Daagh Dehlvi
Nawab Mirza Khan Daagh Dehlvi (Urdu: نواب مرزا خان داغ دہلوی, 25 May 1831 – 17 March 1905) was a poet known for his Urdu ghazals. He belonged to the old Delhi school of Urdu poetry.
Daagh Dehlvi | |
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داغ دہلویؔ | |
| Native name | نواب مرزا خان داغ دہلوی |
| Born | Nawab Mirza Khan 25 May 1831 Delhi, Mughal Empire |
| Died | 17 March 1905 (aged 73) Hyderabad, Hyderabad state, British India (present-day Telangana) |
| Pen name | Daagh |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Period | 1831 to 1905 |
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| Subject | Love and human relationships |
| Notable works | Gulzar-e-Daagh (1878) Masnavi Fariyad-e-Daagh (1882) Diwan-e-Daagh |
He wrote romantic and sensuous poems and ghazals in simple and chaste Urdu, minimising usage of Persian words. He laid great emphasis on the Urdu idiom and its usage. He wrote under the takhallus (Urdu word for pen name) Daagh Dehlvi (the meanings of Daagh, an Urdu noun, include stain, grief and taint while Dehlvi means belonging to or from Dehli or Delhi). He belonged to the Delhi school of thought.
His honorific Dabeer ud Dawla, Faseeh ul Mulk, Nawab Nizam Jang Bahadur, Sipah Salar, Yar-e-Wafadar, Muqrib-us-Sultan, Bulbul-e-Hindustan, Jahan Ustad, Nazim Yar Jung, were the titles bestowed upon him by the sixth Nizam of Hyderabad Mir Mahbub Ali Khan.
Daagh was considered one of the best romantic poets of his time by some commentators.