Syed Ali Ausat Zaidi
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Syed Ali Ausat Zaidi was a renowned Urdu
Soazkhawan. He was born in Meerut in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh
in 1932 and died in Karachi
, Pakistan in 2008. He hold the prestigious and eminent position of Soazkhawan for presenting soaz
, salam and marsiya on Pakistan Television, Radio Pakistan, ARY Television Network, GEO TV
, Indus TV
and TV2Day for several years.
, Marsiya and Noha
from his maternal grandfather Syed Mohammad Jan who was also a famous and well-known Soazkhawan of his era.
, salam and marsiya quite early in his life with his maternal grandfather when he was just 10 years old though he perfected his art under supervision of his maternal grandfather and afterward he started reciting soaz
, salam and marsiya independently in majalis at Meerut. He was also a Sahib-e-Biaz (Lead narrator) of a well recognized Anjuman (mourning organization) of Meerut before partition.
After partition Syed Ali Ausat Zaidi migrated to Pakistan
on 18 February 1948 and settled in Karachi
where he found his old friends and he began a new journey by founding a ‘Maatami Anjuman Nauhakhawani and Maatamdaari’ kept growing in Karachi and around 25 years Ali Ausat Zaidi served as a Nohakhawan.
Allama Rasheed Turabi Qibla often used to quote the starting lines of a Noha recited by Syed Ali Ausat Zaidi saying:
Jab Kabhi Ghairat-e-Insaan ka sawal ata hai
Bint-e-Zehra teray Parday ka Khayaal ata hai
In Urdu,
جب کبھي غيرت ِ انساں کا سوال آتا ھے
بنت ِ زھرا تيرے پردے کا خيال آتا ھے
Peoples from ‘Maatami Dasta’ of Syed Ali Ausat Zaidi are still serving in Bargah-e-Imam-e-Aali Maqaam, being a part of Anjuman-e-Shabaab-ul-Momineen.
This Majlis-e-Soazkhawani was started and organized by Allama Rasheed Turabi Sahib himself. In this majlis, leading Soazkhawans gifted Hadiya’s of there Soaz O Salam to Imam Hussain (A.S). Syed Ali Ausat Zaidi as offered by Turabi Sahab attended this majlis and recited a Salam of ‘Sajjad Razmi’ Sahab which was liked by audience. Allama Rasheed Turabi Sahab encouraged Syed Ali Ausat Zaidi and said:
“Ausat Mian, Iss Saal ki Majlis Tu Tum Nay Loot Li”
In Urdu,
اوسط مياں ، ا س سال کي مجلس تو تم نے لوٹ لي
In this way Ali Ausat Sahab, started being recognized and known as a Soazkhawan in Karachi.
• Safar say jab kay na Shabbir ki Khabar aye سفر سےجبکہ نہ شبير کي خبر آئي
• Qareeb-e-Kufa tu Randoon ka karwan ayaa قرب ِ کو فہ جو رانڈوں کا کارواں آيا
• Al Qisa Shab-e-Bistau Yakum jab huwee paidaa القہک شب ِ بيست يکم جب ہوئي پيدا
• Akbar kay Kalaajay say jo Barchee Guzaar gayee آکبر کے کليجے سے جو برچھي گزرگئي
• Jab Shae nay Qatal gah mai pai Pisaar ki lash جب شہ نے قتل گاہ ميں پائي پسر کي لاش
• Shae nay jab chaand muharram ka safar may deakhaa شہ نے جب چاند محرم کا سفر ميں ديکھا
• Aye mominoo taree mai poonchay jo shah-e-din اے مومنوں ترائي ميں پھنچے جو شاہ ِ ديں
• Musafiran-e-Museebat wataan mai ataay hain مسافران ِ مصيبت وطن ميں آتے ہيں
• Ravi nay yahee Likha hai paidaa huwee jo sham راوي نے يہ لکھا ہے پيداہوئي جو شام
• Wataan say chuut kay koi khasataa jan shaheed na ho وطن سے چھٹ کے کوئي خستہ جاں شہید نہ ہو
Urdu
Urdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...
Soazkhawan. He was born in Meerut in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity...
in 1932 and died in Karachi
Karachi
Karachi is the largest city, main seaport and the main financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of 13 to 15 million, while the total metropolitan area has a population of over 18 million...
, Pakistan in 2008. He hold the prestigious and eminent position of Soazkhawan for presenting soaz
Soaz
Soaz or soz is an elegiac poem written to commemorate the martyrdom and valour of Hazrat Imam Hussain and his comrades of the Karbala. In its form the soaz, salam and marsia, with a rhyming quatrain, and a couplet on a different rhyme...
, salam and marsiya on Pakistan Television, Radio Pakistan, ARY Television Network, GEO TV
Geo TV
Geo TV or Geo Television is a Pakistani television network, founded by Mr. Mir Shakil ur Rehman in May 2002 and owned by Independent Media Corporation. The channel began test transmission on 14 August 2002, with regular transmission beginning 1 October 2002...
, Indus TV
Indus TV
INDUS is a Pakistani satellite television network offered for international subscribers by the Indus Entertainment Limited. Indus offers a combination of the best programming from the popular channels: Indus Vision, Indus Music also known as MTV Pakistan, Indus News and G KABOOM.Indus, a 24 hour...
and TV2Day for several years.
