Amir Meenai
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Ameer Minai an Urdu poet of eminence was born in 1826 at Lucknow
and died in 1900 at Hyderabad. A popular poet both with the people and the aristocracy, he was held in high esteem by his contemporary poets like Ghalib and Daagh Dehalvi.
Amir Meenai's famous gazal has been sung in a film starred by Rishi Kapoor and Tina Munim. The gazal is 'sarakati jayey hai rukh se nakab ahista, ahista...
Maratul Ghaib is the first collection of poetry by the poet.
Meenai Sukhun is another Diwan (collection of poetry) by poet.
Another famous gazal of poet is " Haalaat Maikade Ke Karwat Badal Rahe Hain "
Ameer Ahmed Ameer Meenai was a great poet of Urdu and Persian .He is also known as a lexicographer, Sufi, scholar, editor, prose writer, translator, connoisseur of language and had a knack for different branches of knowledge.He had studied logic, law, geography, mathematics, medicine, history, religion, music, philosophy and wrote some 50 books in Urdu and Persian.He is also known as having a master of astrology, `ramal`, and `jafar`, the arts of foretelling the future, and wrote two books on them.
However many of his books are yet to be published.
Ameer helped popularise the naat genre in Urdu poetry and the popularity of his naats proved to be a trend-setter among other poets.
Among all his creation the greatest was `Ameer-ul-Lughaat`, a comprehensive Urdu-Urdu dictionary that he intended to compile in eight volumes unfortunately it had never been complied and only two volumes came out in 1891 and 1892 respectively .Due to certain reasons, that include ill health and a fire that devoured his invaluable library and manuscripts he was not able to finish all volumes .It is never concluded exactly how many volumes exist and only the third volume manuscript was found and is treasured by Ameer Meenai`s grandson Israel Meenai who intends to get it published soon.
Israel Ahmed Meenai who had published a few years ago `Miraat-ul-ghaib` and `Sanam khana-i-ishq`, the two collections of Ameer`s poetry. Now he has come up with two important books of Ameer`s, published in one volume. One is an account of Hazrat Muhammad (SAW)`s early life written in prose. Titled `Khayaban-i-Aafrinish`, it beautifully describes the holy Prophet`s life in an easy but flowing prose and is based on authentic sources. The other is `Mahaamid-i-Khatamun Nabiyeen`, the famous collection of Ameer`s naat poetry.
Lucknow
Lucknow is the capital city of Uttar Pradesh in India. Lucknow is the administrative headquarters of Lucknow District and Lucknow Division....
and died in 1900 at Hyderabad. A popular poet both with the people and the aristocracy, he was held in high esteem by his contemporary poets like Ghalib and Daagh Dehalvi.
Amir Meenai's famous gazal has been sung in a film starred by Rishi Kapoor and Tina Munim. The gazal is 'sarakati jayey hai rukh se nakab ahista, ahista...
Maratul Ghaib is the first collection of poetry by the poet.
Meenai Sukhun is another Diwan (collection of poetry) by poet.
Another famous gazal of poet is " Haalaat Maikade Ke Karwat Badal Rahe Hain "
Personal Details
Born in 1829 in Lucknow into a noble family of religious scholars, Ameer was educated at Farangi Mahal, Lucknow`s famous educational institute. He joined the royal court of Awadh (Oudh) but after the 1857 war of independence, he was invited to join the royal court of Rampur where he lived for the rest of his life until, of course, 1900 when he decided to go to Hyderabad Deccan to seek some help for the publication of the remaining volumes of Ameer-ul-Lughaat — but that was not to be and he died there on October 13 ,1900.Ameer Ahmed Ameer Meenai was a great poet of Urdu and Persian .He is also known as a lexicographer, Sufi, scholar, editor, prose writer, translator, connoisseur of language and had a knack for different branches of knowledge.He had studied logic, law, geography, mathematics, medicine, history, religion, music, philosophy and wrote some 50 books in Urdu and Persian.He is also known as having a master of astrology, `ramal`, and `jafar`, the arts of foretelling the future, and wrote two books on them.
However many of his books are yet to be published.
Ameer helped popularise the naat genre in Urdu poetry and the popularity of his naats proved to be a trend-setter among other poets.
Among all his creation the greatest was `Ameer-ul-Lughaat`, a comprehensive Urdu-Urdu dictionary that he intended to compile in eight volumes unfortunately it had never been complied and only two volumes came out in 1891 and 1892 respectively .Due to certain reasons, that include ill health and a fire that devoured his invaluable library and manuscripts he was not able to finish all volumes .It is never concluded exactly how many volumes exist and only the third volume manuscript was found and is treasured by Ameer Meenai`s grandson Israel Meenai who intends to get it published soon.
Israel Ahmed Meenai who had published a few years ago `Miraat-ul-ghaib` and `Sanam khana-i-ishq`, the two collections of Ameer`s poetry. Now he has come up with two important books of Ameer`s, published in one volume. One is an account of Hazrat Muhammad (SAW)`s early life written in prose. Titled `Khayaban-i-Aafrinish`, it beautifully describes the holy Prophet`s life in an easy but flowing prose and is based on authentic sources. The other is `Mahaamid-i-Khatamun Nabiyeen`, the famous collection of Ameer`s naat poetry.