# Musaddas

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{{Short description|Genre of Urdu poetry}}
'''Musaddas''' ({{Langx|ur|مسدس}}) is a genre of [Urdu](/source/Urdu) poetry in which each unit consists of 6 lines-[sestain](/source/sestain)- (''misra''). Famous early writers employing this form are [Mir Anis](/source/Mir_Anis) and [Dabeer](/source/Dabeer). [Maulana Altaf Husain Hali](/source/Maulana_Hali) and [Waheed Akhtar](/source/Waheed_Akhtar) are other well-known poets to find expression in this form of poetry. Particularly iconic is Hali's Madd-o-Jazr-e-Islam as an exemplary of this form.<ref>[http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00urdu/hali/musaddas/02_intro_01.pdf "The form of the Musaddas"] Columbia University. Retrieved 2015-08-19.</ref>

==See also==
* [Mukhammas](/source/Mukhammas)

==References==
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Category:Urdu-language poetry
Category:Indian poetics
Category:Stanzaic form
Category:Pakistani poetics

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