Mirza Salaamat Ali Dabeer

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| pseudonym = ''Dabeer''
| birth_date = 29 August 1803
| birth_place = [[Delhi]], [[British India]]
| death_date = 6 March 1875 (aged 71)
| death_place = [[Lucknow]], [[North-Western Provinces]], [[British India]]
| occupation = [[Urdu poet]]
| period = [[Mughal era]]
| genre = [[Marsiya]]
| subject = [[Battle of Karbala]]
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'''Mirza Salaamat Ali Dabeer''' ({{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|مِرزا سلامت علی دبِیر}}}}),
(29 August 1803 – 6 March 1875) was an [[Urdu poetry|Urdu poet]] who excelled and perfected the art of [[Marsia|Marsiya]] writing. He is considered the leading exponent of Marsiya Nigari or marsiya writing along with [[Mir Anees]].

Mirza Dabeer was born in 1803 in [[Delhi]]. He started reciting marsiya since childhood during [[muharram]] ceremonial gatherings called majalis (singular-[[majlis]]). He started writing poetry under the tutelage of [[Mir Muzaffar Husain Zameer]].<ref>Mohammad Husain Azad- Aab-e-Hayat</ref> Dabeer himself was an erudite scholar of his time. He migrated from Delhi to Lucknow, where he found suitable environment to develop and demonstrate his skills in marsiya writing.
According to [[Maulana Muhammad Husain Azad]] in [[Aab-e hayat (Azad)|Aab-e-Hayat]] quoting Tazkira-e-Sarapa Sukhan, there is confusion regarding his father's name because of two different names mentioned in Tazkira-as-Ghulam Husain /Mirza Agha Jan Kaghazfarosh. Mirza Dabeer died in Lucknow in 1875 and is buried there.

==Works==
According to Muhammad Husain Azad in Aab-e-Hayat: Mirzā Sahib died on the 29th of [[Muharram]], [[Hijri year|AH]] 1292 [1875–76], at the age of 72 years. In his lifetime he must have written at least three thousand elegies. Not counting his salāms and nauhas and quatrains. He wrote a dotless elegy (be-nuqta) of which the opening verse is:

'''Hum tale-e-Huma murad hum rasa hua'''

Meaning:

'''My far-reaching imagination has the same fortune-star as the [[Huma bird|Huma]]'''

In it, he used (the dotless) Utārid or Atarid [[Mercury (planet)|(Mercury)]] instead of Dabeer for a pen-name.
And there's no doubt that with him elegy composition in India reached its conclusion. Now no such time will come, nor will such accomplished persons be born (Frances W. Pritchett translation).

List of [[Marsiya]] by Dabeer:

# Kis sher ki Amad hai ki Run kaanp raha hai
# Dast-e-Khuda Ka Quwat-e-Bazoo Husain hain
# Bilqees paasbaan hai ye kiski janaab hai
# Paida Shua-E-Mehar Ki Miqraaz Jab Huee

Although Dabeer's poetic expression found expression in the genre of marsiya but he made use of other forms of Urdu poetry, viz., salaam and rubai, he seldom wrote ghazals too. A couplet from one of his salaams is a clear example of his genius comparable to Ghalib:

:'''Hurr fida pyaasa jo Shah par ho gaya'''
:'''Ai salami, qatra tha samandar ho gaya!'''

Meaning:

:'''When the thirsty Hurr (willingly) sacrificed his life for the Shah (Hussain);'''
:'''(Know) O salami, (O pilgrim) In truth the drop became the entire ocean!'''

:'''Naqaash naqsh, Kaatib o Khat, Baani o Bina,'''
:'''Bood o Nabood, Zaat o Sifat, Hasti o Fana,'''
:'''Aadam Malak, Zameen Falak, Gard e Kimiya,'''
:'''Duniya o Deen, Hadoos o Qidam, Banda e khuda,'''
:'''Sab, Shahid e Kamal e Shahe Mashraqain hain,'''
:'''Jab Tak Khuda Ka Mulk hai, Malik Hussain hain.'''

==Dabeer and Anis rivalry==

Anis and Dabeer rivalry is the most debated and talked about rivalry in [[Urdu literature]]. Their rivalry led to the development of two distinct styles/schools of Marsiya-nigari or [[marsia|marsiya]] writing at its inception. The staunch supporters of each of the masters identified themselves as "Aneesiya" and "Dabeeriya". The impact of rivalry was so intense that the followers could neither free themselves from their influence nor surpass either master's brilliance.
Although the populace divided themselves into two separate groups the two poets remained at cordial terms and acknowledged each other with great respect. When Anis died in 1874, Dabeer penned the following couplet as a tribute to the departed poet:

