Ameer Ahmad Ameer Meenai was a poet of urdu and Persian.He is also known as a lexicographer, sufi, scholar, editor, prose writer, translator. He wrote poetry in almost every genre including ghazal, na’at, qasida, masnavi, tarkib band and tarji band. Ameer Meenai started his poetic career from Lucknow and shifted to Rampur after the destruction of Lucknow.He created the best of poetry during the reigns of Nawab Yusuf Ali Khan and Nawab Kalab Ali Khan. His Masnaviyat or poetic collection of anecdotes and stories show glimpses of 2 eras. Besidesbeing impressed by the civilization of Lucknow and glimpses of peaceful life of Rampur ,he was also impressed by the Sir Syed movement because the poetry of his last days portrays simplicity and purposiveness.Ameer’smasnivyat are steps or transition from the ancient era to the modern one which has been studied in the under view article.

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