Dakhni Urdu ghazals

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Dakhni Urdu ghazals are early South Indian Urdu lyric poems that blend Persianate courtly aesthetics with local Deccani language and culture, exemplified in the pioneering works of Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah.

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Dakhni Urdu 4
Dakhni Urdu ghazals canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf South Asian lyric poetry
Urdu poetry
ghazal
literary genre
associatedWithDynasty Adil Shahi dynasty
Qutb Shahi dynasty
developedInRegion Bijapur
Deccan Sultanates
linked to: Deccan sultanates

Golconda
differsFrom North Indian Rekhta ghazals
earlyPractitioner Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah
emergedInCentury 16th century
exemplifiedByPoet Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah
hasCulturalContext Deccan
linked to: Deccan Plateau

South India
hasForm maqta signature couplet
matla opening couplet
rhymed couplets
hasFunction courtly entertainment
devotional expression
expression of urban love culture
hasInfluenceFrom Arabic–Persian ghazal tradition
Persian literature
Persianate courtly aesthetics
hasLanguage Dakhni Urdu
linked to: Dakhni Urdu ghazals

Deccani
hasLanguageFamily Indo-Aryan languages
hasMeter quantitative meters derived from Persian prosody
hasTheme Sufi devotion
courtly romance
love
mysticism
separation
historicalPrecursorOf modern Urdu ghazals
incorporates Dravidian loanwords
local Deccani vocabulary
regional idioms
performedAt Sufi gatherings
royal courts
relatedTo Dakhni literature
linked to: Dakhni poets

Urdu ghazals
sharesFeaturesWith classical Urdu ghazals
usesPoeticDevice hyperbole
metaphor
symbolism
wordplay
usesRhymeScheme radif and qafiya
usesScript Perso-Arabic script

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Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah notableWork Dakhni Urdu ghazals
Abdullah Qutb Shah languageOfCulture Dakhni Urdu
linked to: Dakhni Urdu ghazals
Abul Hasan Qutb Shah languageOfPoetryAtCourt Dakhni Urdu
linked to: Dakhni Urdu ghazals
Dakhni Urdu masnavis language Dakhni Urdu
linked to: Dakhni Urdu ghazals
Dakhni Urdu ghazals hasLanguage Dakhni Urdu
linked to: Dakhni Urdu ghazals