Poetry and literature
22 pieces
The poets of Balochistan and the classical poets of Urdu: lives, selected verse and sources.
Mir Taqi Mir: the Khuda-e-Sukhan of Urdu ghazal
Mirza Ghalib: his life, style and best-loved verses
Nazir Akbarabadi: the poet of the bazaar and the fair
Altaf Hussain Hali: the poet of the Musaddas
Akbar Allahabadi: the poet who made India laugh and think
Allama Iqbal: the message of selfhood
Hasrat Mohani: the poet of the ghazal and of freedom
Dagh Dehlvi: the poet of the Urdu of Delhi's Red Fort
Wali Dakni: the first great name of the Urdu ghazal
Mirza Muhammad Rafi Sauda: the king of the qasida
Khwaja Mir Dard: the poet of Sufi ghazal
Momin Khan Momin: the physician poet of Ghalib's Delhi
Sheikh Ibrahim Zauq: the Khaqani of Hind
Fani Badayuni: the master of Urdu's poetry of despair
Jigar Moradabadi: the king of the mushaira
Jam Durrak: the love poet of the Kalat court
Mulla Fazil Rind: the Makran poet whose clouds travelled from Kandahar to Malabar
Mast Tawakali: the dervish poet of the Kohlu mountains
Rahm Ali Marri: the poet between the palace and the dry crust
Mulla Malik Dad Qalati: the poet of Brahui's "Tohfat-ul-Ajaib"
Malik Dad Shahwani: the naat poet of Kalat
Jawan Sal Bugti: the Dera Bugti shepherd and Sufi poet