Abdul Hamid Momand

Life and work

Introduction

Abdul Hamid Momand, commonly called Hamid Baba, was a major classical Pashto poet active around the turn of the eighteenth century. He is associated with Mashokhel near Peshawar.

His ghazals are distinguished by compressed imagery, verbal craft, and the influence of the Indian style. His divan survives in manuscript and printed traditions.

The foremost classical Pashto representative of intricate Indian-style poetics.

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