Āzād Bilgrami

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Āzād Bilgrami

Indian writer

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…of Arabic in the Deccan, Āzād Bilgrami (died 1786) composed numerous poetical and biographical works in Persian, but his chief fame was as the “Ḥassān of Hind,” since he, like the Prophet Muhammad’s protégé Ḥassān ibn Thābit, wrote some powerful Arabic panegyrics in honour of the Prophet. He even attempted…
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…of Arabic in the Deccan, Āzād Bilgrami (died 1786) composed numerous poetical and biographical works in Persian, but his chief fame was as the “Ḥassān of Hind,” since he, like the Prophet Muhammad’s protégé Ḥassān ibn Thābit, wrote some powerful Arabic panegyrics in honour of the Prophet. He even attempted…
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