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Volume 15, 2011

Vol. 15, No. 1

Features of the Divan and the poetics in the Ghazals of Babur Shah

Fadil Hoca

Abstract

What we can notice from the analysis of many domestic and foreign sources for the opus of the Turkish and Chagatay ruler and poet Babur Shah from the XVI century is that he is very famous for his prose but not for his poetry. By looking at the Divan and by its analysis we came to the conclusion that he is also a very successful author in the field of poetry. By analyzing the Divan we came to the conclusion that in the beginning of the Divan of Babur Shah different religious themes from his turbulent life can be felt. In some of his ghazals directly or indirectly several religious and mystical and Sufi views of the poet can be found. As a poet Babur Shah very often used the traditional motif in his poetry. Mainly he wrote in Turkic, Turkish language which was actually the language of literature in Central Asia. What is very interesting is the fact that the poet in his poetry used a number of geographic terms in their original form. While he was in India he recorded every single detail of his life and all the places where he stayed or passed through.

Keywords

Divan Babur Shah Poetics Ghazals Analysis

How to Cite

Fadil Hoca (2011). Features of the Divan and the poetics in the Ghazals of Babur Shah. IJCAS, Vol. 15, No. 1, .

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