Last Stanza #197/Yadgaar Marsia Mir Anees

Dear All:

Thanks to all who read and responded to the posts in this series.

The events of Karbala continue to exert a strong effect on many to this date, myself included.

Historic accounts vary and are subject to revisions and reinterpretations. 

I think the message of standing up to the tyranny is what resonates with most and is the reason for its everlasting legacy.

All the verses I quoted are from Mir Anees's work.

Thanks to the seminal work by Dr Syed Taghi Abidi, I was fortunate enough to benefit from this masterpiece.

http://drtaqiabedi.com/

I leave you with the last stanza of this 'Yadgaar Marsia" of Mir Anees.

بس ! اے انیس! ضعف سے لرزاں ہے بند بند

عالم میں یادگار رہیں گے ، یہ چند بند

نکلے قلم سے ضعف میں کیا کیا بلند بند

عالم پسند لفظ ہیں، سلطاں پسند بند

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 یہ فصل، اور یہ بزم عزا ، یادگار ہے

پیری  کے ولولے ہیں، خزاں کی بہار ہے

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References for the rest of the blogposts: Most of them are shia-centric.

• http://www.faizaneraza.org/islamic-article-read.php?article_id=341
• http://www.islamquery.com/documents/companions%20of%20Imam%20Husain.pdf
• http://www.al-islam.org/karbala-ashura/8.htm
• http://www.al-islam.org/kaaba14/6.htm
• http://www.kr-hcy.com/statichtml/files/104292490386020,print.shtml
• Noorul Ain fi Mashhadul Hussain by Abu Ishaq Ibrahim Asfirini, (418 AH) Urdu translation by Habib Pasha, Hyderabad Deccan