Life
He was the eldest son of Syed Bashir Ahmed Zaidi, a religious, pious and a noble person from Meerut. He got his basic education from his father who taught him and took personal interest in the education and upbringing of his son. He did his matriculation from Meerut, ‘Faiz-e-Aam’ high school in mid 1940’s. He got his basic and advance religious studies in ‘Mansabia’ a center of excellence for shi’a community of Meerut. He learned and grasped different styles and skills of reciting SoazSoaz
Soaz or soz is an elegiac poem written to commemorate the martyrdom and valour of Hazrat Imam Hussain and his comrades of the Karbala. In its form the soaz, salam and marsia, with a rhyming quatrain, and a couplet on a different rhyme...
, Marsiya and Noha
Noha
Noha is a genre of Arabic, Persian, or Urdu prose depicting the martyrdom of the Holy Imams. Strictly speaking noha is the sub-parts of Marsia. Nohas are usually poetry expressing the sorrow felt by Shia Muslims for their leaders....
from his maternal grandfather Syed Mohammad Jan who was also a famous and well-known Soazkhawan of his era.
Work, contribution and legacy
Syed Ali Ausat Zaidi had started reciting soazSoaz
Soaz or soz is an elegiac poem written to commemorate the martyrdom and valour of Hazrat Imam Hussain and his comrades of the Karbala. In its form the soaz, salam and marsia, with a rhyming quatrain, and a couplet on a different rhyme...
, salam and marsiya quite early in his life with his maternal grandfather when he was just 10 years old though he perfected his art under supervision of his maternal grandfather and afterward he started reciting soaz
Soaz
Soaz or soz is an elegiac poem written to commemorate the martyrdom and valour of Hazrat Imam Hussain and his comrades of the Karbala. In its form the soaz, salam and marsia, with a rhyming quatrain, and a couplet on a different rhyme...
, salam and marsiya independently in majalis at Meerut. He was also a Sahib-e-Biaz (Lead narrator) of a well recognized Anjuman (mourning organization) of Meerut before partition.
After partition Syed Ali Ausat Zaidi migrated to Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
on 18 February 1948 and settled in Karachi
Karachi
Karachi is the largest city, main seaport and the main financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of 13 to 15 million, while the total metropolitan area has a population of over 18 million...
where he found his old friends and he began a new journey by founding a ‘Maatami Anjuman Nauhakhawani and Maatamdaari’ kept growing in Karachi and around 25 years Ali Ausat Zaidi served as a Nohakhawan.
Allama Rasheed Turabi Qibla often used to quote the starting lines of a Noha recited by Syed Ali Ausat Zaidi saying:
Jab Kabhi Ghairat-e-Insaan ka sawal ata hai
Bint-e-Zehra teray Parday ka Khayaal ata hai
In Urdu,
جب کبھي غيرت ِ انساں کا سوال آتا ھے
بنت ِ زھرا تيرے پردے کا خيال آتا ھے
Peoples from ‘Maatami Dasta’ of Syed Ali Ausat Zaidi are still serving in Bargah-e-Imam-e-Aali Maqaam, being a part of Anjuman-e-Shabaab-ul-Momineen.
Trivia
In 1958, Syed Ali Naqvi Sahab asked Syed Ali Ausat Zaidi to recite Marsiya, Soaz O Salam in majlis of 21st Ramazan. At first, Syed Ali Ausat Zaidi hesitated but then accepted his offer. This was the first time he recited marsiya independently in a majlis. His effort was very fruitful. Allama Rasheed Turabi admired his style of delivering Salam O Marsiya so much that he invited him for Soazkhawani at Majlis-e-Soazkhawani, 19th Safar at Azakhana-e-Zehra.This Majlis-e-Soazkhawani was started and organized by Allama Rasheed Turabi Sahib himself. In this majlis, leading Soazkhawans gifted Hadiya’s of there Soaz O Salam to Imam Hussain (A.S). Syed Ali Ausat Zaidi as offered by Turabi Sahab attended this majlis and recited a Salam of ‘Sajjad Razmi’ Sahab which was liked by audience. Allama Rasheed Turabi Sahab encouraged Syed Ali Ausat Zaidi and said:
“Ausat Mian, Iss Saal ki Majlis Tu Tum Nay Loot Li”
In Urdu,
اوسط مياں ، ا س سال کي مجلس تو تم نے لوٹ لي
In this way Ali Ausat Sahab, started being recognized and known as a Soazkhawan in Karachi.
Legendary Marsiyas
Some Syed Ali Ausat Zaidi’s memorable and renowned collection of marsiyas are:• Safar say jab kay na Shabbir ki Khabar aye سفر سےجبکہ نہ شبير کي خبر آئي
• Qareeb-e-Kufa tu Randoon ka karwan ayaa قرب ِ کو فہ جو رانڈوں کا کارواں آيا
• Al Qisa Shab-e-Bistau Yakum jab huwee paidaa القہک شب ِ بيست يکم جب ہوئي پيدا
• Akbar kay Kalaajay say jo Barchee Guzaar gayee آکبر کے کليجے سے جو برچھي گزرگئي
• Jab Shae nay Qatal gah mai pai Pisaar ki lash جب شہ نے قتل گاہ ميں پائي پسر کي لاش
• Shae nay jab chaand muharram ka safar may deakhaa شہ نے جب چاند محرم کا سفر ميں ديکھا
• Aye mominoo taree mai poonchay jo shah-e-din اے مومنوں ترائي ميں پھنچے جو شاہ ِ ديں
• Musafiran-e-Museebat wataan mai ataay hain مسافران ِ مصيبت وطن ميں آتے ہيں
• Ravi nay yahee Likha hai paidaa huwee jo sham راوي نے يہ لکھا ہے پيداہوئي جو شام
• Wataan say chuut kay koi khasataa jan shaheed na ho وطن سے چھٹ کے کوئي خستہ جاں شہید نہ ہو
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