Muhammad Siyar
Mirza Muhammad Siyar (c. 1770 – c. 1840) also known as Baba Siyar was a Chitrali poet and court chronicler who lived during the 18th and 19th centuries.
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Muhammad Siyar
- Name
- Muhammad Siyar
- Birth Name
- Mira Muhammad Siyar
- Born
- 1770
- Birthplace
- Chitral
- Occupation
- poet
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Mirza Muhammad Siyar (c. 1770 – c. 1840) also known as Baba Siyar was a Chitrali poet and court chronicler who lived during the 18th and 19th centuries.
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He is considered one of the few great begotten poets of the Hindu Kush region. He composed the famous Shahnamah-i-Chitral.
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• Name — Muhammad Siyar • Birth Name — Mira Muhammad Siyar • Born — 1770 • Birthplace — Chitral • Place of death — Chitral • Main Interests — History, romantic poetry, epic poetry • Major Works — Shahnamah-i-Chitral
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- 1.Kreutzmann, Hermann. Karakoram in Transition: Culture, Development and Ecology in the Hunza Valley. OUP Pakistan. 181–186. 2006-09-28. 9780195472103.
- 2.Bashir, Elena. Proceedings of the Second International Hindukush Cultural Conference. Oxford University Press. 127, 213 and 494. 1996. 9780195775716.
- 3.Baig, Rahmat Karim. Hindu Kush Study Series. 68. 1994.
- 4.Cacopardo, Alberto M. Gates of Peristan: History, Religion and Society in the Hindu Kush. IsIAO. 45 and 124. 2001. 9788863231496.
- 5.Azar, Muhammad Abdullah Khan. Merī Dilon̲ Ko Hilāne Vālī Dardnāk Kahānī. Novus. 8. 2006-01-01. 9788270994328.
- 6.Faiz̤ī, ʻInāyatullāh. Wakhan: a window into Central Asia. al-Qalam. 158. 1996. 9789694930206.
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