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{{Infobox person
| name = Qadaryar
| image = 
| alt = Qadar Baksh
| caption =
| birth_name =
| birth_date = 1802
| birth_place = Machhike, Punjab (now [[Gujranwala District]], Punjab, [[Pakistan]])
| death_date = 1892
| death_place =
| other_names =
| known_for =
| occupation = Poet
}}

'''Qadir Yar''' (1802–1892), born '''Qadar Baksh''', was a Muslim [[Sandhu]] Jatt and a poet of the [[Punjabi language]]. Born in [[Gujranwala]], he wrote [[Punjabi Qissa]] like ''Qissa Purana Bhagat'', ''Raja Rasal''.<ref>{{cite book |title=A Dictionary of Indian Literature (One): Beginnings – 1850 |author=Sujit Mukherjee |publisher=Orient Longman Limited |location=Hyderabad |year=1998 |page=56}}</ref>

==Life==
Qadir Yar was born in the village Machhike, in [[Gujranwala District]] in Punjab (now in Pakistan) during the rule of the Sikh Empire. He belonged to an agriculturalist family and was Sandhu by caste. The details of his life are not available, except that he received his education at the village [[mosque]].<ref name="N.S.Tasneem1992">{{cite book |author=N.S Tasneem |author-link=Niranjan Singh Tasneem |title=Qadir Yar |series=Makers of Indian Literature |year=1992 |publisher=[[Sahitya Akademi]] |location=New Delhi |isbn=81-7201-264-0}}</ref>

He was the court poet of the Lahore Sikh Darbar, during the reign of [[Ranjit Singh|Maharaja Ranjit Singh]].<ref name="Das2005">{{cite book|author=Sisir Kumar Das|title=History of Indian Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sHklK65TKQ0C&pg=PA457|year=2005|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|location=New Delhi|isbn=978-81-7201-006-5|page=457}}</ref>

==Works==
Qadir Yar started his literary career with ''Mehraj Nama'' (1832), the longest poem composed by him and containing 1014 couplets. The poem gives a fictional account of [[Muhammad]]'s journey through the seven skies. As Yar mentioned in this poem, he was inspired to write ''Mehraj Nama'' after reading ''Noor Nama'', a poem by another poet, Murad. His another poem entitled ''Qissa Puran Bhagat'' is considered his [[Masterpiece|magnum opus]]. It tells the story of Puran Bhagat. His other significant works include ''Qissa Sohni Mahinwal'', ''Hari Singh Nalwa Di Var'', and ''Var Rani Kokilan''.<ref name="N.S.Tasneem1992"/>

==Further reading==
* {{cite book |author=N.S Tasneem |author-link=Niranjan Singh Tasneem |title=Qadir Yar |url=http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/publications/pdf/qadir-yar_english.pdf |series=Makers of Indian Literature |year=1992 |publisher=[[Sahitya Akademi]] |location=New Delhi |isbn=81-7201-264-0}}
* {{cite book|author=M. Athar Tahir|title=Qadir Yar: A Critical Introduction|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pmYyAAAAIAAJ|year=1988|publisher=Pakistan Punjabi Adabi Board|isbn=978-969-411-107-0}}

==References==
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