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سلیم احمد، تیس سال بعد

  • Shamsur Rahman Faruqi/
  • August 24, 2014
Saleem Ahmad: Thirty Years Later
Abstract

This article re-evaluates Saleem Ahmad’s place as a poet. Shamsur Rahmān Farūqī argues that Saleem Ahmad’s poetry did not receive the attention it deserved. It was overshadowed by his critical writings and his status as a critic. Only the sensational element in his poetry was highlighted whereas other qualities were pushed into the background. Saleem Ahmad’s rejection of conventional characteristics of the ghazal is deemed to be a significant contribution to the genre. He freed the ghazal of its passive, self-immolating character and chose his themes from his very own milieu, along with adding a creative use of new metaphors. Farūqī places Salīm Ahmad among the top ranking ghazal writers in history.

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Faruqi, S. R. (2014). سلیم احمد، تیس سال بعد. بنیاد (مجّلہ دراساتِ اردو), 5(1), 357–372. https://bunyad.lums.edu.pk/website/journal/article/5f8e04c47688a/page

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[1]Faruqi, S.R. 2014. سلیم احمد، تیس سال بعد. بنیاد (مجّلہ دراساتِ اردو). 5, 1 (Aug. 2014), 357–372.
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(1)Faruqi, S. R. سلیم احمد، تیس سال بعد. بنیاد (مجّلہ دراساتِ اردو) 2014, 5 (1), 357–372.
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FARUQI, Shamsur Rahman. سلیم احمد، تیس سال بعد. بنیاد (مجّلہ دراساتِ اردو), v. 5, n. 1, p. 357–372, 24 Aug.2014.
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Faruqi, S.R. (2014) “سلیم احمد، تیس سال بعد”, بنیاد (مجّلہ دراساتِ اردو), 5(1), pp. 357–372. Available at: https://bunyad.lums.edu.pk/website/journal/article/5f8e04c47688a/page (Accessed: 12 May 2026).

            

                    
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[1]S. R. Faruqi, “سلیم احمد، تیس سال بعد”, بنیاد (مجّلہ دراساتِ اردو), vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 357–372, Aug. 2014, Accessed: May 12, 2026. [Online]. Available: https://bunyad.lums.edu.pk/website/journal/article/5f8e04c47688a/page

            

                    
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Faruqi, Shamsur Rahman. “سلیم احمد، تیس سال بعد”. بنیاد (مجّلہ دراساتِ اردو), vols. 5, no. 1, Aug. 2014, pp. 357–372, https://bunyad.lums.edu.pk/website/journal/article/5f8e04c47688a/page.

            

                    
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Faruqi, Shamsur Rahman. “سلیم احمد، تیس سال بعد”. بنیاد (مجّلہ دراساتِ اردو) 5, no. 1 (August 24, 2014): 357–372. Accessed May 12, 2026. https://bunyad.lums.edu.pk/website/journal/article/5f8e04c47688a/page.

            

                    
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1.Faruqi SR. سلیم احمد، تیس سال بعد. بنیاد (مجّلہ دراساتِ اردو) [Internet]. 2014 Aug. 24 [cited 2026 May 12];5(1):357–372. Available from: https://bunyad.lums.edu.pk/website/journal/article/5f8e04c47688a/page

            

                    
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1.Faruqi SR. سلیم احمد، تیس سال بعد. بنیاد (مجّلہ دراساتِ اردو). 2014;5(1):357–372. Accessed May 12, 2026. https://bunyad.lums.edu.pk/website/journal/article/5f8e04c47688a/page

            

            






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Shamsur Rahman Faruqi

        
        Poet, Author, Critic and Theorist
    

    
Shamsur Rahman Faruqi was a distinguished Urdu critic, poet, fiction writer, and theorist. His works span over different genres, from literary history and criticism to poetry and fiction. Considered an authority on llm-e bayan (the science of poetic discourse) and classical poetry, he was also a noted lexicographer. Faruqi’s book Ka’i Chaand the Sar-e Asmaan, written in 2006, has been hailed as a masterpiece of Urdu fiction. An English version of this book, called Mirror of Beauty, was published in 2013. He also translated his stories into English which are included in a book titled The Sun Rose from the Earth. He has also been credited with spearheading the revival of the Dastangoi style of storytelling in India. He was awarded the Saraswati Samman for his work She`r-e Shor-Angez, a study of the major eighteenth-century poet Meer Taqi Meer.

    
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