:::::'''Aasman Be Mah-i-Kamil Sidrah Be Ruhul Amin'''
:::::'''Toor-i-Sina Be Kalimullah Mimbar Be Anis'''

===An interesting Chronological closeness===
Mir Anis was born in the year 1802 and died 72 years later in 1874. Mirza Dabeer was born in 1803, a year later than Anis, and died in 1875, also at the age of 72. This chronological closeness is amazing <ref>DAWN – Features; 25 February 2004 The year of Mirza Dabeer By Hasan Abidi http://www.dawn.com/news/1065655</ref>

===Need to preserve the record===
Dabeer is a poet unduly neglected and unnecessarily pitted against Anis. What is deplorable is the fact that no complete, authentic text of Dabeer's poetry is available and critical work on him too is buried in the files of literary [[Literary magazine|journals]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.dawn.com/news/1058311/ |title= Dabeer, new marsiya and the 'praise-me' virus |work= By Rauf Parekh |date=25 November 2013| accessdate = 15 September 2014}}</ref> Mirza Dabeer stands in need of research and study as he has been ignored by the [[scholars]] and the [[critics]] since the time when [[Shibli Nomani|Shibli]]'s Mawazana-i-Anis-o-Dabeer was published.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.dawn.com/news/826938/persian-legacy |title= Persian legacy |work= Daily Dawn |date= 6 September 2009 | accessdate = 16 September 2014}}</ref>

== Books on Mirza Dabeer ==
Description of some books published on the subject of Mirza Dabeer and his work by different writers/researchers and publishers of [[Indo-Pak]]:

:1 – '''Moazna-E-Anees-O-Dabeer''',<ref>Moazna-E-Anees-O-Dabeer, written by Maulana Shibli Nomani (Urdu Literature Series) – on line details [https://www.amazon.com/Moazna-E-Anees-O-Dabeer-Literature-Maulana-Shibli-Nomani/dp/B00BSG9OUM/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1388504396&sr=1-1&keywords=Dabeer here] Retrieved 15 September 2014</ref> by [[Shibli Nomani]]
:2 – '''Anees Aur Dabeer'''<ref>Anees Aur Dabeer by Dr. Gopi Chand Narang, in Urdu Language, Published in 2006 by Sang-e-Meel Publication, [[Lahore]] – [[Pakistan]], {{ISBN|9693518497}}</ref> by Dr. [[Gopi Chand Narang]]
:3 – Books Compiled/written<ref>On line reading [http://www.drtaqiabedi.com/-/library.html here] Retrieved 15 September 2014</ref> by Dr. Syed [[Taqi Abedi]]:
::*Mujtahid Nazm Mirza Dabeer
::* Abwab-ul-Masa'ib
::* Silke Salame Dabeer
::*Mushafe Farsi (Work of Mirza Dabeer in [[Persian language|Persian]] Language)
::* Taleh Mehar
::*Musnuyate Dabeer
:4 – Mirza Salaamat Ali Dabeer compiled by Eldon A. Mainyu (English)<ref>Published in August 2013 by Aud Publishing, {{ISBN|9786136613833}}</ref>

==Tribute to poet in Urdu literature==
Anis and Dabir Academy, London organised an International [[Seminar]] on "Position of Anis and Dabir in Urdu literature" on the occasion of bicentennial birthday celebrations of [[Mir Anis]] and [[Mirza Dabeer]]. Litterateurs and intellectuals from India, Pakistan, Canada, America, Australia and Britain participated in the seminar. In the inaugural session, Dr. Syed Taqi Abidi of Canada presented a review of Dabeer's quatrains. Prof. Muhammad Zaman Azurda presented an [[Article (publishing)|article]] on Dabeer's prose-writing in the second session. Youths besides senior litterateurs and intellectuals attended the seminar in a large number.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.milligazette.com/Archives/2003/16-31Dec03-Print-Edition/1612200343a.htm |title = The Milli Gazette}}</ref>

A seminar titled "Marsia aur adab-i-aali", organised by the Urdu department of [[Karachi University]] in its arts auditorium on 27 October 2009, Former chairman of the Urdu department Dr Waqar Ahmed Rizvi presided over the event. Dr. Syed [[Taqi Abedi]], who is settled in Canada, was the keynote speaker. Dr Abidi claimed that [[Mir Anees]] and Mirza Dabeer had used more words in [[Urdu poetry]] than any other poet. He said [[Nazir Akbarabadi]] had written 8,500 couplets, whereas Dabeer's tally was 120,000, and Anees's 86,000.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.dawn.com/news/499259/karachi-scholars-highlight-marsiaaes-status-in-urdu-literature |title = KARACHI: Scholars highlight marsia's status in Urdu literature|date = 28 October 2009}}</ref>

===Tribute – Digital===
35 [[Marsiya]] video series based on event between 28th Rajab to 8th Rabi' al-awwal, titled [[Az madina ta madina]] was released on 3 January 2014, by "Mafss Noha Academy" [[Mumbai]], [[India]], and recited by Rahil Rizvi (Marsiya & Noha Khwan from India). Video series consist 8 marsiya based on topic and 2 soaz written by Mirza Salaamat Ali Dabeer.

