Tazkiro May Tanqeed e Ghazal: Isharat o Islahat

Abstract

History of Urdu literary Criticism is treasured by “Tazkira’s”. Basically
Tazkira means the book written on life and life events of poets. In this type of
book the writer comments on the poet and his poetry as well. Authors of Tazkira
use critical hints and literary terms to express critical views. These critical hints
and literary terms are the initial treasure of classical Urdu criticism. The modern
age of Urdu criticism is based upon this classical treasure of criticism.
This article explains the critical terms and hints regarding Urdu Ghazal. It
also deals with the terminologies used by Urdu classic poets and authors. This
article is helpful for the judgment of classical Urdu Ghazal and it also throws
light on the importance of critical hints given in Tazkiras