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'''Agha Hasan Amanat''' ( | '''Agha Hasan Amanat''' (آغا حسن امانت, b. 1815, d. 1858) was an [[Urdu]] poet, writer and playwright of the nineteenth century from the city of [[Lucknow]].<ref name="ref69veyox">{{Citation | title=South Asia: the Indian subcontinent, Part 2 | author=Alison Arnold | year=1998 | publisher=Taylor & Francis, 2000 | isbn=978-0-8240-4946-1 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZOlNv8MAXIEC | quote=''... The court poet Agha Hasan ("Amanat") wrote this musical dance drama based on the love story of a fairy and a prince. The drama, entirely in verse, was picked up by Parsi theater companies in Bombay that produced Urdu plays in India ...''}}</ref> He was affiliated with the court of [[Wajid Ali Shah]], the princely ruler of [[Awadh]].<ref name="ref69veyox"/> His name was Agha Hasan Ali, while "''Amanat''" was his ''nom de plume'' (or ''[[takhallus]]''). He is also referred to as Amanat Lakhnavi (i.e. ''Amanat of Lucknow'') and Mirza Amanat. | ||
==Personal history== | ==Personal history== | ||
Agha Hasan Amanat | Agha Hasan Amanat descended from a family of [[Iranian peoples|Iranian]] immigrants who moved to Lucknow in 1815. His father's name was Syed Ali Mashhadi, He was resident of Iran. He had two sons | ||
* Syed Agha Hasan Fasahat | * Syed Agha Hasan Fasahat | ||
* Syed Agha Hasan Latafat | * Syed Agha Hasan Latafat | ||
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Agha Hasan Amanat (آغا حسن امانت, b. 1815, d. 1858) was an Urdu poet, writer and playwright of the nineteenth century from the city of Lucknow.[1] He was affiliated with the court of Wajid Ali Shah, the princely ruler of Awadh.[1] His name was Agha Hasan Ali, while "Amanat" was his nom de plume (or takhallus). He is also referred to as Amanat Lakhnavi (i.e. Amanat of Lucknow) and Mirza Amanat.
Personal history[edit | edit source]
Agha Hasan Amanat descended from a family of Iranian immigrants who moved to Lucknow in 1815. His father's name was Syed Ali Mashhadi, He was resident of Iran. He had two sons
- Syed Agha Hasan Fasahat
- Syed Agha Hasan Latafat
Works[edit | edit source]
Amanat's compositions and works include the first stage play in the Urdu language, Inder Sabha.[1] He is also credited with beginning the geet tradition in Urdu.[2]
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Alison Arnold (1998), South Asia: the Indian subcontinent, Part 2, Taylor & Francis, 2000, ISBN 978-0-8240-4946-1,
... The court poet Agha Hasan ("Amanat") wrote this musical dance drama based on the love story of a fairy and a prince. The drama, entirely in verse, was picked up by Parsi theater companies in Bombay that produced Urdu plays in India ...
- ↑ Sayyid Mohammad Abdullah (1967), Urdū adab, Maktaba-e-khayaban-e-adab, 1967,
... اردو میں اس صنف کا احیا، اودھ کے تہزیبی دور میں ھوا. امانت نے اندر سبھا میں گیت کو رواج دیا ...