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Arsh Gayavi

1880 - 1936 | Gaya, India

Profile of Arsh Gayavi

Pen Name : 'Arsh'

Real Name : Syed Zamiruddin Ahmad

Born :Gaya, Bihar

Died : 01 Jul 1936 | Bihar, India

Relatives : Hafiz Yaqoob Auj (Master)

Arsh Gayawi's father Majid's name was Munshi Mir Banda Ali was one of the religious leaders of Bihar province. Arsh Giawi was the youngest of his children. His ancestral hometown was Mouza Shukranwan, Patna district. Born Syed Zameer-ud-Din Ahmad, Arsh Gayawi was born in 1880 in Gaya. His father's wish was that the education and training of his young son should be done at a very high standard, so Maulvi Abdul Karim Thal Pushi Gayavi, who was a great scholar, was permanently employed for his education and training. But his ambitious father died in Arsh’s early teens. As soon as his father died, family hypocrisy destroyed his property. At the age of thirteen or fourteen, he went to his cousin Maulvi Tawhid in Banaras and completed his education and worked in the registry department in Banaras for seven years. Arsh’s penchant for poetry began to show for itself, and he sent two ghazals to Maulana Muhammad Abdul Ahad Shamshad Lucknow (student Asi Ghazipuri) for correction. As he got married and moved to Delhi, he started taking corrections from Taslim Lakhnavi. Arsh, who later became an Ustad, also took a number of poets under his wing. His writings are full of imaginativeness, modern metaphors, eloquence, and emotivity, all that leaves a deep impression on the reader. He used to spend lonely nights in the shrines of Ajmer Sharif and had a fakir-like disposition. He had great devotion to Hazrat Shah Akbar Danapuri. He even composed the date on the demise of Hazrat Akbar. He had six marriages, and was at first associated with the Qadriyya dynasty, but later developed a liking for Sufi recitals. Then he swore allegiance to Hazrat Hafiz Shah Rahmani Warsi. His writings include Fikr-e-Arsh, Kulliyat-e-Arsh, Kiisa-e-Jawahar, Samar-e-Naa-farmani, Hayat-e-Taslim (Biography of Munshi Amirullah Taslim Lucknowi), Hayat-e-Jawdani (published by your teacher Hasrat Mohani from Aligarh), Bargah Sultani (Archeology of Delhi and Agra), Risala-e-Arooz-o-Qawafi, Arsh-ul-Laghat, and Hayat-e-Momin, etc. On Monday, July 13, 1936, due to sudden cardiac arrest, Arsh passed away.

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