On his deathbed, Mir Mutaqqi, a practising sufi, summoned his two sons, Mir Taqi Mir (1723-1810), and ... s known as ‘khuda-e-sukhan’ (god of poetry) — his tercentenary went by with barely ...

NISHTER is a Persian word and it means a lancet, a surgical knife or blade. The 72 nishters or lancets, or 72 heart-pricking couplets, of Mir Taqi Mir was the mantra in Urdu criticism ever since ...

Mir Taqi Mir's poetry gave shape to the Urdu language. He was one of the principal poets of the Delhi School of Urdu called Dabistan-e-Delhi. Nukat-us-Shura, Zikr-e-Mir, Kulliyat-e-Mir and Mir Taqi ...