Historicity

The poetry and poetic compositions were regarded as an art, which could only be undertaken by the educated and cultured. It was also regarded as the best way of demonstrating one’s ability and skill. However,

• Ajlaf
• Ashraf,
• Urdu
• court culture
• eighteenth century
• Poetry

1. C. A. Bayly, Rulers, Townsmen and Bazar, Noth Indian Society in the Age of British Expansion, 1770-1870, Cambridge, 198, pp. 80, 96-99.
2. Khaliq Anjum, Mirza Rafi Sauda, Anjuman Taraqqi-i-Urdu, Aligarh, 1966, pp. 86-87.