Urdu Paedia
Common Terms in Urdu Poetry
asaatiizaa A collective term used to refer to the great masters of Urdu poetry. Most of the well known poets of Urdu fall into this category – Meer, Ghalib, Zauq,…
Elements of a Ghazal
bahr This is the metre of the poem. This can loosely thought of as the length of the sher. Both the lines of a sher MUST be of the same…
Biographies
Momin Khan Momin
Momin Khan Momin was born in respectable Delhi family in 1801. He studied Arabic and Persian. He had a multifaceted personality. Not only was he a renowned physician, he was…
Urdu Poetry
Asar Usko Zara Nahin Hota
A Nice Ghazal By Momin