14 Facts About Nazeer Akbarabadi

Nazeer Akbarabadi's father was Muhammad Farooq and his mother was the daughter of Nawab Sultan Khan who was the governor of Agra Fort.

In 1739, Nazeer Akbarabadi was still a child when Nadir Shah attacked Delhi and the Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah was arrested.

Nazeer Akbarabadi was later released but countless people were mercilessly killed in Delhi.

Nazeer Akbarabadi's poetry conveyed the plight of the common people in their own everyday language and was very popular among the masses.

Nazeer Akbarabadi left for us about 600 ghazals, although his nazms are said to be more worthy of admiration.

Nazeer Akbarabadi's growing popularity is due to his nazms.

Nazeer Akbarabadi was purely a "People's poet" and his nazms reflected various aspects of the daily life of his age, all types of religious and social events with even minor details in which common people can be seen laughing, singing, teasing, playing.

Nazeer Akbarabadi wrote nazams about religious and social festivals, such as Diwali, Holi, Eid, Shab-e-baraat, about fruits and about animals like mouse and birds, about seasons and even inanimate objects, such as paisa, rupaiaa, rotiyaan, aata-daal, "pankha" and "kakrhi".

Nazeer Akbarabadi wrote nazms about different aspects of human life, such as "muflisi" and "kohrinamah".

The canvas of Nazeer Akbarabadi's nazms is so vast that it encompasses all aspects of human behaviour and every person can find nazms that can suit his taste.

Nazeer Akbarabadi's contemporaries were Mirza Muhammad Rafi Sauda, Mir Taqi Mir, Sheikh Qalandar Bakhsh Jur'at, Insha Allah Khan Insha, and Ghulam Hamdani Mushafi.

Nazeer Akbarabadi was young during the age of Sauda and Mir and might be a middle aged man during the age of Jur'at, Insha and Mushafi.

Nazeer Akbarabadi's poetry has many qualities among them only some are discussed below.

Nazeer Akbarabadi was the one who laid the foundation of natural poetry which was later continued by Altaf Hussain Hali and Muhammad Husain Azad.