .It is never concluded exactly how many volumes exist and only the third volume manuscript was found and is treasured by Ameer Meenai`s grandson Israel Meenai who intends to get it published soon. > > Israel Ahmed Meenai who had published a few years ago `Miraat-ul-ghaib` and `Sanam khana-i-ishq`, the two collections of Ameer`s poetry. Now he has come up with two important books of Ameer`s, published in one volume. One is an account of Muhammads early life written in prose. Titled `Khayaban-i-Aafrinish`, it describes Muhammad`s life and is based on authentic sources. The other is `Mahaamid-i-Khatamun Nabiyeen`, the collection of Ameer`s naat poetry.Mutala e Amir published in 1963 from Lucknow written by Abu Muhammad Sahar is an important work done on the life and literary works of Ameer Meenai. Sarakatii jaaye hai ruKh se naqaab ahista ahista is a beautiful ghazal by poet Ameer Minai, musically brought to life in Jagjit Singhs melodious voice.+ + + Jagjeet Singh pays tribute to Ameer Meenai performing Ahista Ahistayoutube/watch?v=w3wgHcoDky8~~~ References: > BIOGRAPHY OF AMEER MINAI - PoemHunter.Com { POET: AMEER MINAI - ALL POEMS OF AMEER MINAI { Ameer Minai - Urdu Poetry Archive { Ghazals of Ameer Minai { Ameer Minai - Profile & Biography { Poetry Festival - AIPF - Calling all Poets, Writers, Authors { Ameer Minai Poetry - Paperpk { Ameer Minai, Urdu Poetry, Urdu Adab, urdu Shairy
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