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Introduction to Life Of Mirza Ghalib
Maharaban ho ke bula lo mujhe chaaho jis waqt main
gayaa waqt nahin hoon ke phir aa bhi na saku
-------- Mirza Ghalib
It was around the end of 1796 that a genius was born in Agra, in an aristocratic family of Turkish ancestry. He grew up to be the supreme Urdu Poet of all times, Mirza Asadullah Beg Khan, popularly known as Mirza Ghalib to all. Ghalib's early life was spent in his mother's family due to the early demise of his father and uncle, before he moved to Delhi.
Early Life of Mirza Ghalib
Being dependant on his maternal grandparents for all his childhood, Ghalib on one hand grew up to be a carefree and unconventional and on the other hand became perturbed because of this helpless dependence. These conflicting uncertainties kept him pre occupied in search of an independent and legitimate means of livelihood. Soon the poet in him found expression through the beautiful verses, poems and writings. It is said that Mulla Abdussamad Harmuzd, who was supposedly Ghalib's tutor in Agra was a great inspiration for him. Mirza Ghalib was also exposed to a rich circle of friends in Delhi, the most reputed minds of his times.
Life of Mirza Ghalib- life, family and work
There were two imperative events that occurred in around 1820 in the life of Mirza Ghalib. He got married in the most renowned family of nobles only at the age of thirteen and he left for Delhi. Migrating to a differently city for this newly married poet, seeking material advancement and an avenue to vent the poetry inside him was truly a significant turn of his life. He lived a life of comfort in Delhi and soon gave way to the most comprehensive and significant styles of Ghazals in Urdu before reaching twenty. His interests slowly shifted from Urdu poetry to Persian verses till 1847 when he official gained entry to the Mughul court. After The death of the last Mughul king Bahadur Shah Zafar who was never too keen on Ghalib's poetry, Mirza Ghalib was appointed to write the official history of the Mughul dynasty. The good thing that his sojourn of the Mughul court did to him was let him resume his writings in Urdu.
The later life of Mirza Ghalib
In spite of his repute and the respect he gained as the greatest of Urdu and Persian poets, Ghalib could not establish his roots anywhere in Delhi, nor could he materialize his dream of having a secured and regular source of livelihood. None of his children survived which perhaps finds echo in his Ghazals. His poems reflected the more than vulnerable existence he had. During the revolting years between 1857 and 1869, Ghalib remained confined to his house, shaken by the massacre, the deaths of his near ones and the horrors. Ghalib reinvented the art of letter writings. The first collection of his letters 'Ud-i-Hindi' was published in 1868. Ghalib died a few months later, on 15th February 1869.
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