Baksh Nasikh
Born1771
Faizabad
Died1838 (aged 67)
Lucknow
Pen nameNasikh (meaning obliterator or amanuensis)
OccupationUrdu poet
NationalityIndian subcontinent
PeriodMughal era
GenreGhazal
SubjectLove, Philosophy

Imam Baksh Nasikh (Urdu: اِمام بخش ناسِخ; 1776–1839) was an Urdu poet of the Mughal era who has been noted for his role in promoting Lucknow as a centre of poetry and innovation. He first succeeded in gaining the patronage of Meer Kazim Ali whose property he inherited.[1] In the 1830s Nasikh developed a rivalry with fellow ghazal writer and Lucknowi Khwaja Haidar Ali Aatish.[2] After "contemptuously" denying an offer of patronage from the nawab of Awadh, Nasikh was forced to leave Lucknow.[3] Afterwards, he went back and forth from and to Lucknow, fleeing when minister Hakim Mehdi was in power. Nasikh finally returned from exile after the death of Mehdi in 1837 and died in Lucknow in 1839.[4] It took until Bahadur Shah Zafar's reign for the art of ghazal poetry to be restored to its former glory, now in Delhi.[5]

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References

  1. ^ Ravi Bhatt (24 September 2012). The Life and Times of the Nawabs of Lucknow. Rupa publications. p. 1837. ISBN 9788129120878.
  2. ^ IANS (8 February 2015). "A city of poets: Lucknow and its 'shayars' (Column: Bookends)". Business Standard India. Retrieved 20 November 2021 – via Business Standard.
  3. ^ Frances W. Pritchett (9 May 1994). Nets of Awareness: Urdu Poetry and its Critics. University of California Press. p. 58. ISBN 9780520914278.
  4. ^ Amir Hasan (1983). Palace Culture of Lucknow. B.R.Publishing Corporation. p. 86. ISBN 9789350500378.
  5. ^ Amresh Datta (1987). The Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature Vol.2. Sahitya Akademi. p. 1396. ISBN 9788126018031.
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