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{{short description|Indian poet (1831-1905)}}
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{{Infobox writer 
| name = Daagh Dehlvi
| image = DaghDehlviAPoet.jpg
| caption = داغ دہلویؔ
| pseudonym = Daagh
| birth_name = Nawab Mirza Khan
| birth_date = {{birth-date|25 May 1831}}<ref name=goodreads>[https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7994294.Mirza_Daagh_Dehlvi Profile of Dagh Dehlvi on goodreads.com website] Retrieved 17 May 2018</ref>
| birth_place = [[Delhi]], [[Mughal Empire]]
| death_date = {{death-date and age|17 March 1905|25 May 1831}}<ref name=goodreads/>
| death_place = [[Hyderabad]], [[Hyderabad state]], [[British India]] (present-day [[Telangana]])
| occupation = Poet
| period = 1831 to 1905
| genre = [[Ghazal]]<br>[[qasida]]<br>[[mukhammas]]
| subject = Love and human relationships
| movement =
| signature =
| website =
| imagesize =
| notableworks = Gulzar-e-Daagh (1878)<br>Masnavi Fariyad-e-Daagh (1882)<br>Diwan-e-Daagh
| honorific_prefix =
| native_name = {{nq|نواب مرزا خان داغ دہلوی}}
| native_name_lang = ur
}}
'''Nawab Mirza Khan Daagh Dehlvi''' ({{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|نواب مرزا خان داغ دہلوی}}}}, 25 May 1831 – 17 March 1905) was a [[poet]] known for his [[Urdu]] ''[[ghazal]]s''. He belonged to the old [[Delhi]] school of [[Urdu poetry]].<ref name=TheHindu/><ref name=urdupoetry/><ref name=Dawn>[https://www.dawn.com/news/688271 Flashback: Remembering a Mughal city] Dawn (newspaper), Published 15 January 2012, Retrieved 17 May 2018</ref>

He wrote romantic and sensuous poems and ''ghazals'' in simple and chaste Urdu, minimising usage of [[Persian language|Persian]] words. He laid great emphasis on the Urdu [[idiom]] and its usage. He wrote under the ''takhallus'' (Urdu word for [[nom de plume]]) ''Daagh Dehlvi'' (the meanings of ''Daagh'', an Urdu noun, include stain, grief and taint while ''Dehlvi'' means belonging to or from Dehli or Delhi). He belonged to the ''Delhi school of thought''.<ref name=TheHindu/>

His [[honorific]] ''Dabeer ud Dawla, Faseeh ul Mulk, Nawab Nizam Jang Bahadur, Sipah Salar, Yar-e-Wafadar, Muqrib-us-Sultan, Bulbul-e-Hindustan, Jahan Ustad, Nazim Yar Jung'', were the titles bestowed upon him by the sixth [[Nizam of Hyderabad]] [[Mir Mahbub Ali Khan]].<ref name=TheHindu/>

Daagh was considered one of the best romantic poets of his time by some commentators.<ref name=TheHindu/><ref name=goodreads/>

==Life==

===Early life===
Dehlvi was born in ''Kucha Ustad Dagh'', [[Chandni Chowk]] in [[Delhi]] to Nawab Shamsuddin Ahmed Khan, the ruler of Loharu and [[Ferozepur Jhirka]] and [[Wazir Khanum]], daughter of a Delhi jeweller.<ref name=IndianExpress>{{cite web|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/finding-wazir/1129442/ |title=Finding Wazir |publisher=The Indian Express (newspaper)|date=16 June 2013|author=Amrita Dutta|accessdate=16 May 2018}}</ref> Dehlvi's father was hanged under charges of conspiracy in the murder of [[William Fraser (British India civil servant)|William Fraser]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sunday-guardian.com/bookbeat/the-mirror-of-beauty |title=An incandescent star, a polyphonic constellation|author=Omair Ahmad|date= 14 September 2013|publisher=The Sunday Guardian|accessdate=16 May 2018}}</ref> Dehlvi at the age of four and his mother at age thirty four, the most sought after lady, wooed and remarried the [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] [[crown prince]], [[Mirza Muhammad Fakhroo]], an heir to the last Mughal [[Bahadur Shah Zafar]]. Hence, Dehlvi had the privileged education at the [[Delhi]] [[Red Fort]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/GulzarEDaaghSept82003ICCHamidaChopra |title=Gulzar E Daagh, an Urdu literary program on the life and poetry of Daagh Dehlvi|date=8 September 2003|accessdate=17 May 2018}}</ref> There he received best of education and was later under tutelage of poet laureate, [[Mohammad Ibrahim Zauq]]. Later, he also took advise from [[Ghalib]] on finer nuances of Urdu literature and poetry. He was also trained in [[calligraphy]] and [[horse riding]].<ref name=urdupoetry/>

