تذکرہ نگاری ۔ اُردو اَدبی تاریخ کی ایک کڑی

  • Dr. Gulshan Tariq

Abstract

Tazkirah Nigari (Biography of Poets) is an old tradition in Persian and Urdu literature. "Tazkirah" is a development of "Biaaz" meaning "White Page". It is referred to the notebook which the poets kept to record their poetry. Many literary persons who had a taste for poetry also kept a notebook in which they noted down their favourite verses. After some time they started to include the life of the poets and also comments on / about their poetry. These notebooks were called "Tazkirah" i.e. Biographies of the poets along with their verses. In this article has reviewed the history of Tazkirah Nigari in Urdu.

Published
2020-03-01