Jalal Lakhnavi | |
|---|---|
| Born | Syed Zamin Ali (or Syed Zaamin Ali) 1834 or 1832 |
| Died | 20 October 1909 Lucknow, United Provinces (British India) |
| Other names | Jalal (pen name) |
| Occupation | Urdu poet, writer, scholar |
| Known for | Ghazals, nazms, dictionaries (Gulshan-e-Faiz & Tanqih-ul-Lughaat) |
Hakim Syed Zaamin Ali (1832[1]/1834[2] - 20 Oct 1909), better known as Jalal Lakhnavi, was an Urdu poet, writer and scholar from Rampur state. He wrote Urdu ghazals and nazms under the pen name "Jalal".
Early life[edit | edit source]
Syed Zamin Ali Jalal Lakhnavi[3] was born in 1834 in Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh.[4][2] He received his initially schooling of Persian and Urdu from his father at his home. Lakhnavi later went to Lucknow[5] and studied at Nawab Asaf-ud-Daula school where he learnt Arabic languages.[6]
Career[edit | edit source]
Apart from Urdu poetry and two dictionaries, Gulshan-e-Faiz & Tanqih-ul-Lughaat, Lakhnavi wrote books on Urdu proverbs, grammar poetics and history-writing.[5]
Death[edit | edit source]
Jalal Lakhnavi died on 20 Oct 1909 in Lucknow.[4]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Jalal Lakhnavi - Profile & Biography". Rekhta. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Hasan 1954, p. 12.
- ↑ Ehamada, Jamāla (1992). Urdū-Hindī-kośa (in हिन्दी). Rāmanārāyaṇalāla Aruṇakumāra.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "दर्द कम हो या ज्यादा हो मगर हो तो सही, जलाल लखनवी के शेर" [Dard kam ho ya jyaada ho magar ho to sahee, Jalal Lakhnavi ke sher]. Zee News Hindi (in हिन्दी). Retrieved 7 March 2025.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Mukherjee 1998, p. 143.
- ↑ Hasan 1954, p. 13.
Work cited[edit | edit source]
- Mukherjee, Sujit (1998). A dictionary of Indian literature. Hyderabad: Orient Longman. p. 143. ISBN 978-81-250-1453-9.
- Hasan, Mohammad (1954). Jalal Lakhnavi: Swanh Hayat, Kalam, Kalam par tanqeed ma antakhab kalam [Jalal Lakhnavi: Biography, poetry, poetry criticism with selected poems] (in اردو). Karachi: Anjuman-i Taraqqi-i Urdu.
Further reading[edit | edit source]
- Bharat, E. T. V. (20 March 2022). "Jalal Lakhnavi: جلال لکھنوی ہماری کلاسیکی ادبی تہذیب کے نمائندے کی حیثیت رکھتے ہیں" [Jalal Lakhnavi: Jalal Lakhnavi is a representative of our classical literary civilization - Speech by Professor Ahmed Mahfouz]. ETV Bharat News (in اردو). Retrieved 7 March 2025.