Agha Hasan Amanat

Agha Hasan Amanat ("آغا هسن "امانت, b. 1815, d. 1858) was an Urdu poet, writer and playwright of the nineteenth century from the Indian city of Lucknow.[1] He was affiliated with the court of Wajid Ali Shah, the princely ruler of Awadh.[1] His name was Agha Hasan Ali, while "Amanat" was his nom de plume (or takhallus). He is also referred to as Amanat Lakhnavi (i.e. Amanat of Lucknow) and Mirza Amanat.

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Personal history

Agha Hasan Amanat was descended from a family of Iranian immigrants who moved to Lucknow in 1815.[2]

Works

Amanat's many compositions and works include the first stage play in the Urdu language, Inder Sabha, which was seminal in the development of Urdu theatre.[1] He is also credited with beginning the geet tradition in Urdu.[3]

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References

  1. ^ a b c Alison Arnold, South Asia: the Indian subcontinent, Part 2, Taylor & Francis, 2000, ISBN 9780824049461, http://books.google.com/books?id=ZOlNv8MAXIEC, "... The court poet Agha Hasan ("Amanat") wrote this musical dance drama based on the love story of a fairy and a prince. The drama, entirely in verse, was picked up by Parsi theater companies in Bombay that produced Urdu plays in India ..." 
  2. ^ Encyclopaedic dictionary of Urdu literature, Global Vision Publishing Ho, 2007, ISBN 9788182201910, http://books.google.com/books?id=-otQriwQ9z4C, "... Amanat Luckhnawi, Agha Hasan (1815-1858) Playwright and Humorist Agha Hasan Amanat was born in an Iranian family of Muslim divines which migrated to Lucknow in 1815 ..." 
  3. ^ Sayyid Mohammad Abdullah, Urdū adab, Maktaba-e-khayaban-e-adab, 1967, http://books.google.com/books?id=jbNHAAAAMAAJ, "... اردو میں اس صنف کا احیا، اودھ کے تہزیبی دور میں ھوا. امانت نے اندر سبھا میں گیت کو رواج دیا ..."