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Shah Muhammad Abdul Aleem Aasi Ghazipuri
آسی غازی پوری
Born
Abdul Aleem

(1834-12-21)21 December 1834
Sikandarpur, Ballia district, United Provinces (now Uttar Pradesh)
Died24 January 1917(1917-01-24) (aged 82)
Ghazipur, United Provinces

Shah Muhammad Abdul Aleem Aasi (21 December 1834 – 24 January 1917) better known as Aasi Ghazipuri was an Indian Sufi mystic and Poet of Urdu-language.[1][2] He was a contemporary of Altaf Hussain Hali, Hafeez Jalandhari and Zafar Ali Khan.[3] He was the teacher of Fani Ghazipuri, a known poet of Urdu-language and was one of poet who was praised by Firaq Gorakhpuri and Majnun Gorakhpuri.[4][5]

Early life and education[edit | edit source]

Muhammad Abdul Aleem Aasi was born on 21 December 1834 at Sikandarpur, Ballia district, United Provinces (now Uttar Pradesh) into a well-educated family.[6][7] He was a student of Nasikh school.[8]

He received his early education under the tutelage of his maternal grandfather and then he went to Jaunpur and studied under Maulana Abdul Haleem Firangi Mahali.[9]

Works[edit | edit source]

  • Ghazipuri, Aasi (1983). Abdali, Dr. Taiyab (ed.). Intikhab-e-Kalam-e-Aasi Ghazipuri (in اردو) (1st ed.). Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Urdu Academy.[10]

Death[edit | edit source]

He died on 24 January 1917 at Ghazipur, United Provinces.[9]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Saran, Saraswati (1990). Development of Urdu Poetry. Discovery Publishing House. p. 252. ISBN 978-81-7141-068-2.
  2. "اے جنوں پھر مرے سر پر وہی شامت آئی ۔۔۔۔داستان اردو کے ممتاز شاعر آسی غازی پوری کی". Daily Pakistan. 25 January 2023. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  3. Nadvī, Abulḥasan ʻAlī (1972). The Musalman. Academy of Islamic Research Publications. p. 115.
  4. Pandey, Dr Ved Prakash (4 July 2017). Shaharnama Gorakhpur (in हिन्दी). Vāṇī Prakāśana. p. 120. ISBN 978-93-5229-698-9.
  5. Gorakhpūrī, Firāq (1998). Rooh-e-Kayaanat (in हिन्दी). Vani Prakashan. p. 30. ISBN 978-81-7055-580-3.
  6. Narang, Gopi Chand (2 January 2020). The Urdu Ghazal: A Gift of India’s Composite Culture. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-099004-6.
  7. Kanda, K. C. (1994). Masterpieces of Urdu Rubaiyat (in اردو). Sterling Publishers. pp. 93–95. ISBN 978-81-207-1502-8.
  8. Gopāla; Sāṅkr̥ta, Satyaketu (2015). Unnisavin shatabdi Ka Hindi Sahitya (in हिन्दी). Vani Prakashan. p. 180. ISBN 978-93-5229-032-1.
  9. 9.0 9.1 مگسی, آغا نیاز (24 January 2023). "ماہر طبیب اور ممتاز شاعر آسی غازی پور - Baaghi TV" (in اردو). Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  10. Dutt, K. C. (1999). Who's who of Indian Writers: 1999 : In 2 Vol. Vol. 1 A-M. Sahitya Akademi. p. 1348. ISBN 978-81-260-0873-5.

Bibliography[edit | edit source]

  • Ansari, Masihuzzama. "Urdu Ka Ek Gumnam Shaeir-Aasi Ghazipuri". Kanzul Iman. Matiya Mahal, Jama Masjid, Delhi.

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