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Overview
Amanat was the poetical name of Sayyid Agha Hasan (1231-75 AH, 1815-58 CE), a poet of Muslim India. 1
Poetry
He began by writing marthiyas, elegies on the death of Husayn, but soon turned to the ghazal. His poems survive in two collections: the Guldasta-i Amanat, compiled in 1269/1853, and his Diwan, also known as Kharai'in al-fasaha, collected in 1278 AH and published at Lucknow in 1285 AH. He also wrote two masnavis, the second longer and of better quality. 1
Indar Sabha
He is chiefly remembered for the musical comedy Indar Sabha, completed in 1270/1853 and published the following year with a commentary, the Sharh Indar Sabha, on the margin. It took the Indian public by storm and became the prototype of many similar plays, and the commentary describes the action scene by scene for readers who could not see the stage. 1
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Sources
- Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 1 p. 452
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islam.museum contributors. “Amanat (Sayyid Agha Hasan, Lucknow poet, 1815–1858)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/amanat-lucknow/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-25.