Who amongst the following composed ‘Risalo’?

Solution

● Option A is incorrect: Waris Shah was a Punjabi Sufi poet, renowned for his contribution to Punjabi literature. He is best known for his seminal work Heer Ranjha. ● Option B is incorrect: Mirza Mohammad rafi ‘Sauda’ (1713–1781) was an Urdu poet in Delhi, India. He is known for his Ghazals and Urdu Qasidas. When Lucknow became the state capital, he came there with Nawab Shuja Ud Daula. He was a contemporary of Dard and Mir Taqi. ● Option C is incorrect: Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan also known by the pen names of Ghalib and Asad was an Indian poet. Ghalib wrote in Perso-Arabic script which is used to write modern Urdu, but often called his language "Hindi". One of his works was titled Ode-eHindi ("Perfume of Hindi"). Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar bestowed upon Mirza Ghalib the title of "Dabir-ul-Mulk" and Najm-ud-Daula. ● Option D is correct: Shah Abdul Latif lived from 1689 to 1752 CE, writing most of his poetry in the first half of the eighteenth century. Latif is widely held to be the greatest poet of the Sindhi language. Most of his poetry was collected into a single work now referred to as Shah Jo Risalo.