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73: 180:). "It became so popular among opium addicts that they made listening to stories an important element of their gatherings," wrote Ansari. "The prolonged intoxication and prolonged stories narrated by professional story-tellers was mostly combined. Each afeem khana had its own story-teller to entertain the clients; whereas, among the rich, every household used to appoint a dastango as a member of its staff." According to Abdul Halim Sharar, the noted author and historian of nineteenth century Lucknow, the Art of dastangoi, was divided under the following headings:"War", "Pleasure, "Beauty", "Love" and "Deception". 98: 85: 20: 355:
from three dastangos, Mohammed Husain Jah, Ahmed Husain Qamar, and Sheikh Tasadduq Husain. Over a period of twenty five years, the trio produced a collection of 46 volumes. Each volume could be read individually or as a part of the complete
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in the Indian sub-continent in the 19th century and is said to have died with the demise of Mir Baqar Ali in 1928. Dastangoi was revived by historian, author and director
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evolved in 16th century. One of the earliest references in print to dastangoi is a 19th-century text containing 46 volumes of the adventures of Amir Hamza titled
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or the story. Notable 19th-century dastangos included Amba Prasad Rasa, Mir Ahmad Ali Rampuri, Muhammad Amir Khan, Syed Husain Jah, and Ghulam Raza.
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At the centre of dastangoi is the dastango, or storyteller, whose voice is his main artistic tool in orally recreating the
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In Lucknow, dastangoi was popular across all classes, and was regularly performed at diverse locations including
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The early dastango's told tales of magic, war and adventure, and borrowed freely from other stories such as the
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is a sequel to earlier book. It contains the collection of modern dastans written and adapted, by
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published an Urdu version of the dastaan of Amir Hamza in the beginning of the 19th century.
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Context: Journal of the Development and Research Organisation for Nature, Arts and Heritage
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The Romance Tradition in Urdu : Adventures from the Dastan of Amir Hamzah
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Ghalib Lakhnavi & Abdullah Bilgram, trans Musharraf Ali Farooqi (2012).
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In 1881, Nawal Kishore commissioned the print edition of the entire Hamza
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has amalgamated Dastangoi with music & singing in 2010.
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The Adventures of Amir Hamza: Special Abridged Edition
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Index


Urdu
oral storytelling
dastan
Dastan e Amir Hamza
zenith
Mahmood Farooqui
Syed Sahil Agha
dastan

Arabian Nights

Vyasa

Syed Sahil Agha
Persian language
Ghaus Ansari
Pre-Islamic Arabia
spread of Islam
Iran
Delhi
Lucknow
Indian Rebellion of 1857
opium houses
Arabian Nights
Rumi
Panchatantra
Amir Hamza
Muhammad
Nau tarz-i murassa‘

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