Insha Allah Khan

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Insha Allah Khan (* 1756 ; † 1818 ) was an Indian poet.

life and work

Born the son of a Muslim servant at the court of Murshidabad , he spent most of his life as an Urdu poet at the courts of Lucknow and Delhi . His best known work is "Rani Ketki ki Kahani" (The Story of Queen Ketki), which he published in 1803. Although he wrote the narrative in Nastaliq , it is considered the first prose text in Hindi . Insha Allah Khan deliberately avoided the use of words of Persian and Arabic origin in his text.

literature

  • Christopher King: One Language, Two Scripts. OUP, Delhi 1994.

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personal data
SURNAME Khan, Insha Allah
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Indian poet
DATE OF BIRTH 1756
DATE OF DEATH 1818