Raaz Chandpuri

Raaz Chandpuri (1892–1969)[1][2](Urdu: راز چاند پوری‎), born Mohammad Sadiq (Urdu: محمّد صادق‎), was an Urdu ghazal and nazm writer and literary critic. He was amongst the earliest disciples of Seemab Akbarabadi and attained the status of an Ustaad for himself. He was a master of Urooz.

His first known collection of ghazals, Nawa e Raaz, was published in 1961 by Adara Anees of Allahabad. However, he is better known for his critical appraisal of the life and work of Seemab Akbarabadi, Dastaan e chand, on which exercise Mehr Lal Soni Zia Fatehabadi too had relied while writing the biography of Seemab Akbarabadi titled - " Zikr e Seemab ".[3]

Written by Sarwar Alam Raz Sarwar and published by Kitab Ghar,[4] Baqiyaat e Raaz is the only critical appraisal of the life and work of Raaz Chandpuri.

References

  1. ↑ Urdu Authors:Date list ( in alphabetical order) corrected up to May 31, 2006 - S.No.1642 - Raaz Chandpuri> maintained by National Council for Promotion of Urdu, Govt. of India, Ministry of Human Resource Development http://www.urducouncil.nic.in/urdu_wrld/u_auth/index_all.htm
  2. ↑ http://bazm.urduanjuman.com/index.php?topic=4790.0
  3. ↑ Mehr Lal Soni Zia Fatehabadi. Zikr e Seemab.
  4. ↑ http://www.kitabghar.com/bookbase/sarwar/baqiyaat.hlml.