Profile of Seemab Akbarabadi
Pen Name : 'Seemab'
Real Name : Syed Ashiq Hussain
Born :Agra, Uttar pradesh
Died : 31 Jan 1951 | Karachi, Sindh
Relatives : Dagh Dehlvi (Mentor)
LCCN :n85132637
umr-e-darāz maañg ke laa.ī thī chaar din
do aarzū meñ kaT ga.e do intizār meñ
a long life, four days in all, I did negotiate
two were spent in hope and two were spent in wait
umr-e-daraaz mang ke lai thi chaar din
do aarzu mein kaT gae do intizar mein
a long life, four days in all, I did negotiate
two were spent in hope and two were spent in wait
Seemab is considered amongst one of the foremost masters of Urdu poetry. His father, Maulana Mohammad Hussain Siddiqui was a highly educated executive. His father passed away while he was still in college. He left college and got a job in Railways in Kanpur. Seemab started writing poetry during his school days. He became a disciple of Dagh in 1898 and travelled to Ajmer for work after relinquishing his job. In 1921 Seemab founded an institution “ Qasr-ul-Adab” to train new poets. He had also translated the Quran and the persian masnavi of Maulana Rume in Urdu. His first divan was published from Agra in 1936. He came to Pakistan after partition and passed away in Karachi on 31st Jan 1951.
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Authority Control :The Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN) : n85132637