==Legacy==
Dabeer, along with Anis, left an everlasting influence on Urdu literature and marsiya in particular. Marsiya, in its content and matter, allowed the two masters to demonstrate their artistry and command of Urdu language and idiom. At the same time epical nature of marsiya covered and dealt with entire range of emotions and ideas. It has both mystical and romantic appeal. All the contemporary and succeeding generations of poets who adopted marsiya as the genre of poetic expression and also others who took to other forms of poetry found it difficult to break away from the trends and standards set by these two masters. The names of Dabeer and Anis are inextricable whenever Urdu Marsia is mentioned. In short, marsiya attained its zenith under the poetic genius of Anis and Dabeer. Marsiya became synonymous with the names of these two masters and also the form-[[musaddas]]- adopted by them became synonymous with the identity of marsiya.
Dabeer along with Anis influenced two major aspects of the socio-cultural life of the Indian sub-continent. One is literature and other is azadari tradition of the sub-continent.

==See also==
{{portal|Poetry}}
* [[Mir Anis]]
*[[Ustad Sibte Jaafar Zaidi]]
*[[Mohsin Naqvi]]
*[[Taqi Abedi]]
*[[Marsia|Marsiya]]
* [[Azadari]]
* [[Day of Ashura|Ashura]]

==References==
<References/>

==Suggested readings==
# Rooh-e-Anees (Muqaddma): [[Masood Hasan Rizvi]]
# Urdu Marsia ka Irteqa: [[Maseehuz-Zaman]]
# Anees Shanasi: [[Gopi Chand Narang]]
# Mirza Slamat Ali Dabeer: [[Mohd Zaman Azurdah]] (1981)
# Intekhab-e-Marasi : [[Urdu Academy, Uttar Pradesh|U. P. Urdu Academy]].
# Muntakhab marasi-i Dabir by Dabir (1980)
# Javahir-i Dabir: Mirza Salamat Ali Dabir ke 14 marsiye (1986)
# Mirza Dabir ki marsiyah nigari by S. A Siddiqi (1980)
# Mu'azanah-yi Anis va Dabir: Mutala'ah, muhasabah, taqabul by Irshad Niyazi (2000)
# Talash-i Dabir by Kazim Ali Khan (1979)
# Urdu Marsiya by Sifarish Hussain Rizvi
# Urdu marsiye men Mirza Dabir ka maqam by Muzaffar Hasan Malik (1976)
# Sha'ir-i a'zam Mirza Salamat Ali Dabir: Tahqiqi mutala'ah by Akbar Haidari Kashmiri (1976)

==External links==
{{Commons category|Mirza Salaamat Ali Dabeer}}
*[https://dsal.uchicago.edu/digbooks/digpager.html?BOOKID=PK2167.A84&object=521] Aab-e hayat link to Mirza Salaamat Ali Dabeer
*[http://drtaqiabedi.com/Books/SLAM-E-DABEER/] SALAM-E-DABEER
*[http://drtaqiabedi.com/Books/MASNAVIYAT-E-DABEER/] MASNAVIYAT-E-DABEER
*[http://drtaqiabedi.com/Books/MUJTEHID/] MUJTAHID-E-NAZM MIRZA DABEER (HAYAT SHAKHSIYAT AUR FUN)
*[http://drtaqiabedi.com/Books/TALEH-E-MEHR/]
*[https://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/shah-willayat/Marsiye/JC_0.html&date=2009-10-26+02:28:34] Jab Chaley Yasrab Se Sibte Mustafa (SAW) Soo-e-Iraq
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110116024858/http://akchagla.com/Masters%20of%20Marsiya.htm] Masters of Marsia-Anees and Dabeer
*[https://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/shah-willayat/Marsiye/marsiyaNigari.html&date=2009-10-26+02:28:37] Mir Anis & Mirza Dabeer: the battle is still on
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=QxpSf_JV0pEC&pg=PA30&lpg=PA30&dq=mirza+dabir&source=web&ots=uIEPWq_BN_&sig=7fQYUwlBBBfY9a1TbL7dgEonPdM&hl=en#PPA30,M1] Reliving Karbala: Martyrdom in South Asian Memory. By SYED AKBAR HYDER . New York: Oxford University Press, 2006 (Link o google books)
*[https://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/marsiafoundation1/LinksToHadees-e-DilArticles.html&date=2009-10-26+02:17:22] Hadees-e-Dil Marsia Number
*[http://www.al-islam.org/marsiya/title.htm] Remembering Karbala Once Again-Selected Marsias of Meer Anis and Mirza Dabeer Translated by Syeda B. Raza
*[https://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/mehfileahlulbayt/marsiay1.html&date=2009-10-26+02:28:49] History and Influence of Marsia on South Asian Culture
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080220180549/http://www.pakistanlink.com/Letters/2004/March04/05/07.html] The Year of Mirza Dabeer By Hasan Abidi
*[https://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/mehfileahlulbayt/marsia10.html&date=2009-10-26+02:28:46] Abstracts from Marsia by Dabeer
*[https://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/mehfileahlulbayt/marsiay3.html&date=2009-10-26+02:28:52] Mir Anis and Karbala
*[https://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/mehfileahlulbayt/marsiay4.html&date=2009-10-26+02:28:56] Brief introduction to Urdu Marsia
*[http://www.urdustan.com/history.htm] Brief history of Urdu poetry

