11 Facts About Ghazal

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Ghazal is a form of amatory poem or ode, originating in Arabic poetry.

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Ghazal form is ancient, tracing its origins to 7th-century Arabic poetry.

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Postmodern Ghazal refers to a literary movement that began in the 1990s in Iran, claiming to mix postmodern ideas and traditional Persian poetry arrangements.

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4.

Ghazal is a short poem consisting of rhyming couplets, called bayt or sher.

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5.

Ghazal tradition is marked by the poetry's ambiguity and simultaneity of meaning.

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Ghazal originated in Arabia in the 7th century, evolving from the qasida, a much older pre-Islamic Arabic poetic form.

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Ghazal later spread throughout the Middle East and South Asia.

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Ghazal was spread from Persia into South Asia in the 12th century by the influence of Sufi mystics and the courts of the new Islamic sultanates.

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Ghazal is always written from the point of view of the unrequited lover whose beloved is portrayed as unattainable.

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Ghazal poems are performed in Uzbek-Tajik Shashmakom, Turkish Makam, Persian Dastgah and Uyghur Muqam.

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Ghazal has historically been one of the most popular poetic forms across the Middle East and South Asia.

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