Baksh Nasikh Explained

Baksh Nasikh
Pseudonym:Nasikh (meaning obliterator or amanuensis)
Birth Date:1771
Birth Place:Faizabad
Death Date:1838 (aged 67)
Death Place:Lucknow
Occupation:Urdu poet
Nationality:Indian subcontinent
Period:Mughal era
Genre:Ghazal
Subject:Love, Philosophy

Imam Baksh Nasikh (Urdu: {{nastaliq|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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Notes and References

  1. Book: The Life and Times of the Nawabs of Lucknow. Ravi Bhatt. 24 September 2012. Rupa publications. 1837. 9788129120878.
  2. News: IANS. 2021-11-20. A city of poets: Lucknow and its 'shayars' (Column: Bookends). Business Standard India. 8 February 2015. Business Standard.
  3. Book: Nets of Awareness: Urdu Poetry and its Critics. Frances W. Pritchett. 9 May 1994. University of California Press. 58. 9780520914278.
  4. Book: Palace Culture of Lucknow. Amir Hasan. 1983. B.R.Publishing Corporation. 86. 9789350500378 .
  5. Book: The Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature Vol.2. Amresh Datta. 1987. Sahitya Akademi. 1396. 9788126018031.