Syed Al-e-Ahmad
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Syed Al-e-Ahmad was a well known Pakistan
i urdu poet, primarily of the Ghazal
form, but also of Nazm
. He used unique diction for his remarkable expressions regarding life and society.
, the son of a police servant. His grand father Sadiq-al-Atee was the student of Ghalib.
He started writing verses at the age of fifteen. Initially he wrote with the penname of "Bedil Meerathi", but in 1955, he started writing with his actual name "Ahmad".
He died in Bahawalpur, Pakistan.
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
i urdu poet, primarily of the Ghazal
Ghazal
The ghazal is a poetic form consisting of rhyming couplets and a refrain, with each line sharing the same meter. A ghazal may be understood as a poetic expression of both the pain of loss or separation and the beauty of love in spite of that pain. The form is ancient, originating in 6th century...
form, but also of Nazm
Nazm
Urdu Nazm is a major part of the Urdu poetry, that is normally written in rhymed verse and also in modern prose style poems. Nazm has many different forms as,* Doha * Geet * Hamd * Hazal * Hijv...
. He used unique diction for his remarkable expressions regarding life and society.
Life
Ahmad was born in Meerath, IndiaIndia
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, the son of a police servant. His grand father Sadiq-al-Atee was the student of Ghalib.
He started writing verses at the age of fifteen. Initially he wrote with the penname of "Bedil Meerathi", but in 1955, he started writing with his actual name "Ahmad".
He died in Bahawalpur, Pakistan.