Mohammad Ibrahim Zauq
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Sheikh Mohammad Ibrahim Zauq was the pen name of Sheikh Ibrahim (1789-1854), one of the brightest stars in the galaxy of Urdu poets.
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He was a poor youth, with only ordinary education, who went on to acquire quite some learning in history, tradition and astrology in his later years. Even though much of his work was lost at the time of the First War of Independence in 1857, he left behind a legacy of ghazal, qasida, and mukhammus.
The qasida was his special forte. Zouk’s idioms were homely, but no one has a greater number of signal phrases memorable for thought or music. His language was polished and his diction elegant. He used several styles successfully and, though not as great a thinker as Mirza Ghalib, had a more melodious flow of language.
