Intikhab-e-Kalam: Jigar Muradabadi

Compiled by Muhammad Reza Kazimi

This book contains a selection of poems by Jigar Muradabadi, one of the most celebrated ghazal poets of the Urdu language. Jigar was hailed as the greatest exponent of this form, and dominated poetry recitals from 1940 to 1960. Jigar combined a sonorous diction with lyrical abandon, and this proved to be a magic formula with which he mesmerized large audiences attending poetry recitals. While, on one level, his poems can be read as uninhibited love poetry, Jigar had a transcendental style and a natural bent toward Sufism which caused his poems to be read as esoteric verse.

Author Description
Dr Muhammad Reza Kazimi has an MA and PhD from the University of Karachi. He is a critic of Urdu literature and has taught for more than thirty years in different colleges, and at the University of Karachi, the Aga Khan University, and M.A. Jinnah University in Karachi. His latest Urdu book Tehzeeb o Takhleeq has been published by Karachi University. His latest English book is A Concise History of Pakistan (OUP 2009). His other publications are Mutale'a-e-Pakistan (OUP, 2006); Pakistan Studies (OUP, 2007); Liaquat Ali Khan: His Life and Work (OUP, 2015); Intikhab-e-Kalam: Ghalib (OUP, 2009); Intikhab-e-Kalam: Sahir Ludhianvi (OUP, 2013).

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