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'''Agha Hasan Amanat''' (آغا حسن امانت, b. 1815, d. 1858) was an [[Urdu]] poet, writer and playwright of the nineteenth century from the city of [[Lucknow]].<ref name="ref69veyox">{{Citation | title=South Asia: the Indian subcontinent, Part 2 | author=Alison Arnold | year=1998 | publisher=Taylor & Francis, 2000 | isbn=978-0-8240-4946-1 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZOlNv8MAXIEC | quote=''... The court poet Agha Hasan ("Amanat") wrote this musical dance drama based on the love story of a fairy and a prince. The drama, entirely in verse, was picked up by Parsi theater companies in Bombay that produced Urdu plays in India ...''}}</ref> He was affiliated with the court of [[Wajid Ali Shah]], the princely ruler of [[Awadh]].<ref name="ref69veyox"/> His name was Agha Hasan Ali, while "''Amanat''" was his ''nom de plume'' (or ''[[takhallus]]''). He is also referred to as Amanat Lakhnavi (i.e. ''Amanat of Lucknow'') and Mirza Amanat.<br />
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==Personal history==<br />
Agha Hasan Amanat descended from a family of [[Iranian peoples|Iranian]] immigrants who moved to Lucknow in 1815. His father's name was Syed Ali Mashhadi, He was resident of Iran. He had two sons <br />
* Syed Agha Hasan Fasahat<br />
* Syed Agha Hasan Latafat<br />
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==Works==<br />
Amanat's compositions and works include the first stage play in the Urdu language, ''[[Inder Sabha]]''.<ref name="ref69veyox"/> He is also credited with beginning the ''geet'' tradition in Urdu.<ref name="ref83dopac">{{Citation | title=Urdū adab | author=Sayyid Mohammad Abdullah | year=1967 | publisher=Maktaba-e-khayaban-e-adab, 1967 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jbNHAAAAMAAJ | quote=''... اردو میں اس صنف کا احیا، اودھ کے تہزیبی دور میں ھوا. امانت نے اندر سبھا میں گیت کو رواج دیا ...''}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
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*[[Inder Sabha]]<br />
*[[Wajid Ali Shah]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Urdu-language Indian poets]]<br />
[[Category:Urdu theatre]]<br />
[[Category:Indian male poets]]<br />
[[Category:19th-century Indian Muslims]]<br />
[[Category:Writers from Lucknow]]<br />
[[Category:1815 births]]<br />
[[Category:1858 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:People from Oudh State]]<br />
[[Category:19th-century Indian poets]]<br />
[[Category:19th-century Indian dramatists and playwrights]]<br />
[[Category:Indian male dramatists and playwrights]]<br />
[[Category:Poets from Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:19th-century Indian male writers]]<br />
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