Soch Kral

Last updated • 1 min readFrom Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Faqeer Soch Kral R.A.
Faqeer Soch Kraal Sahab R.A.jpg
Shrine of Soch Kral
Personal
Born
Ismail

1782
Died29 November 1854
Resting place Pulwama
Religion Islam
EraEarly 19th Century
Region Jammu and Kashmir
Denomination Ishq, (Sufi)
Main interest(s) Sufism, Tasawuf
Other namesSoch Seab

Soch Kral (1782 29 November 1854), was a Kashmiri Sufi poet, and is a Sufi saint.

Soch Kral was born in 1782 in the village of Inder, in the Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir. He was a potter by profession. He lived a simple life devoted to spirituality, monotheism and mysticism. His father was the Sufi poet Arif Kral, [1] and he was a disciple of Kashmiri poet Momin Sahab R.A.[ citation needed ]

Soch Kral may have migrated to the village of Devsar in the Anantnag district, where his descendants are still living. He married but divorced his wife, [1] and died on 29 November 1854 in Inder. [1]

Legacy

According to a blogger on Blogspot.com, Soch Kral used poetry as a tool to enlighten the minds of people, [2] [ failed verification ] and his work promoted Sufism in Kashmiri poetry. [3]

The Soch Kral Memorial College of Education in Pulwama was named after him. [1]

In about 2009 the state government set aside Rs 50 lakh for the development of a heritage site near the Soch Kral's shrine. By 2012 construction had not started. [4]

In 2016, at Pulwama Degree College, singer Dhananjay Kaul grouped Lal-Ded, Mahjoor, Wahab Khar, and Soch Kral as among the "Sufi greats that Pulwama has produced", and sung their poetry which he set to music. [5]

Related Research Articles

Literature of Kashmir has a long history, the oldest texts having been composed in the Sanskrit language. Early names include Patanjali, the author of the Mahābhāṣya commentary on Pāṇini's grammar, suggested by some to have been the same to write the Hindu treatise known as the Yogasutra, and Dridhbala, who revised the Charaka Samhita of Ayurveda.

Habba Khatoon, also known by the honorary title The Nightingale of Kashmir, was a Kashmiri Muslim poet and ascetic in the 16th century.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pulwama district</span> District of Jammu and Kashmir administered by India

The Pulwama district is an administrative district of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region. It is located to the south of Srinagar. Its district headquarters are situated in the city of Pulwama. It is located in the central part of the Kashmir Valley.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mahjoor</span> Kashmiri poet (1887–1952)

Peerzada Ghulam Ahmad, known by his pen name as Mahjoor, was a poet of the Kashmir Valley, along with contemporaries, Zinda Kaul, Abdul Ahad Azad, and Dinanath Nadim. He is especially noted for introducing a new style into Kashmiri poetry and for expanding Kashmiri poetry into previously unexplored thematic realms. Mahjoor is recognized as father of Kashmiri language.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Awantipora</span> Town in Jammu and Kashmir, India

Awantipora or Avantipur or Aavantipur, known as Woontpor in Kashmiri, is a town, just opposite of Pulwama city, on the banks of the river Jhelum in the Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, India.

Andrabi is a surname of Persian origin (Andrabi) mostly used by Syeds in different parts of the Middle East. Usually people whose origin is from Andarab, part of a province of Persia or Iran carry this surname. Many people who are Andrabi's claim to be the descendants of Islamic prophet Muhammad. Andrabi's are highly honoured and educated class of muslims who have travelled across different continents to spread Islam.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rasul Mir</span> Kashmiri Poet

Rasul Mir also known as Rasul Mir Shahabadi, was a romantic poet of Kashmir in the 19th century. He was born at Doru Shahabad, a historic town in Anantnag district of Kashmir. He is often referred to as imām-e-ishqiya shairi' for his literary contribution to Kashmiri romanticism. Mir was said to have been alive in around 1855 when Mahmud Gami and Swoch Kral sa'eb died. He died a few years before Maqbool Shah Kralawari. Though, Muhammad Y. Taing, in his book کلیاتِ رسول میر mentions of a document from Revenue Department, Anantnag, dated 5 April 1889, acknowledging Rasul Mir as a muqdam.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rehman Rahi</span> Kashmiri poet (1925–2023)

Abdur Rehman Rahi was an Kashmiri poet, translator and critic. He was awarded the Indian Sahitya Akademi Award in 1961 for his poetry collection Nawroz-i-Saba, the Padma Shri in 2000, and India's highest literary award, the Jnanpith Award in 2007. He is the first Kashmiri writer to be awarded the Jnanpith, India's highest literary award for his poetic collection Siyah Rood Jaeren Manz. He was honoured with Sahitya Akademi Fellowship in 2000 by Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Shamas Faqir</span>

Shamas Faqir was a Kashmiri Sufi poet. He belonged to the Qadiriyya silsila of Sufism.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nund Rishi</span> Kashmiri saint (c. 1377 – c. 1438)

Nund Rishi, also known as Sheikh Noor-ud-Din Noorani, Sheikh-Ul-Alam and by the title Alamdar-e-Kashmir, was a Kashmiri Sufi saint, mystic, poet and Islamic preacher. Nund Rishi was among the founders of the Rishi order, a Sufi tradition of the region. He influenced many spiritual teachers and saints, including Hamza Makhdoom, Resh Mir Sàeb, and Shamas Faqir.

