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The Poet: Syed Ali Muhammad سیّد علی محمّد (takhallus شاد Shad) was born on 8 January 1846 in محلّہ پُورب دروازہ Muhalla Purab Darwaza in عظیم آباد Azimabad, in the Bengal Presidency of British India. Azimabad had been named Azimabad in 1704 after شہزادہ عظیم الشّان Prince Azim-ush Shaan, a grandson of the Mughal Emperor ابو مظفّر محیّ الدّین محمّد اورنگزیب عالمگیر Abu Muzaffar Muhiyuddin Muhammad Aurangzeb Alamgir (1618-1707). The Prince was then the governor of Pataliputra. The poet's father, سیّد اظہار حسین خان Syed Izhar Hussain Khan had been born in الٰہ آباد Allahabad, where his paternal grandfather, سیّد تفضّل حسین خان Syed Tafazzul Hussain Khan was a تحصیلدار Tehsildar under East India Company. Syed Tafazzul Hussain Khan had later settled in Azimabad. His mother's name was عارفہ بیگم Arifa Begum and his ننہال “nanihal” (relatives on mother's side) was from پانی پت Panipat, پنجاب Punjab (now ہریانہ Haryana). He was born into a rich and influential family. He got his early education in Islamic Sciences, Arabic, and Farsi from accomplished teachers. His teachers included سیّد رمضان علی Syed Ramzan Ali, میر فرحت حسین Mir Farhat Hussain, and شیخ برکت اللہ Shaikh Barkat Ullah. He studied Farsi under شیخ آغا جان Shaikh Agha Jan and محمد رضا شیرازی Muhammad Raza Shirazi. His Arabic teachers were سیّد علی اعظم Syed Ali Azam, سیّد مہدی شاہ کاشمیری Syed Mahdi Shah Kashmiri, حکیم گُلزار علی Hakim Gulzar Ali, and شیخ محمّد علی لکھنوی Shaikh Muhammad Ali Lakhnawi. Much of his ancestral property was seized by the British following the unsuccessful War of Independence of 1857. He was defrauded by his دیوان Divan (chief administrator) and خزانچی Khazanchi (treasurer), who sold out his property without his knowledge. His last years were spent in some financial hardships, as he had to manage with his monthly pension. He had been an Honourary Magistrate for 32 years, and was a Municipal Commissioner for 14 years. In 1891 he was awarded the title of خان بہادر “Khan Bahadur” for his literary services. He passed away in Patna on 7 January 1927. He was buried in his home, named شاد منزل “Shad Manzil”. Azimabad had been renamed پٹنہ Patna after the British carved out the provinces of بہار Bihar and اُڑیسہ Orissa from the Bengal Presidency in 1912, and made Azimabad the capital of the newly-created province of Bihar. In 1862 he was married to کلثُوم فاطمہ Kalsoom Fatimah. His son سیّد حسین خان Syed Hussain Khan was born in 1880. After his first wife passed away due to an illness, he married زہرا بیگم Zohra Begum. From the second wife he had a daughter named آمنہ Aminah. He started writing poetry in 1860. As a poet, he first consulted میر تصدّق حسین خمی Mir Tasadduq Hussain Khumi but his most important teacher in poetry was سیّد اُلفت حسین فریاد عظیم آبادی Syed Ulfat Hussain Faryad Azimabadi. As a young man he interacted with two masters of مرثیہ Marsiya poetry, میر ببر علی انیس Mir Babar Ali Anees (1803-1874) and مرزا سلامت علی دبیر Mirza Salamat Ali Dabeer (1803-1875), and gained valuable experience in their company. He also met two other extraordinary personalities of the time, مولانا الطاف حسین حالی Maulana Altaf Hussain Hali (1837-1914) -- who was from Panipat and was close to him, and سر سیّد احمد خان Sir Syed Ahmad Khan (1817-1898). He is sometimes called the میر “Mir” (Taqi Mir) of his age. It has been estimated that his literary work has resulted in the publication of 50-60 books, including books of poetry and prose. In poetry he wrote in several forms of Urdu poetry, including قصیدہ Qasida, مرثیہ Marsiya, مثنوی Masnawi, قطعہ Qata, رباعی Rubai, and غزل Ghazal. His favourite was the ghazal. Publications mostly based on his writings include انتخابِ کلامِ شاد Intikhab-e Kalam-e Shad edited by حسرت موہانی Hasrat Mohani (1909), ریاضِ عمر Riaz-e Umr (1914), کلامِ شاد Kalam-e Shad, edited by قاضی عبدالودود Qazi Abdul Wadood (1922), مے خانہِ الہام Maikhana-e Ilham, edited by حمیدعظیم آبادی Hameed Azimabadi (1938, دیوان Divan), بادہِ عرفان Baada-e Irfaan, edited علی خان صبا by Ali Khan Saba (1961, ghazals), زبُورِ عرفان Zabur-e Irfaan, edited by سیّد نقی احمد ارشاد Naqi Ahmad Irshad (1963, selection of ghazals and poems), لمحاتِ شاد Lamhaat-e Shad, by فاطمہ بیگم Fatimah Begum (1964), شاد عظیم آبادی شرحِ کلام Shad Azimabadi Sharh-e Kalam, by سیّد نقی احمد ارشاد Syed Naqi Ahmad Irshad (1967, interpretations of ghazals), کلیّاتِ شاد Kulliyat-e Shad, رباعیات Rubaiyaat, , سروشِ ہستی Sarosh-e Hasti (qataat), , فروغِ ہستی Farogh-e Hasti (poems), فکرِ بلیغ Fikr-e Baleegh (marsiya), حیاتِ فریاد Hayaat-e Faryaad (biography), andنوائے وطن Nawa-e Watan (history). The Singer: Abida Parveen Tariq Akbar طارق اکبر 10 September 2016 (Updated: 12 September 2016)