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Najmuddin Shah Mubarak, who used the pen name “Abru” (Honor) was among the earliest well known Urdu poets of north India. He came from a family of Sufi saints and scholars. He was born in Gwalior in central India, ca. 1683, and migrated to Delhi for employment. He died in December 1733 after being kicked by a horse.2
Mohammad Hasan, ed., Diwan-i-Abru (New Delhi: Taraqqi Urdu Bureau, 1990), 298–308. Our translation is a somewhat condensed version and the numbers follow the order in Mohammad Hasan’s edition.
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Jamil Jalibi, Tarikh I Urdu Adab (Delhi: Educational Publishing House, 1977; 1989) vol. 2, part 1, 212.
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Kidwai, S., Vanita, R. (2000). Najmuddin Shah Mubarak “Abru”: Advice to a Beloved (Urdu). In: Vanita, R., Kidwai, S. (eds) Same-Sex Love in India. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-62183-5_22
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