Qadaryar
Qadir Yar (1802–1892), born Qadar Baksh, was a Muslim Sandhu Jat and a poet of the Punjabi language. He wrote Punjabi Qissa like Qissa Purana Bhagat, Raja Rasal.
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Qadaryar
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- Name
- Qadir Yar
- Birth Name
- Qadir Baksh
- Born
- 1802
- Birthplace
- Machhike, Punjab, Sikh Empire (now in Punjab, Pakistan)
- Died
- 1892
- Occupation
- Poet
- Languages
- Punjabi
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Qadir Yar (1802–1892), born Qadar Baksh, was a Muslim Sandhu Jat and a poet of the Punjabi language. He wrote Punjabi Qissa like Qissa Purana Bhagat, Raja Rasal.
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• Name — Qadir Yar • Birth Name — Qadir Baksh • Born — 1802 • Birthplace — Machhike, Punjab, Sikh Empire (now in Punjab, Pakistan) • Died — 1892 • Occupation — Poet
Life
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Qadir Yar was born in the village of Machhike, in Gujranwala District during the rule of the Sikh Empire. He belonged to an agriculturalist family and was Sandhu by caste. The details of his life are not available except that he received his education at the village mosque. He was the court poet of the Lahore Darbar, during the reign of Maharaja Ranjit Singh.
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• Illustration — Digitization of Qissa Puran Bhagat by Qadir Yar Qadir Yar started his literary career with Mehraj Nama (1832), the longest poem composed by him and containing 1014 couplets. The poem gives a fictional account of Prophet Muhammad's journey through the seven skies. It tells the story of Puran Bhagat. His other significant works include Qissa Sohni Mahinwal, Hari Singh Nalwa Di Var, and Var Rani Kokilan.
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- 1.Tahir, M. Athar. Qadir Yar: A Critical Introduction. Pakistan Punjabi Adabi Board. 1988. 978-969-411-107-0.
- 2.Singh, Nagendra Kr. Encyclopaedia of Muslim Biography: I-M. A.P.H. Publishing Corporation. 2001. 978-81-7648-233-2.
- 3.Sujit Mukherjee. A Dictionary of Indian Literature (One): Beginnings – 1850. Orient Longman Limited. 56. 1998.
- 4.N.S Tasneem. Qadir Yar. Sahitya Akademi. 1992. 81-7201-264-0.
- 5.Sisir Kumar Das. History of Indian Literature. Sahitya Akademi. 457. 2005. 978-81-7201-006-5.
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