Diwan-e-Ghalib
Diwan-e-Ghalib is a famous poetry book written by the famous Persian and Urdu poet Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib. It is a collection of the Ghazals of Ghalib.[1] Though it does not include all his Ghazals as he was too choosy to include all of his Ghazals, still in many other copies of Diwan-e-Ghalib the Urdu scholars have tried to collect all his precious works. It is the only book written by Ghalib. A lot of editions of the Diwan exist like Nuskha e Nizami, Nuskha e Arshi by Imtiaz Ali 'Arshi', Nuskha e Hamidiya (Bhopal), Nuskha az Ghulam rasool Mehr.[2]
Two pages from Diwan-e-Ghalib Muraq-e-Chughtai. | |
Author | Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib |
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Country | British Raj |
Language | Persian and Urdu |
Genre | Poetry |
Synopsis
Diwan-e-Ghalib includes around 200 Ghazals and the original copy had fewer Ghazals than this. The researchers included his other Ghazals, as and when found, after the death of Ghalib. The Ghazals are written in Rekhta the then spoken Urdu language.[3]
Notes
- Ḥālī, K.A.Ḥ. (1990). Yadgar-e Ghalib: A Biography of Ghalib. Idarah-i Adabiyat-i Delli. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
- http://karwan-e-adab.website.org/downloads/Deewan%20e%20Ghalib.pdf%5B%5D
- Mujeeb, M. (1969). Ghalib. Sahitya Akademi. ISBN 9788172017088. Retrieved 19 June 2015.