Satires of Sauda

Authors

  • Swapnil Chaudhary Doctoral Research Candidate, Department of Humanities and Social Science, IISER, Mohali

Keywords:

Sauda, Indian humour

Abstract

Satires of Sa?d? Humour have a long history in Islamic societies. But study of humours poets, scholars or any person had been ignored. It was mostly because society had some traditions and boundaries which were usually being ignored by such people. This article explores the humour and satire in the poetry of, one of the less known eighteenth-century poet, Mirza Muhammad Rafi Sa?d?. He served in the court of Delhi, Farrukhabad and Awadh. His verses were not only opposite to the tradition of Urdu poetry, due to which he was not given much preference in literary history, but also reflected the glimpses of north Indian society of his time. Sa?d? did not only use satire in his poetry but he showed his witty nature in conversations too. Sa?d? highlighted those things in his poetry which could not be express by common masses in everyday lives. Usually in Indian humour, it is an approval that has been found by scholars, for instance in the jokes of Akbar and Birbal but in the verses of Sa?d?, we find hostility towards his opponents. By opponent, it means those people who were not liked by Sa?d?. His poetry presents his stand against the political establishment. He was a master in his work who explained the condition of the mighty city 'Delhi' by comparing it with a horse. This article analysis some of his important poetry and reflects how it presented the facets of the eighteenth century intellectual, rational, moral, political, social and religious milieus.

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Published

2022-03-25

How to Cite

Chaudhary, S. . . (2022). Satires of Sauda. Summerhill: IIAS Review, 27(2), 75–81. Retrieved from http://14.139.58.200/ojs/index.php/summerhill/article/view/1412

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Research Article