Mirza Muhammad Rafi Sauda Explained

Language:	Urdu
Mirza Muhammad Rafi
Pseudonym:	Sauda
Birth Date:	1713
Birth Place:	Shahjahanabad, Mughal India
Death Place:	Lucknow, Mughal India

Mirza Mohammad rafi 'Sauda' (Urdu: {{Nastaliq|مِرزا مُحمّد رفِیع سَودا), (1713–1781) was an Urdu poet in Delhi, India. He is known for his Ghazals and Urdu Qasidas.^[1]

Biography

He was born in 1713 ^[2] in Shahjahanabad (i.e. Old Delhi), where he was also brought up.^{[3] [4]} At the age of 60 or 66, he moved to Farrukhabad (with Nawab Bangash),^[2] and lived there from 1757 to about 1770.^[5] In A.H. 1185 (1771–72) he moved to the court of Nawab of Awadh (then in Faizabad) and remained there until his death. When Lucknow became the state capital, he came there with Nawab Shujauddaula.

He died in A.H. 1195 (1780–81) in Lucknow.^{[2] [6]}

Ustads and shagirds

Sulaimān Qulī Ḳhān 'Vidād' and Shaikh Zahuruddin Hatim were his Ustads (teachers of Urdu poetry).^{[2] [7]} King Shah Alam was Shagird (student of Urdu poetry) of Sauda.^[2] He was also Ustad of Shujauddaulla. Nawab Āṣif ud-Daulah gave him title of Malkushshu'ara and annual pension of Rs 6,000.^[2]

Works

Initially he composed in Persian, but switched to Urdu on the advice of his ustad, Ḳhān-e Ārzū.^[2] His work was translated in 1872 by Major Henry Court, Captain, Bengal Cavalry.^[8] Kulliyat of Sauda was compiled by Ḥakīm Sayyid Aṣlaḥ. ud-Dīn Ḳhān wrote the introduction.^[2] Sauda's works from his Kulliyat are:^[9]

• Masnavi dar hajv-e hakim ghaus مثنوی در ھجوِ حکیم غوث
• Masnavi dar hajv-e amir-a daulatmand bakhil مثنوی در ھجوِ امیرِ دولت مند بخیل
• Masnavi dar ta'rif-e shikar مثنوی در تعریفِ شکار
• Masnavi dar hajv-e pil rajah nripat singh مثنوی در ھجو پِل راجن نری پت سنگھ
• Masnavi dar hajv-e sidi faulad khan kotval-e shahjahanabad مثنوی در ھجو سیدّی فولاد خان کوتوالِ شاجہان آباد
• Masnavi dar hajv-e fidvi mutavatan-e panjab kih darasal baqal bachchah bud مثنوی در ھجو فدوی مُطاوِتانِ پنجاب کی دراصل بیقل بچاہ بد
• Masnavi dar hajv-e chipak mirza faizu مثنوی در ھجو چپک مرزا فیضو
• Qissah-e darvesh kih iradah-e ziyarat-e ka'bah kardah bud قصّہِ درویش کہ ارادہِ زیارتِ کعبہ کرد بد
• Mukhammas-e shahr ashob مخاماصِ شہر آشوب
• Qasidah dar madh-e navab vazir imad ul-mulk قصیدہ درمدہِ نواب وزیر عماد الملک

External links

• Professor Nasim Ahmad's Books (a). Diwane-e-Ghazaliyat-e-Sauda and (b). Mutallaqate Sauda
• Vinay Prajapati 'Nazar' Wordpress blog तख़लीक़-ए-नज़र – Expanding day by day
• Muhammad Rafi Urdu Poetry

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Notes and References

1. Web site: A Shahr-ashob of Sauda, translated by Mark Pegors . 11 May 2013.
2. Web site: Aab-e hayaat (1880) on Sauda . Dsal.uchicago.edu . 11 May 2013.
3. Web site: Chapter 2 of Three Mughal Poets: Mir Sauda, Mir Hasan*, by Ralph Russell and Khurshidul Islam (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1968) . 11 May 2013.
4. Web site: Frances Pritchett . Introduction of Selections from the Kulliyat of Sauda, by Major Henry Court, 1872 . Columbia.edu . 11 May 2013.
5. To be more precise, some time between A.H. 1183 (A.D. 1769–1770) and A.H. 1185 (A.D. 1771–1772). Cf. Shaikh Cand, pp. 55–56
6. An Urdu chronogram by Faḳhr ud-Dīn; Persian chronograms by Muṣḥafī and Mīr Qamar ud-Dīn 'Minnat'.
7. Web site: Azad, Muhammad Husain Ab-i hayat: yani mashahir shura-yi Urdu ke savanih umri aur zaban-i mazkur ki ahd ba ahd ki taraqqiyon aur islahon ka bayan. Lahor: Naval Kishor 1907 . Dsal.uchicago.edu . 8 April 2010 . 11 May 2013.
8. Web site: Frances Pritchett . Selections from the Kulliyat of Sauda, by Major Henry Court, 1872 . Columbia.edu . 11 May 2013.
9. Web site: Frances Pritchett . Introduction by FWP, Selections from the Kulliyat of Sauda, by Major Henry Court, 1872 . Columbia.edu . 11 May 2013.