Intikhab-e-Kalam: Mirza Sauda

Description

This book contains selections from the eighteenth century Urdu poet Mirza Muhammad Rafi Sauda, the earliest poet to impress his readers with his versatility and extroversion. Apart from ghazal, Sauda has, to his credit, odes, elegies, and satires. Sauda wrote odes of a high order, some for his patrons but mostly for prophets and saints. In the same spirit, Sauda composed elegies for the martyrs of Karbala. Sauda had an eye for detail, and a graphic turn of expression, which led to his satires.

Author Biography

Dr Muhammad Reza Kazimi has an MA and PhD from the University of Karachi. He is a critic of Urdu literature and has taught for more than thirty years in different colleges, and at the University of Karachi, the Aga Khan University, and M.A. Jinnah University in Karachi. His latest Urdu book Tehzeeb-o-Takhleeq has been published by Karachi University. His latest English book is A Concise History of Pakistan (OUP 2009). His other publications are Mutale’a-e-Pakistan (OUP, 2006); Pakistan Studies (OUP, 2007); Liaquat Ali Khan: His Life and Work (OUP, 2015); Intikhab-e-Kalam: Ghalib (OUP, 2009); Intikhab-e-Kalam: Sahir Ludhianvi (OUP, 2013).