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The Thebaid (/ ˈ θ iː b eɪ. ɪ d /; Latin: Thēbaïs, lit. 'Song of Thebes') is a Latin epic poem written by the Roman poet Statius.Published in the early 90s AD, it contains 9748 lines arranged in 12 books, and recounts the clash of two brothers, Eteocles and Polynices, over the throne of the Greek city of Thebes.
Sufi Poets of the Punjab Pakistan (Their Thought and Contribution) Prof M Ashraf Chaudhary. National Book Foundation Islamabad. ISBN 978-969-37-0313-9 "Great Sufi Poets of The Punjab" by R. M. Chopra, (1999), Iran Society, Calcutta.
Faiz Ahmad Faiz [a] MBE NI (13 February 1911 – 20 November 1984) [2] was a Pakistani poet and author of Punjabi and Urdu literature. Faiz was one of the most celebrated, popular, and influential Urdu writers of his time, and his works and ideas remain widely influential in Pakistan and beyond. [3]
Punjabi advertisement for books authored by Nanak Singh, 'Phulwari' magazine, January 1933 issue. During the British period in Punjab, the most popular literary language based on the number book produced in it was Urdu, however Punjabi-language books were a close second. [13]: 78–85
Hakim Ahmad Shuja – Pakistani Urdu and Persian poet (1893–1969) Iftikhar Arif – Pakistani poet and litterateur (born 1944) Jaun Elia – Pakistani poet (1931–2002) Jawayd Anwar – Pakistani poet and writer (1959–2011) Josh Malihabadi – Indian poet (1898–1982) Kishwar Naheed – Pakistani writer
A tailor by profession, in 1930, he stitched a suit for Mian Iftikharuddin, who got impressed by his inspiring poetry verse, when the two met each other at his shop. He invited Ustad Daman to recite his poem at a public meeting organized by the Indian National Congress , where Ustad Daman became an instant hit.
Painting of the Punjabi Sufi saint Shah Hussain Qalandar, ca.1770. He was born in 945 AH (1538) within the Walled City of Lahore in what is now Punjab, Pakistan. [2] His father was Sheikh Usman, [2] he was a Dhudhi Rajput (a clan of Rajput), and by occupation, he was a weaver (in some of Shah Hussain poetic rhymes he used his pen name as Faqir Hussain Julaha which means "Saint Hussain the ...
Pakistani literature (Urdu: ادبیاتِ پاکستان) is a distinct literature that gradually came to be defined after Pakistan gained nationhood status in 1947, emerging out of literary traditions of the South Asia. [1]