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Ameer Minai (Urdu: امیر مینا ئی ), an Urdu poet of eminence was born in 1828 at Lucknow and died in 1900 at Hyderabad. His full name was Ameer Ahmad Minai, and he also wrote under the pen name `Ameer'. He noted this dual use of his first name in a verse: نام كا نام، تخلص كا تخلص ہے امير ايک يہ وصف خداداد مرے نام ميں ہے (naam kaa naam, takhallus ka takhallus hae ameer / ayk yeh vasf-e khudaadaad miray naam meN hae) (It serves both as my name and my nom de plume / this is a God-given feature of my name) A popular poet both with the people and the aristocracy, he was held in high esteem by his contemporary poets like Ghalib and Daagh Dehalvi.〔The Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature (Vol.One) by Amresh Datta.p.151. http://books.google.co.in/books?isbn=8126018038〕 He was also greatly admired by the great Urdu poet, Muhammad Iqbal. ==Personal details== Born in 1828 in Lucknow into a family of religious scholars. His father, Maulvi Karam Muhammad Minai, was a well-known religious scholar in Lucknow. The family was descended from the famous Sufi saint from Lucknow, Hazrat Makhdoom Shah Mina, whose tomb in Lucknow is still a major attraction for devotees. The Minai family had lived in Lucknow for centuries in the area around Shah Mina's tomb, known as "Mina Bazaar" or "Mohalla-e Minaian" (The Quarter of the Minais). Ameer was educated at Farangi Mahal, Lucknow`s primary educational institute, and attained high standing as an expert in Islamic law and jurisprudence. He joined the royal court of Awadh and was appointed to a position of high responsibility in the judiciary. However, in the British attack on Lucknow in 1856 and the subsequent War of Independence in 1857, the family's homes were all destroyed and Ameer was forced to flee with his family, first to the nearby town of Kakori where he found refuge with the poet Mohsin Kakorvi, and eventually to the state of Rampur, where he found great favor at the court of the ruler, Nawab Yusuf Ali Khan. He held high positions in the judiciary, was appointed head of Rampur's magnificent library, and became the official poetic mentor (ustad) of the ruler, succeeding the great Urdu poet, Ghalib, in this position. Ameer lived in Rampur until 1900 when he decided to go to Hyderabad Deccan to seek financial support for the publication of the remaining volumes of his Urdu beloved dictionary, "Ameer-ul-Lughaat" — but that was not to be and he died there on October 13, 1900, barely a month after his arrival. He is buried in Hyderabad. Ameer Minai had five sons (Muhammad Ahmad Minai, Khursheed Ahmad Minai, Lateef Ahmad Minai, Mumtaz Ahmad Minai and Masood Ahmad Minai), and three daughters (Ma'soom-un-Nisa, Ehtishaam-un-Nisa and Fatima).His one sons of son mahar tanha maqsoom minae have a some books of ameer minae books of poetry and he want to published it early and early. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Amir Meenai」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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