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Najmul Hassan Nassar
Many art forms developed under the patronage of Mughal rulers of Awadh. One of these forms is Nassari, whose creator is believed to be Mir Bulaki, who used to write and read speeches in a form that had a mix of prose and poetry. His disciple Mohamad Rajatur and Tur’s disciple Mirza Askari continued the tradition. However another of his disciples Mir Fida Ali began to deliver extempore speeches. He had a huger following and Hassan Nassar was one among them.

In the Nassari tradition, the speech began and ended in a poem and the rest of it was a mix of prose and poetry. The theme of Nassari varies from Hazrat Mohamad’s birth to Imam Hussain’s small army, and his death. For a long period Najmul Hassan Nassar was the only living exponent of this tradition. He passed away in 1967.

S. Ali Sajjad Abidi, who was influenced by Najmul Hassan Nassar from an early childhood and become his disciple, is now the only performer of this art form. Modulation of voice, rise and fall in tempo, are some of the important features of this art form.