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KASHMIRI SOFI POET SAMAD MIR

Samad Mir was born at Narwara

Srinagar, kashmiri.His father Khaliq Mir was

also a sofi poet.Khaliq Mir was

basically a resident of Village

Nambalhar (Budgam).He was a poor

farmer and migrated to Srinagar in

search of a better job. He started

timber sawing(ari kashi)and got

married at Narwara.He had three

sons:Samad Mir,Rahim Mir, and

Mohammad Mir.Samad Mir in his early

twenties returned back to his native

village Nambalhar.Rahim Mir stayed at

Narwara and Mohammad Mir died in his

twenties.

Samad Mir got married to Khurshi

Begum,who also was from Nambalhar.But

she was not his cousin as is written

in many books.

Initially Samad Mir worked as a

labourer with carpenters and masons.

But later he took his parental

job(aari kashi).But he never visited

Handwara during this period,as is

written in some books.

He had three spiritual

guides(Murshid)

1. Habib Najar(Wagar-Budgam)

2. Khaliq Najar(Batamaloo Srinagar

3. Ramzan Dar(Anchi doora-Annant Nag)

He started writing poetry with the

permission of Khaliq

Najar(murshid),when he was working as

labourer at Hari Niwas Srinagar.His

first verses are

Vas kar mushkil bar gub goom

Vat raw wun peyoom

Gulaleh panas kaleh reng goom

Vat raw wun peyoom

He was totally illiterate but his

poetry is a clean mixture of Islamic

Sufism and shaivism.He has used

shastra terms frequently

Bar sang e mohkak paaw zakh makh

Thaw path paan seth aatashus

Kam reng wochak yud wai gum khekh

Dev prathak path pash pashes

Besides usual poems he has also

written Aka Nundun(only son).It has

fourteen parts and all the characters

are Hindus.

Since Mir was illiterate,Ali

shah(known as Ali Saab)a resident of

Wagar village used to pen down his

poetry.His poetry has been published

by JK Academy of Art,Culture and

languages.

His birth date or year is totally

unknown and what is written in books

is mere postulation.He died on 9th of

January 1959 at Nambalhar.He is

buried on the out skirts of the

village at a place called AGAR.

He had two sons(Gh.Rasool Mir and Gh.

Mohd Mir) and one daughter(Rehti).

The close associates(Mureeds) of

Samad Mir include Ahad Beigh,Nab

kawadari,Sultan Gilatsaz,Ahad chalak

of Sringar,Rahim Wani of Muran

pulwama,Madho Ram,Sri kanth and

Tulsi devi of Kremshore.

He passed all his spiritual powers to

Ahad Beigh of Safa Kadal