Wali Mohammed Wali
Wali Muhammad Wali | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1667 |
| Died | 1707 (aged 39–40) |
| Pen name | Wali Dakhani, Wali Aurangabadi, Wali Gujarati |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Period | Mughal period |
| Genre | Ghazal, masnavi, qasida, mukhammas |
| Urdu literature اُرْدُو اَدَبْ | |
|---|---|
| Urdu literature | |
| By category Urdu language Rekhta | |
| Major figures | |
| Amir Khusrau - Wali Dakhani - Mir Taqi Mir - Ghalib - Abdul Haq - Muhammad Iqbal | |
| Urdu writers | |
| Writers – Novelists – Poets | |
| Forms | |
| Ghazal - Dastangoi - Nazm – Fiction | |
| Institutions | |
| Anjuman-i Taraqqi-i Urdu Urdu movement Literary Prizes | |
| Related Portals Literature Portal Pakistan Portal | |
Wali Muhammad Wali (1667–1707), also known as Wali Dakhani, Wali Gujarati, and Wali Aurangabadi, was a classical Urdu poet from Indian subcontinent.
He is considered by many scholars to be the father of Urdu poetry, being the first established poet to have composed ghazals in the Urdu language and compiled a divan (a collection of ghazals where the entire alphabet is used at least once as the last letter to define the rhyme pattern).
Before Wali, Indian Ghazals were composed in Persian, almost being replicated in thought and style from the original Persian masters like Saa'di, Jami and Khaqani. Wali began, using not only an Indian language, but Indian themes, idioms and imagery in his ghazals. It is said that his visit to Delhi in 1700, along with his divan of Urdu ghazals created a ripple in the literary circles of the north, inspiring them to produce stalwarts like Zauq, Sauda and Mir.