The Canonical Biography
Sawaan-e-Hayat
o Tadween-e-Kalaam
سوانح حیات و تدوینِ کلام
The life and collected poetry of Hazrat Syed Inayat Ali Shah Zia Jaffry (R.A.), gathered and compiled by his granddaughter, Syeda Ume Laila Jaffry, with a preface by Dr. Faqir Khan Jadoon (Professor of Urdu, University of Peshawar). Launched at the Urs of 2024.
246 pages · Urdu & Persian · biography followed by his kalaam — ghazals, ruba'iyat, qata'at, naat and manqabat.
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What's inside
Two halves, one life
Part I — The Life
His birth and family, childhood and youth, his scholarly journey, his turn from worldly service to the Sufi path, and his standing among the poets and Sufis of Peshawar.
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His collected poetry, arranged by form — naat, manqabat, marsiya, ghazal, ruba'i, nazm and qata'at — in both Urdu and Persian.
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