===Literary life===
Dehlvi belonged to the ''Dabistan-e-Dehli'' (Dehli school of thought) and never allowed western influences on his poetry. He started reciting poetry at the age of ten and his forte was the romantic version, the ''ghazal''. He became popular for his poetry. Unlike the elitist style by the poets of the time, his style was simple and was well received by both, the common man and the elite.<ref name=urdupoetry/>

After Fakhroo's death in 1856, Dehlvi along with his mother left Delhi after facing turbulent times, for [[Rampur State]] and came under the aegis of Nawab of Rampur, Yusuf Ali Khan Bahadur. He went into government service there and lived well for 24 years.<ref name=urdupoetry/> There followed a period of wandering and discomfort and after the Nawab of Rampur, Nawab Kalb-e-Ali Khan's death, he was not in a good position there.{{Citation needed|date= June 2018}}

===Later life in Hyderabad Deccan===

Dehlvi stayed in Hyderabad in 1888 for several months. He left Hyderabad after not being invited to the court by the [[Mahbub Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VI]]'s court, as access to his court was very limited. He then was invited immediately and was appointed as the [[court poet]] and mentor, in 1891, to the Sixth [[Nizam]] [[Mahbub Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VI]], at the age of 60.<ref name=urdupoetry>[http://www.urdupoetry.com/profile/daag.html Profile of Dagh Dehlvi on urdupoetry.com website] Published 28 August 2001, Retrieved 17 May 2018</ref>

Contrary to the impression one gets from his poetry, he did not drink wine and shunned it.<ref name=urdupoetry/>

His couplet on Urdu language was:<ref>[https://rekhta.org/ghazals/kaabe-kii-hai-havas-kabhii-kuu-e-butaan-kii-hai-dagh-dehlvi-ghazals# A complete ghazal by Daagh Dehlvi on rekhta.org website] Retrieved 17 May 2018</ref>
{{Verse translation|
{{lang|ur-Latn|Urdu hai jiska naam hamee jante hain Daagh
HindostaN meiN dhoom hamari zubaN ki hai}}
|we realize the importance of Urdu, O Daagh
for our language is being celebrated all over India.}}

===Death===
He died in 1905 at the age of 74 in Hyderabad Deccan after a paralytic stroke. He was buried at [[Dargah Yousufain]] in [[Hyderabad]].<ref name=TheHindu>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/dagh-was-the-toast-of-the-town-in-his-heydays/article3013732.ece |title=Dagh was the toast of the town in his heydays |author=J.S. Ifthekhar |publisher=The Hindu (newspaper)|date=20 March 2012|accessdate=17 May 2018}}</ref><ref name=urdupoetry/>

===Disciples===
Dehlvi's students included [[Allama Iqbal]], [[Hassan Raza Khan]] (1859-1908), [[Jigar Moradabadi]] (1890 – 1960), [[Seemab Akbarabadi]] and Ahasan Marharavi, though a widely quoted anecdote relates that when asked to designate his successor as the leading Urdu poet of his age, he replied ''Bekhudain [the two Bekhuds]'', referring to [[Bekhud Badayuni]] and [[Bekhud Dehlvi]].<ref>
{{Citation
| last =Ahmad
| first =Asad
| year =1990
| title =Intikhaab-e-Kalaam: Bekhud Badayuni (انتخاب کلام بے خود بدایونی)
| pages =88
| place =Lucknow
| publisher =Uttar Pradesh Urdu Press
}}
</ref><ref name=Dawn/><ref name=urduadab/>

===Popular ghazal songs===
His selected ''ghazals'' are rendered by contemporary ''ghazal'' singers, [[Jagjit Singh]], [[Noor Jehan|Noor Jahan]], [[Ghulam Ali (Ghazal singer)|Ghulam Ali]], [[Adithya Srinivasan]], [[Malika Pukhraj]], [[Mehdi Hassan]], [[Abida Parveen]], [[Begum Akhtar]], [[Pankaj Udhas]] and [[Farida Khanum]].<ref name=urduadab>[http://urduadab4u.blogspot.com/search?q=Daagh+Dehlvi+ Profile of Daagh Dehlvi on urduadab.com website] Retrieved 17 May 2018</ref><ref>https://smriti.com/hindi-songs/uzr-aane-men-bhii-hai-aur-bulaate-bhii-nahiin</ref>

==Bibliography==
His work consists of four volumes, consisting of 16,000 [[Sher (poem)|couplets]] and a [[masnavi]]. The last two volumes he wrote when he was in Hyderabad.

* ''Gulzar-e-Daagh'' (1878)
* ''Masnavi Fariyad-e-Daagh'' (1882)
* ''Aftab-e-Daagh'' (1885)
* ''Mahtab-e-Daagh'' (1893)
* ''Yaadgar-e-Daagh'' (posthumous, 1905)
* ''Diwan e Daagh''<ref name=goodreads/>
* ''Intikhab-e-Kalam Daagh'' (edited by Moinuddin Aqeel)<ref name=goodreads/>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{cite web |title=All writings of Dagh Dehlvi |url=https://www.rekhta.org/Poets/dagh-dehlvi/all |website=Rekhta}}

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