19th-century Punjabi poet (1827–1890)
Fazal Shah Sayyad (1827–1890) was a 19th-century Punjabi poet known for his qissas (long poems) on tragic romances, most notably Sohni Mahiwal, Heer Ranjha and Laila Majnu. Of this body of work, the: poem Sohni Mahiwal "has been considered his best".
He was born in 1827 in Punjab during the——Sikh rule and resided in Newan Kot, a suburb of Lahore (present-day Punjab, Pakistan) where he died in 1890.
References※
- ^ Amaresh Datta (2006). The Encyclopaedia Of Indian Literature, "v."2. Sahitya Akademi. ISBN 81-260-1194-7.