Amir Hamza Khan Shinwari (Pashto: اميرحمزه خان), commonly known as Hamza Baba (حمزه بابا) was a prominent Pashto and Urdu language poet, playwright and author. His works are studied at Master-level at the University of Peshawar. He is considered a bridge between classic Pashto literature and modern forms. He founded the Khyber School in Pashto literature. A number of notable poets of this school, such as Nazir Shinwari, Khatir Afridi, and Khyber Afridi were his pupils.[citation needed]
Hamza was born in Landi Kotal, Khyber Agency,[1] as the fourth of five sons in the house of Malik Bazmir Khan. The family was known for upholding Pakhtun tradition. Orphaned early in life, he was raised by an elder brother, Bawar Khan. His early experience of formal education set the pattern for the remainder of his schooling. His primary-school teacher set the six-year-old to writing out the alphabet; Hamza received rather severe punishment when he instead followed his artistic inclinations and drew human figures. The incident deterred him from attending school; from this young age he would roam the local area, returning home at the same time as his school fellows. When his long-term absence from school was noted, his brother enrolled him in the Islamia Collegiate School in Peshawar. To attend, Hamza had to board in a hostel in the city. He endured what was for him a miserable experience for as long as he could, leaving school permanently during the tenth grade.[2]
CareerEdit
As early as the fifth grade Hamza began writing poetry in Urdu; at this time there was little verse published in Pashto. When his murshid (spiritual guide), Khawaja Syed Abdul Sattar Shah, advised him to write in his mother tonguePashto, he followed that guidance.[3] One reviewer commented in 2011:[1]
Baba may not have been a first-rate Urdu poet, but once he started composing verses in Pashto, he perfected Pashto ghazal to the extent that Pashtun critics conferred on him the title, Baba-e-Pashto ghazal.
— From Dawn's Inpaper magazine (2011)
When Shinwari worked on the railways, he had very little money. He received a low-income certificate and quit. He travelled to Mumbai to work in the film industry but failed to establish himself.[2]
Hamza's literary influences included Mirza Khan Ansari and Khushal Khan Khattak.[3] In the early 1940s, his poetry focused on romanticism. He wrote about different aspects of romance.
Hamza was also a critic and a playwright, producing 200 plays for Radio Pakistan, features, critical essays, and research papers for different literary newspapers of Pakistan.[1]
InfluenceEdit
He belonged to the Shinwari tribe of the ethnic Pashtuns. His work is considered a fusion between classic and modern poetry. He wrote classical poetry, blended it with recent innovations, and introduced new ideas in Pashtan ghazals. He is also known as the father of Pashto Ghazals.[1]
Personal lifeEdit
Hamza lived in Landi Kotal; his home was in Muhalla Sakhi Shah Mardan.[citation needed] He died in February 1994 and is buried in Khyber Agency.[4]
^ abcd"Celebrating the father of Pashto ghazal". Dawn Magazine. 6 March 2011.
^ abRaj Wali Shah Khattak (2010). "Hamza Shinwari (1907-1994): A Biographical Sketch". Introduction to Pashtun Culture. Peshawar: University Publishers. pp. 126–132.
^ abCaron, James (February 2016) [Print issue: Winter 2015]. "The Lives of Amir Hamza Shinwari". Tanqeed. No. 10.
^"Profile: Ameer Hamza Shinwari". The Peshawar. 30 March 2013.
Further readingEdit
"Death anniversary of Pashto poet Amir Hamza Shinwari observed". The Nation. 19 February 2021.
Mohammad Taqi (27 July 2011). "Baheer: three currents of Hamza Shinwari's poetry". Daily Times. [Opinion-editorial].
External linksEdit
Hamza Shinwari poem ځم at Chakdara.com
September 30, 2023
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