Jalal Lakhnavi

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

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

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

Jalal Lakhnavi died on 20 Oct 1909 in Lucknow.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Jalal Lakhnavi - Profile & Biography". Rekhta. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  2. ^ a b Hasan 1954, p. 12.
  3. ^ Ehamada, Jamāla (1992). Urdū-Hindī-kośa (in Hindi). Rāmanārāyaṇalāla Aruṇakumāra.
  4. ^ a b "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 Hindi). Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  5. ^ a b Mukherjee 1998, p. 143.
  6. ^ Hasan 1954, p. 13.

Work cited

  • 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 Urdu). Karachi: Anjuman-i Taraqqi-i Urdu.

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