Wali Mohammed Wali

Wali Muhammad Wali
Born1667 (1667)
Aurangabad
Died1707 (aged 39–40)
Ahmedabad
Pen nameWali Dakhani, Wali Aurangabadi, Wali Gujarati
OccupationPoet
PeriodMughal period
GenreGhazal, masnavi, qasida, mukhammas
Urdu literature
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Urdu language
Major figures
Amir Khusrau (father of Urdu literature) - Wali Dakhani (father of Urdu poetry) - Mir Taqi Mir - Ghalib - Abdul Haq (Baba-e-Urdu)
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GhazalFiction
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Wali Muhammad Wali (1667–1707), also known as Wali Dakhani, Wali Gujarati, and Wali Aurangabadi, was a classical Urdu poet from India.

He is considered by many scholars to be the father of Urdu poetry,[1] being the first established poet to have composed ghazals in the Urdu language[2] and compiled a divan (a collection of ghazals where the entire alphabet is used at least once as the last letter to define the rhyme pattern).

Before Wali, Indian Ghazals were composed in Persian, almost being replicated in thought and style from the original Persian masters like Saa'di, Jami and Khaqani. Wali began, using not only an Indian language, but Indian themes, idioms and imagery in his ghazals. It is said that his visit to Delhi in 1700, along with his divan of Urdu ghazals created a ripple in the literary circles of the north, inspiring them to produce stalwarts like Zauq, Sauda and Mir.

  1. ^ Jalal, Ayesha (2002). "Chapter 11: Negotiating Colonial Modernity and Cultural Difference: Indian Muslim Conceptions of Community and Nation, 1878–1914". In Fawaz, Leila; Bayly, C. A (eds.). Modernity and Culture : From the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean. Columbia University Press. p. 233. ISBN 978-0-231-50477-5 – via De Gruyter. Closed access icon
  2. ^ "Wali Gujarati's tomb may be rebuilt following HC directions". The Times of India. Ahmedabad. February 2012. Archived from the original on 15 September 2013. Retrieved 18 August 2013.

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