The battle of Karbala: A marsiya of Anis

by Mir Babar Ali Anis, David Matthews (Translator)

English (translation)

Genres: Poetry

90 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1994

About the author

Mir Babar Ali Anees (Urdu:میر ببر علی انیس) was an Urdu poet, born in 1803 in Faizabad, Oudh now in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh who died in 1874 in Lucknow, North-Western Provinces. Anis used Persian, Hindi, Arabic, and Sanskrit words in his poetry. Anis wrote prolonged Marsias, which was a custom of his times, but nowadays only selected sections are narrated even in religious ceremonies. He died in 1291 Hijra, corresponding with 1874 A.D.

Reviews

[Shabeeh Haider · Rating 5 out of 5]

Although I am a native Urdu speaker and this poem was originally written in Urdu but the lines of English version struck my heart.
The story of Karbala has been affixed in my memory in the form of this poem. This poem doesn’t only tell the miseries of Karbala but the gallantry and position of Hussain a.s and his army among all men.

[Mushraf Ansari]

Mast

[Wali Hasan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good