Which of the following is known as father of Kashmiri Gazal?

Question

Which of the following is known as father of Kashmiri Gazal?

1. A. Habba Khatoon
2. B. Lal Ded
3. C. Rasool Mir (Correct answer)
4. D. Gh. Mohd. Mahjoor

Correct Answer

Option C — Rasool Mir

Detailed Solution & Explanation

The correct answer is Rasool Mir.

Key Points

• Rasool Mir of Doru Shahabad, Anantnag, is known as the father of Kashmiri ghazal and as the *Shelley of Kashmir* for his romantic verse.
• Habba Khatoon was the sixteenth-century poetess and queen known as the *Nightingale of Kashmir*; Lal Ded was the fourteenth-century mystic poetess of the *vaakh*; Mahjoor was a twentieth-century poet of national awakening.

Additional Information

• The ghazal form came into Kashmiri through Persian, which was the court language of the region for centuries.
• Kashmiri literary figures worth grouping: Lal Ded, Nund Rishi (Sheikh Noor-ud-din), Habba Khatoon, Rasool Mir, Mahjoor and Zinda Kaul.
• Kalhana, author of the *Rajatarangini*, belongs to the historical rather than the poetic tradition.