Inshāʾ Allāh Khān

by Vanita, Ruth

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Inshāʾ Allāh Khān , whose pen name was “Inshāʾ” (elegant style; d. 1818), was a major Urdu poet who wrote in a variety of genres. 1. Life Born in 1170/1757 in Murshīdābād, Bengal, he moved with his father, a doctor, to Delhi, where he produced his first collection of poems at the age of sixteen and burst like a meteor onto the literary scene. His beauty, wit, and brilliance made him a favourite at the court of the Mughal emperor Shāh ʿĀlam II (r. 1173–1202/1759–88 and 1203–

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Inshāʾ Allāh Khān , whose pen name was “Inshāʾ” (elegant style; d. 1818), was a major Urdu poet who wrote in a variety of genres. 1. Life Born in 1170/1757 in Murshīdābād, Bengal, he moved with his father, a doctor, to Delhi, where he produced his first collection of poems at the age of sixteen and burst like a meteor onto the literary scene. His beauty, wit, and brilliance made him a favourite at the court of the Mughal emperor Shāh ʿĀlam II (r. 1173–1202/1759–88 and 1203–

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  • Publisher(s):Brill
  • Language:eng

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eng Islam

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Vanita, Ruth

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