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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Shad Azimabadi<br />
|image = Shad Azimabad.jpg<br />
| other_names = Shad<br />
| birth_name = Syed Ali Mohammad<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1846|1|8|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Azimabad]] (present day [[Patna]], Bihar) <br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|1927|1|7|1846|1|8|df=y}}<br />
| death_place = [[Patna]], Bihar<br />
| title = [[Khan Bahadur]]<br />
| father = Syed Tafazzul Hussain<br />
| relatives = <br />
}}<br />
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'''Shad Azimabadi''' (8 Jan 1846 – 7 Jan 1927)<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 April 2013 |title=Life and death |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/columns/life-and-death/story-GMugYNkTtqnNwy0D3h4pMP.html |access-date=2022-10-26 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref> was an Indian poet and writer from [[Azimabad]], [[Patna]], Bihar.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Shad Azimabadi – Profile & Biography |url=https://www.rekhta.org/poets/shad-azimabadi/profile |access-date=2022-10-26 |website=Rekhta |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=TwoCircles.net |date=9 January 2008 |title=Bihar remembers Shad Azimabadi |url=http://twocircles.net/2008jan09/bihar_remembers_shad_azimabadi.html |access-date=2022-10-26 |website=TwoCircles.net |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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He studied not only his own faith, Islam, but also [[Hinduism]] and [[Christianity]]. He excelled in [[ghazal]] and [[marsiya]] compositions.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mukherjee |first1=Sujit |title=A Dictionary of Indian Literature: Beginnings-1850 |date=1998 |publisher=Orient Blackswan |isbn=9788125014539 |page=357 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YCJrUfVtZxoC&dq=shad+azimabadi&pg=PA357}}</ref> Urdu scholar, [[Ali Jawad Zaidi]] has described him as "a saviour of the ghazal by imparting it with a new mellowness stimulating perception and lyrical realism".<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ali Jawad |first1=Zaidi |title=A History of Urdu Literature |date=1993 |publisher=Sahitya Akademi |pages=333–336 |isbn=978-81-7201-291-5 |url=https://archive.org/details/historyofurdulit0000zaid/page/334/mode/1up?q=shad+azimabadi}}</ref> <br />
Due to his social standing as a laureate, he held several administrative posts in Patna including as an Honorary Magistrate and also as Municipal Commissioner of Patna.<ref name=Paiker2022>{{cite journal |last1=Paiker |first1=Ufaque |title=Remembering Malan: reading representations of domestic servants in colonial Bihar |journal=South Asian History and Culture |date=2022 |volume=13 |issue=4 |pages=498–513 |doi=10.1080/19472498.2022.2120245 |url=https://doi.org/10.1080/19472498.2022.2120245|url-access=subscription }}</ref><br />
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== Life and career ==<br />
Shad Azimabadi was born in 1846 in his maternal grandparent's house. His family was very wealthy and held a respectable position within the high-society of [[Patna]].<br />
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Shad Azimabadi showed an interest in poetry from a young age. He was taught [[Arabic]], [[Persian language|Persian]] and [[Urdu]] during his school years and received poetic instruction from a number of famous poets of his age including Shah Ulfat Hussain Faryaad who some consider his preceptor. His poetic work was published in five volumes.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kanda |first1=K.C |title=Urdu Ghazals: An Anthology, from 16th to 20th Century |date=1995 |publisher=Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. Copyright |isbn=9788120718265 |pages=208–209 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AXtyWoP7GzYC&dq=shad+azimabadi&pg=PA207}}</ref><br />
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[[Bismil Azimabadi]] was disciple of Shad Azimabadi.<ref>{{Cite web |title=तमन्नाओं में उलझाया गया हूं...जानिए मशहूर शायर शाद अजीमाबादी को |url=https://www.jagran.com/bihar/patna-city-death-anniversary-of-great-shayar-shaad-azeemabadi-on-sunday-17314568.html |access-date=2022-10-26 |website=Dainik Jagran |language=hi}}</ref><br />
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==Attitudes towards Urdu==<br />
Azimabadi took a conservative approach towards the [[Urdu language]], which he viewed as only in the purview of the upper classes.<ref name= Paiker2022 /> His attitude brought him into conflict with the Urdu newspaper, ''Al Punch'', as the newspaper gave space for common people to speak and write in Urdu which went against his view that only ''[[ashraf]]'' were the rightful speakers of Urdu.<ref name= Paiker2022 /><br />
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== References ==<br />
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== Bibliography ==<br />
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* {{Cite book |last=Irshad |first=Naqi Ahmad |url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/detail/shad-azeemabadi-kalam-aur-sharah-e-kalam-ebooks |title=Shad Azeemabadi: Kalam aur Sharah-e-Kalam |publisher=Naseem Book Depot |year=1967 |location=Lucknow |language=ur}}<br />
* {{Cite book |last=Fatmi |first=Zeeshan |url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/detail/shad-azimabadi-hindustani-adab-ke-memar-zishan-fatmi-ebooks?lang=hi |title=Shad Azimabadi: Hindustani Adab Ke Memar |publisher=[[Sahitya Academy]] |year=1996 |location=Delhi |language=ur |trans-title=Shad Azimabadi: The Maker of Indian Literature}}<br />
* {{Cite book |last=Haider |first=Syed Raza |url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/detail/shad-azimabadi-hayat-o-khidmat-ebooks |title=Shad Azimabadi: Hayat-e-Khidmat |publisher=Ghalib Institute |year=2011 |location=New Delhi |language=ur |trans-title=Shad Azimabadi: Life and Works}}<br />
* {{Cite book |last=Azimabadi |first=Hameed |url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/detail/shad-azeemabadi-ke-sau-sher-ebooks?lang=hi |title=Shad Azimabadi Ke Sau Sher |year=1937 |language=ur}}<br />
* {{Cite book |url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/detail/shad-azimabadi-chand-mutale-ebooks?lang=hi |title=Shad Azimabadi: Chand Mutale |publisher=[[Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Library]] |year=1996 |location=Patna |language=ur |trans-title=Shad Azimabadi: Some Researches}}<br />
* {{Cite book |last=Irshad |first=Naqi Ahmad |url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/detail/shad-azeemabadi-naqi-ahmad-irshad-ebooks?lang=hi |title=Shad Azimabadi |publisher=Naseem Book Depot |year=1967 |location=Lucknow |language=ur}}<br />
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