Baksh Nasikh

Baksh Nasikh (Urdu: اِمام بخش ناسِخ) (1776–1838) was an Urdu poet of the Mughal era.

Baksh Nasikh
Born1771
Faizabad
Died1838 (aged 67)
Lucknow
Pen nameNasikh (meaning obliterator or amanuensis)
OccupationUrdu poet
NationalityIndian subcontinent
PeriodMughal era
GenreGhazal
SubjectLove, Philosophy

Imam Baksh Nasikh succeeded in gaining the patronage of Meer Kazim Ali whose property he inherited.[1] Nasikh who offended the nawab of Awadh by contemptuously refusing his patronage was driven out from Lucknow.[2] Nasikh finally returned from exile after the death of Hakim Mehdi in 1837. He died in the year 1838.[3]

The reputation of ghazal was restored to Delhi under the patronage of Bahadur Shah Zafar.[4]

See also

References

  1. Ravi Bhatt. The Life and Times of the Nawabs of Lucknow. Rupa publications. p. 1837.
  2. Frances W. Pritchett. Nets of Awareness: Urdu Poetry and its Critics. University of California Press. p. 58.
  3. Amir Hasan. Palace Culture of Lucknow. B.R.Publishing Corporation. p. 86.
  4. Amresh Datta. The Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature Vol.2. Sahitya Akademi. p. 1396.

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