In Urdu literature, Mirza Farhatullah Baig’s name is taken as a humorist. He was an essayist and writer who also wrote literary memoirs, anecdotes and personal sketches.
Mirza Sahib’s writings contain little satire and wherever he has adopted satirical style, he has resorted to appropriate humour. There is no severity in his satire and that is why the writings of Mirza Farhatullah Baig became popular. He died on 27 April 1947.
Insha Pardaz and writer Mirza Farhatullah Beg of the 20th century, apart from pure literary writings, also wrote on various topics such as history and biography, but he often used humor in them. The three essays of Mirza Farhatullah Baig which were published under the titles of Nazir Ahmad Ki Kahani, Kuch Meri Kuch An Ki Baalbi, Delhi’s Last Candle (a mushaira) and Phul Wala’s were the most popular.
It is written about Mirza Sahib in the history of Urdu literature that he is very famous as a sketch artist and the natural elegance of Mirza has a lot to do in making these sketches dear to every heart. He wrote on various topics. He paid attention to criticism, fiction, biography, biography, society and ethics, but his real fame is in his writing.
The reign of Mirza Farhatullah Baig is a transitional period in the history of India. This period of cultural conflict, in which 1857 is the peak, is also a reflection of decline, degeneration, despair, deprivation and sense of defeat, and also a sign of foreign power. In this period, political, social, national and literary movements also took place and in this period, the color of orthodoxy also started to disappear from the minds. In this era, the conflict between ancient and modern reached its climax and finally ancient civilization, ancient sciences and ancient way of thinking had to admit defeat. Society changed course and a glorious era of civilization came to an end.
Mirza Farhatullah Baig was born in Delhi in September 1883, 26 years after the Revolution of 1857 and was born in 1905. Passed the A examination and stayed in Delhi till 1907. He arrived in Hyderabad (Deccan) in 1908, where he was first appointed to the Government School Chadar Ghat, then served as High Court Interpreter, then Special Magistrate, Sessions Judge and finally High Court Inspecting Officer. He had a position equal to that of a judge.
During his studies, Mirza Farhatullah Baig’s relations were established with Deputy Nazir Ahmad. This relationship and the attractive personality of Nazir Ahmad wrote “The Story of Nazir Ahmad”. The fact is that this story not only highlighted the artist’s art, paid the right of discipleship, but also laid the foundation of a unique style of characterization. Art has made Benazir and Nazir Ahmed Zinda Javed.
It is written in Tarikh-e-Urdu literature that he was a resident of Delhi. His ancestors came from Turkestan during the reign of Shah Alam II and made Delhi their homeland. During his college studies, he met Maulvi Nazir Ahmed. He not only learned Arabic language and literature from him but also accepted the deep influence of his personality. After completing his education, Hyderabad went to Deccan and managed his livelihood well from there. He died there and was buried in the soil of the Deccan.
His work “Dili Ka Last Memorial Mushaira” is a fine example of calligraphy. He had seen Maulvi Nazir Ahmed very closely and had seen him for many years. In “Mulvi Nazir Ahmad Ki Kahani Kuch An Ki Kuch Meri Zabi” his picture has been taken down. This sketch gave him lasting fame. Maulvi Wahiduddin Salim liked this sketch so much that he requested to write his own sketch. After his death, Mirza fulfilled this request and named the sketch “In Compliance with a Will”. He wrote a large number of articles which have been published in seven volumes under the name of Articles of Joy. He also wrote poetry, but this is not his main field.
He has a great command over Delhi’s Taksali language and humor is a feature of his writing. Reading his articles we do not laugh, we do not laugh, we just get a mental relief. When he writes about a subject or a person, he does not ignore the small details, the reader gets a lot of pleasure from this detail writing.
One of the reasons for their popularity is that they protect themselves as much as possible with philosophical depth and seriousness. Their effort is to make the reader as much entertained as possible.
Mirza Sahib’s collection of essays has been very popular among Urdu readers and one of his autobiographies is also very popular, on which Dr. Aslam Farkhi writes, this autobiography of the famous Urdu prose writer Mirza Farhatullah Baig, “Meri Dastan” Actually there is an “office beti” which covers only one aspect of your office life and achievements instead of all aspects of you beti. Mirza Sahib has defined human life as a prison and divided this prison into five parts. Part I Mother’s Womb. The second part is the imprisonment of the elderly. Part Three: Imprisonment of the Madrassa. The fourth part is the imprisonment of the job and the last part is the imprisonment of the grave. This division is based on their great good nature.
“Meri Dastan” despite the correct identification of all its characters is a great public fair with laughter, chatter, crowd, man falling over man, swinging carousels, swinging wheels, confectioners. In the shops, plates of sweetmeats are decorated, embroidery is done, puris are being fried, somewhere there is dancing and singing, somewhere there is a fanfare of okra. It is a masterpiece of beauty, intelligence, composition and literature.