Lala Malik, known under his pen name Lala Aragami, was an Indian poet, Sufi mystic and spiritual teacher in Kashmir.

Zareef Ahmad Zareef is a Kashmiri poet, writer, social activist and environmentalist. He is best known for his satirical poetry and efforts to highlight various social and political problems. He is involved in the preservation of the environment, culture and heritage of Kashmir.

Samad Mir was a mystic Sufi poet from Kashmir.

Kamran Yusuf, also known as Kamran Yousuf is a Kashmiri multimedia journalist. As of 2022, Kamran is a staffer at NewsClick. He also works as a freelance multimedia journalist for various international organisations. In 2017, he was booked under UAPA and lodged at Tihar Jail. Many national as well as international organisations including Committee to Protect Journalists, the International Federation of Journalists, Amnesty International and more issued statements for his immediate release. He got bail after six months and was discharged from all the charges on 16 March 2022 by Delhi court.

The 2019 Pulwama attack occurred on 14 February 2019, when a convoy of vehicles carrying Indian security personnel on the Jammu–Srinagar National Highway was attacked by a vehicle-borne suicide bomber at Lethapora in the Pulwama district of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir. The attack killed 40 Indian Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel as well as the perpetrator—Adil Ahmad Dar—who was a local Kashmiri youth from the Pulwama district. The responsibility for the attack was claimed by the Pakistan-based Islamist terrorist group, Jaish-e-Mohammed. India blamed neighbouring Pakistan for the attack, while the latter condemned the attack and denied having any connections to it. The attack dealt a severe blow to India–Pakistan relations, consequently resulting in the 2019 India–Pakistan military standoff. Subsequently, Indian investigations identified 19 accused. By August 2021, the main accused along with six others had been killed, and seven had been arrested.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Wahab Khar</span> Kashmiri sufi poet, saint

Abdul Wahab Khar, also appears as Wahab Khar, was the 19th-century Kashmiri Sufi mystic poet and saint. He is sometimes referred to as "scholar" for his contribution to the literature of Kashmir. He was actively engaged in writing Sufi devotional poems and used to attend musical gatherings throughout his life. From the poetry's perspective, he is primarily known for his devotional poetic book titled Verses of Wahab Khar, comprising Kashmiri language poems which was later published by the Kashmir Jay Kay Books in 2007.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ghulam Nabi Gowhar</span> Indian Kashmiri author, novelist, and poet (1934–2018)

Ghulam Nabi Gowhar was a multilingual Indian Kashmiri author, novelist, poet, columnist and a retired sessions jurist. He wrote about sixty books in Kashmiri, Urdu, and in English languages on various subjects such as politics, literature, history and on Sufism. In 1971, he wrote a novel titled Mujrim, leading him to become the "first novelist of Kashmiri literature". The recipient of cultural and literary awards and accordion, including Sahitya Akademi Award, he is also credited for translating constitution of India into Kashmiri language.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ghulam Rasool Nazki</span> Kashmiri poet, writer, broadcaster

Mir Ghulam Rasool Nazki, also spelled Meer Ghulam Rasul Naazki, was a Kashmiri poet, writer, broadcaster, and teacher. He wrote books, including poetry in regional and foreign languages such as Urdu, Persian, Arabic and later work in Kashmiri language. The receipent of Sahitya Akademi Award for Awaz-e-dost, a Kashmiri poetry, he is also credited as the "first Kashmiri writer" to write in Ruplic of India after independence, and the first poet to resuscitate quatrain poetic form in Kashmiri literature, which originally began during the period of thirteen and fourteenth century poets such as Lal Ded and Nund Reshi.

Ghulam Ahmad Fazil Kashmiri was a Kashmiri poet and lyricist. He was involved in Arabic, English, Persian, Urdu and particularly in Kashmiri literature. His uncertain work includes thirty six books published in various genres such as ghazal, nazm, rubaʿi, qata, marsiya, munajat, naʽat, manqabat and leela among others.

Kral is the surname of the following notable people:

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Soch Kral a Sufi Poet". SKM College. Archived from the original on 4 April 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. "Kashmri rooster" . Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  3. "Tributes paid to Soch Kral". Greater Kashmir. 24 July 2011. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  4. Maqbool, Zahid (6 March 2012). "Construction of Soch Kral heritage site hits roadblock". Greater Kashmir. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  5. Ashiq, Peerzada (8 June 2016). "Pandit couple spread notes of harmony in Kashmir". The Hindu. Retrieved 18 April 2018.