Sibbi Me Nath Goi Ki Riwayat

Abstract

Like many other parts of Balochistan, poets of Sibi have also
contributed a lot in the promotion of Urdu literature over the
years. Where, as poets of Sibi have written Different forms of
Urdu poetry, the form of (Nath) praising the holy prophet (Peace
be upon him) is also one of the prominent and powerful form of
expression of poets of Sibi since long. The Starting of Naat can be
evidently seen in the poetry of Sibi gets start from the period of
poet Nassem Talvi and goes further with Saeed Asim and Riaz
Nadeem Niazi. These poets adhered to the tradition of Urdu Naths
in Sibi and patronized Mehfil Nathia Mushaera over the years.
Even today this tradition is alive with the efforts of Riaz Nadeem
Niazi in order to give strength of this form of poetry the individual
effort of these poets have added valuable Urdu poetry to the
treasure of Urdu Literature in Balochistan- In this article the
contribution of poets of Sibi to the form of Nath is discussed in
detail that how Urdu literature and then form of Nath evolved in
-Sibi