A marsiya (Persian: مَرْثِیَه; Urdu: مرثیہ) is an elegiac poem written to commemorate the martyrdom and valour of Hussain ibn Ali, his family, and his...

The Kashmiri Marsiya (Kạ̄shir Marsī کٲشِر مَرثی) is a commemorative and devotional literary genre that closely resembles an elegiac poem, which is primarily...

excelled and perfected the art of Marsiya writing. He is considered the leading exponent of Marsiya Nigari or marsiya writing along with Mir Anees. Mirza...

of Mir Anis may surprise some of us until we realize it that Mir Anis’s Marsiyas are the best premodern model in Urdu of narrative-historical, narrative-lyrical...

of Karbala. Marsiya and Nowheh have the historical and social milieu of pre-Islamic Arabic and Persian culture. The sub-parts of Marsiya are called Nowheh...

of Ali ibn Abi Talib, the son-in-law of Muhammad, or of any Sufi saint. Marsiya (مرثیہ): an elegy typically composed about the death of Hasan, Husayn,...

Khan and Akhtar Hussain) has a generations-old tradition of performing marsiya, noha, and soz-o-salaam recitations during Muharram to commemorate the...

Women's Association (SEWA) Mir Babar Ali Anis, Marsiya writer (poet) Chhannu Lal Dilgeer (Ghulam Hussain), Marsiya writer (poet) Iftikhar Arif, poet Brij Narayan...

for musical innovation. Folk dances or folk theatre forms include: Ghazals Khayal Marsiya Naqal (mimicry) Nautanki Qawwali Ramlila Raslila Swang v t e...

from Karachi University. His PhD thesis was "Twentieth century and modern Marsiya." Hilal Naqvi started his career in 1974. He was appointed as a lecturer...