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Altaf Fatima

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| image = Altaf Fatima.jpg
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| birth_place = [[Lucknow]], [[United Provinces of British India|United Provinces]], [[British India]]
| death_date = 29 November 2018 <br>(aged 91)
| death_place = [[Lahore]], [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]], [[Pakistan]]
| occupation = [[Academic]], [[novelist]]
| nationality = Pakistani
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'''Altaf Fatima''' ({{lang-ur|الطاف فاطمہ}}; 10 June 1927 – 29 November 2018) was a [[Pakistani]] [[Urdu]] novelist, short story writer, and teacher (specializing in [[Muhammad Iqbal]]). Altaf Fatima was born in [[Lucknow]], she moved to [[Lahore]] during the [[Partition of India|Partition]], earning [[Master of Arts|MA]] and [[BEd]] from the [[University of Punjab]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wordswithoutborders.org/contributor/altaf-fatima|title=Contributor Altaf Fatima|website=Words Without Borders}}</ref> Her novel ''Dastak Na Do'' ("Do not Knock") is regarded as one of the defining works in the [[Urdu]] language. An adaptation was presented on Pakistan television and an abridged translation was serialised by the Karachi monthly, ''Herald''. In 2018, Fatima received the KLF Urdu Literature award at the 9th [[Karachi Literature Festival]] for her book, Deed Wadeed.<ref>{{cite news |title=Live Updates from Karachi Literature Festival |url=https://www.samaa.tv/news/2018/02/live-updates-karachi-literature-festival/ |work=Samaa TV |date=February 9, 2018}}</ref> She died on 29 November 2018.<ref name="auto"/>

==Works==
'''Novels'''
* ''Nishaan-i-Mehfil'' (1975)
* ''[[Dastak Naa Do]]'' (1964) (''The One Who Did Not Ask'' (Novel) English translation published by [[Heinemann (publisher)|Heinemann]] in 1994)
* ''Chalta Musafir'' (1980)
* ''Khwabgar'' (2008)

'''Collection of Short Stories'''
* ''Woh Jissay chaha gaya''(1969)
* ''Jab Deewarein Girya Karti Hain (1988)''
* ''Taar-i-Ankaboot (1990)''
* ''Deed Wadeed'' (2017)
* ''Gawahi Akhir e Shab Ki'' (2018)

'''Translations'''
* ''Naghmay ka Qatal'' (Urdu Translation of [[Harper Lee]]'s novel ''[[To Kill a Mockingbird]]'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2657.To_Kill_a_Mockingbird|title=To Kill a Mockingbird|website=www.goodreads.com}}</ref>
* ''Mere Bachay Meri Daulat'' (Urdu Translation of My Children, My Gold by Debbie Taylor)
* ''Barrey Aadmi, Aur Unke Nazariyat''. A collection of political essays
* ''Moti''. Urdu Translation of ''[[The Pearl (novel)|The Pearl]]'' by [[John Steinbeck]]
* ''Sach Kahaniyan'' (2000) (Urdu translation of Truth Tales i.e. Gujrati, Marathi, Tamil and Hindi Short Stories)
* ''Zaitoon ke Jhund'' (2016) (Urdu translation of Santa Claus in Baghdad by Elsa Marston)
* ''Japani Afsana Nigar Khawateen'' (1994) (Urdu translation of collection of Japanese short stories )
* ''Haveli ke Ander''. (Urdu translation of ''[[Inside the Haveli]]'' by [[Rama Mehta]])
* Urdu translation of collection of South American short stories

'''Tanqeed'''
* ''Urdu Adab Mein Fann e Sawaneh Nigari ka Irtiqa'' (1961)

'''General'''
* ''Rozmarra Aadaab'' (1963)

==References==
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==See also==
{{portal|Novels}}
*[[List of Pakistani writers]]

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