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Mir Anees was born in Faizabad in
the Northern Indian State of UP. His father, Mir Khaliq who was a famous poet
and litterateur, took personal interest in the education and upbringing of his
son, and entrusted him to the care of reputed contemporary teachers, Mir Najaf
Ali Faizabadi and Maulvi Hyder Ali Lucknavi. In addition, Anees's mother who was
an educated and pious lady, played a significant role in shaping the personality
of the boy poet. But above all, it was the boy's own instinctive urge for
learning and literature that made him an accomplished poet, proficient in
Arabic, Persian and Islamic scriptures, and well-versed in logic, literature and
philosophy. Poetry came to him as ancestral heritage, for his forbears, going
back to his great grandfather, were eminent poets and men of letters. Anees was
the grandson of Mir Husayn who is remembered for his immortal Masnavi,
Sehir-ul-Bayaan.
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