Ghazals of Ghalib - Paperback
by Ghalib
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Availability:In StockContributor:Sasha Newborn (Translator), GhalibSeries:Little Humanist Classics #7Publish date:1989-10-01Pages:96
Language:EnglishPublisher:Bandanna BooksISBN-13:9780942208061ISBN-10:942208064UPC:9780942208061Book Category:PoetryBook Subcategory:AsianSize:8.39 x 5.53 x 0.22 inchesWeight:0.2712Product ID:SC37ZB2HZD
Ghazals of Ghalib
New Compare this edition with six others at http: //www.bandannabooks.com/vsghalib.php. Ghalib, a court poet in India during the period of British takeover, excelled in poetry both in Urdu and Persian. Ghazals are a poetry genre with couplets gathered that share a common theme but do not form a narrative sequence. With these two-liners, Ghalib was a master. His subjects range from personal to...
Series: Little Humanist Classics #7
Language:EnglishPublisher:Bandanna BooksISBN-13:9780942208061ISBN-10:942208064UPC:9780942208061Book Category:PoetryBook Subcategory:AsianSize:8.39 x 5.53 x 0.22 inchesWeight:0.2712Product ID:SC37ZB2HZD
Ghalib (Mirza Asadullah Khan) was born in 1797 with Seljuk Turk ancestry. His father and uncle led mercenary troops for various Indian rajahs, but both died by the time Ghalib was nine years old. By assiduous work, he eventually became a respected court poet. He lived through the Sepoy Mutiny of four months, later writing about it, as the British regained control of India. He claimed to be free...
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