Zikar-e-Meer: Meer Ki Aap Beeti / ذکر میر: میر کی آپ بیتی

Murty Classical Library of India #22

by Mir Taqi Mir, Nisar Ahmed Faruqi (Translator)

Zikr-i-Mir is a rare autobiographical narrative, originally in Persian, written by Muhammad Taqui Mir, considered by many to be the pre-eminent ghazal poet in Urdu.
This is the Urdu translation of the book.

Genres: Biography, Poetry, History

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1788

About the author

Meer Muhammad Taqi Meer (Urdu: مِیر تقی مِیرؔ‎—Mīr Taqī Mīr), whose takhallus (pen name) was Mir (Urdu: مِیرؔ‎—Mīr) (sometimes also spelt Meer Taqi Meer), was the leading Urdu poet of the 18th century, and one of the pioneers who gave shape to the Urdu language itself. He was one of the principal poets of the Delhi School of the Urdu ghazal and remains arguably the foremost name in Urdu poetry often remembered as Khudā-e Sukhan (God of Poetry).

Reviews

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3.5 🌟

[Omama.]

This has to be a rare autobiography of Mir, an 18th century Mughal poet; It started off with Mir telling his forefathers' life, which he seems at greater pains to describe; the accomplishments of his friends and his family. This book looks more like a memoir, originally written in Persian. Mir drew a clear picture of life, what he saw, what he felt, and wrote it with tears of blood. Interesting text, very well presented.

[Tariq Ahmad Khan]

اچھی کتاب ہے۔ گو میر صاحب کی لکھی گئی یہ کتاب ان کی زندگی کے مختلف پہلوئوں پہ زیادہ روشنی تو نہیں ڈالتی پر اس وقت کے مغل ہندوستان اور مختلف راجواڑوں کے حالات اور آپ کی چپلقشوں کے سمجھ گ کے لئے ایک بہترین کتاب ہے۔ اس کتاب میں اب کچھ ملے گا سوائے میر کی زندگی، ان کے خانگی حالات اور شاعری کے بیان کے