Saturday, 9 November 2013

COLUMN: The development of the marsiya y Dr Hilal Naqvi

Alfaz Foundation, Karachi, has brought out a collection of 25 marsiyas selected and compiled by Dr Hilal Naqvi. It is titled, Jadeed Biyaz-i-Marsiya.

I am not in a position to pass judgement on the nature of these marsiyas and determine how far all or most of them are a departure from the traditional marsiya, so as to be treated as jadeed or modern marsiyas. So I am content to say that it is a collection of selected marsiyas picked from those written during the post-Aneesian period.

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