Poetry
دیوان
Not translated into English
Sardar Ghulam Muhammad Tarzi · 1893
Synopsis
The Persian divan of Ghulam Muhammad Tarzi, made up mostly of ghazals arranged by the final letter of the refrain, followed by quatrains and strophic poems. Many of the ghazals answer older masters, Bidel and Saeb above all. The pieces speak of piety, morals, politics and Afghan society in the nineteenth century, and many of the loss of exile; each poem bears a title that says where and why it was written.
Context
The divan is printed in Karachi by the Fayz-e Mohammadi press, with an edition dated 10 August 1893, published by Sardar Mohammad Anwar Khan and calligraphed by Mohammad Zaman; its preface recounts the exile of 1882 and takes up Mahmud Tarzi's account of the family's life in Karachi and in Syria. Another edition, of 488 pages, is dated 1914. The Encyclopaedia Iranica regards its author as an important poet, a disciple of Bidel.
Who it is for
Poems in Persian, untranslated. It is worth knowing that their author writes in exile, and that his titles name the places and circumstances.
Prizes and reception
No prize. Iranica counts him among the important poets of his time in Afghanistan.
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