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[[File:Grave of Khumar Barabankvi, Karbala Civil Lines, Lucknow-Faizabad Road, Barabanki - February 2014.JPG|thumb|350px|Grave of Khumar Barabankvi, Karbala Civil Lines, Lucknow-Faizabad Road, [[Barabanki city]]]]<br />
[[File:Khumar Memorial Academy (Library), K.D.Singh Babu Marg, Barabanki - August 2013.JPG|thumb|350px|Khumar Memorial Academy (Library), [[K. D. Singh|K.D.Singh Babu Marg]], [[Barabanki city|Barabanki]]]]<br />
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'''Khumār Barabankvi''' (15 September 1919 – 19 February 1999) was the pen name of this [[Urdu poet]] and lyricist from [[Barabanki city|Barabanki]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]. His real name was Mohammed Haidar Khan.<ref>[https://www.dawn.com/news/704437/aalmi-mushaira-today Aalmi mushaira today] Dawn (newspaper), Published 21 March 2012,Retrieved 5 November 2020</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.arabnews.com/node/273904 |author=Siraj Wahab|newspaper=Arab News (newspaper)|title=Mushaira Magic |date=1 October 2005|accessdate=5 November 2020}}</ref><ref name=urdupoint>[https://www.urdupoint.com/poetry/khumar-barabankvi.html Profile of Khumar Barabankvi on Urdupoint.com website (scroll down for English version)] Retrieved 5 November 2020</ref> <br />
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The word comes from the [[Arabic]] root 'Khum' which means a jar of wine. His ghazals are sung by many famous singers such as [[Mehdi Hassan]], [[Ghulam Ali (singer)|Ghulam Ali]], [[K. L. Saigal]], [[Mohammed Rafi]], [[Lata Mangeshkar]], [[Jagjit Singh]] and many other singers.<ref name="UrduPoetry">[http://www.urdupoetry.com/khumar.html Khumār Barabankvi poetry on urdupoetry.com website] Retrieved 5 November 2020</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
Khumar Barabankvi's real name was Mohammed Haidar Khan, but he wrote under the ''[[takhallus]]'' (pen name/ nom de plume) of ''Khumār'', which means intoxication.<ref name=urdupoint/> The word comes from the [[Arabic]] root 'Khum' which means a jar of wine. He was born on 15 September 1919 in Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh. He found poetic environment in his family during his childhood. His father, Dr. Ghulam Haider, wrote salaams and marsiyas under pen name ‘Bahar’. His uncle ‘Qaraar Barabnkvi’ was a well-known poet of Barabanki who guided Khumar in young age and did Islah (corrections) to his poetry. His brother Kazim Haider ‘Nigar’, who died in early age, was also a poet. Khumar completed his high school from Government College, Barabanki. He then moved to [[Lucknow]] for his Intermediate classes where a romantic turn in his life made him quit education and start writing love poetry.<ref name=urdupoint/><br />
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Khumar Barabankvi had a melodious voice and soon became popular in Mushairas (poetry reading live events).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/770255 |title=Four-day international Urdu conference concludes |newspaper=Dawn (newspaper)|author=Peerzada Salman|date=10 December 2012|accessdate=5 November 2020}}</ref> He also got acquainted with the poet [[Jigar Moradabadi]] and remained in association with him for a long period. His ghazals and voice made him a favorite in Mushairas. Jigar Muradabadi and Khumar Barabankvi were known to guarantee for the success of any mushaira with their poetry as well as their melodious voice and style of recitation. Khumar was an ardent supporter of classical ghazal like Jigar Moradabadi.<br />
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Khumar has written some famous songs for Hindi films like [[Shahjehan]] (1946 film),<ref name=hindigeetmala>[https://www.hindigeetmala.net/lyricist/khumar_barabankvi.php Khumar Barabankvi film songs on hindigeetmala.net website] Retrieved 5 November 2020</ref> Baradari (1955 film), 'Saaz aur Awaaz', ''[[Love And God]]'' (1986) directed by [[K. Asif]] etc. He worked closely with noted composers like [[Naushad]] and [[Nashad]] among others. He wrote all the songs for the film 'Saaz Aur Awaaz' produced by [[Naushad]] in 1966 and wrote some songs again for the film [[Love and God]] (1986 film) for which [[Naushad]] again composed music.<ref name=muvyz/><br />
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==Death==<br />
Khumār Barabankvi died on 19 February 1999.<ref name="UrduPoetry" /><ref name=urdupoint/><ref name=muvyz>[http://muvyz.com/people/ey589379 Filmography of Khumar Barabankvi on MuVyz.com website] Retrieved 5 November 2020</ref><br />
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==Published work==<br />
He got his work published as: <br />
* ‘Hadees-e-Deegaraan’<ref name=urdupoint/> <br />
* ‘Aatish-e-Tar’ <br />
* 'Raqs-e-Mai’<ref name=urdupoint/><br />
* " Shab-e- Tab" <br />
* Aahang e Khumar (1995)<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Ghazal]]<br />
* [[Suroor Barabankvi]]<br />
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==References.==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.urdupoetry.com/khumar.html Poems of Khumar Barabankvi]<br />
* [https://rekhta.org/poets/khumar-barabankavi -Urdu shayari of Khumar on rekhta.org website]<br />
* [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3199934/ Khumar Barabankvi on IMDb website]<br />
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