Shah Mubarak Abroo
Shah Mubarak Abroo | |
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| Born | Najamuddin Shah Mubarak Ābroo |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Known for | Poetry |
Najamuddin Shah Mubarak Ābroo (1683-1733) was an Indian poet. He was born in Gwalior, the grandson of Muhammad Ghaus Gwaliori, and hailed from a family of mystics.[1] Born during the reign of the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb he died during the reign of the Mughal Emperor Muhammad Shah[2] during whose time Urdu had become a common language and installed as the court language.
Ābroo made extensive use of īhām (pun) in his poetry and was influenced by Sanskrit language through Brajbhasha and Indianised Persian poetry.[3] He was a disciple of Siraj-ud-Din Ali Khan Arzu of Agra.
References[]
- ^ Selected Poetry of Abroo (PDF). Oxford University Press.
- ^ An Oriental Biographical Dictionary. p. 27.
- ^ Sheldon I. Pollock (19 May 2003). Literary Cultures in History: Reconstruction from South Asia. University of California Press. p. 842. ISBN 9780520228214.
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