By the 18th century, Urdu became a well-developed language with a body of literature that consisted mainly of poetry. Urdu poetry has a wide range of forms. The masnavi, for example, is a long ...

Ahmad Faraz, who presided over the event, called it a fitting tribute to Joan, a stalwart of modern Urdu ghazal. Poets recited verses and admired his honest view of life. Faraz concluded the event ...

The mushaira is being organised by the Majlis-e-Farogh-e-Urdu Adab ... mushaira `Jashn-e-Joan Eliah' was held in his honour in Dubai in 1990. The poet's first collection of poetry, Shayad, was ...