Monday, October 24, 2011

Maahlaqaa Chanda

kulliyaat-e-Maahlaqaa Chanda, 1766 AD(?) - 1824 [1240 AH]:



Notes:
1. This may be a collection of the surviving work of Maahlaqaa Chanda

2. *Though she is generally considered the first female Urdu poetess who had her poetry published, recent research suggests that Lutfunnisa Imtiyaz was the first Sahib-e-Diwan woman poet of Urdu. Her collection was published in 1212 Hijri, just a year before Mahlaqa. However, her husband who was an accomplished poet and wrote an important book on the early poets, didn't include his wife's poetry.

3. This prominent poetess of Deccan also penned ghazals in Persian but most of her works in Persian was lost. However, a copy of her Urdu divan that has 125 ghazals, which was compiled and calligraphed by herself is preserved in the British museum in London.