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احقر بہاری

احقرؔ بہاری مرحوم
(معین الدین اور دائی)
بہار کی سرزمین جس قدر مردم خیز ہے، اسی قدر مردم خوار بھی ہے، خدا جانے کیا بات ہے کہ وہاں کے لوگوں کو شہرت طلبی سے شرم آتی ہے، اہل وطن بھی قدرشناسی نہیں کرتے، اس لئے یہاں کے اچھے اچھے جوہر قابل بلبلہ کی طرح ابھرتے اور دب جاتے ہیں، اگر بہار کے کچھ لوگوں کے نام زندہ ہیں تو یہ وہی ہیں جن کا آوازۂ کمال دوسرے صوبوں تک پہنچا اور وہاں کے لوگوں نے قدرشناسی کرکے ان کو شہرت بخشی، بہار کے ان گمنام اہل کمال میں ایک احقر بہاری مرحوم ہیں، یہ بہار کے ایک پرانے کہنہ مشق استاد سخن تھے، شعر و شاعری کے بڑے بڑے معرکے طے کئے تھے، پچاس ساٹھ برس کے ریاض میں دیوان یادگار چھوڑا ذیل کے صفحات میں ناظرین کو اسی گمنام صاحب کمال سے روشناس کرنا ہے۔
مختصر حالات: بشارت حسین نام، احقر تخلص، ضلع عظیم آباد پٹنہ کے ایک گاؤں بڑا ڈیہہ میں پیدا ہوئے، سال ولادت ۱۲۷۶؁ھ ہے، ان کے والد ماجد شیخ اکبر حسین اس قریہ کے ایک ممتاز متمول اور ذی عزت رئیس تھے، وہ وہیں پیدا ہوئے اور اپنی تمام زندگی وہیں گزار دی۔
احقر مرحوم کی ابتدائی تعلیم اسی گاؤں ہی میں ہوئی، فارسی اور عربی کی ابتدائی کتابیں وہاں پڑھا کر ان کے والد نے تعلیم کی غرض سے ۱۲۸۸؁ھ میں ان کو پٹنہ بھیجا، مولوی خدابخش صاحب جو اس وقت کے ایک لائق عالم تھے، ان کی تعلیم کے لئے مقرر کئے گئے، کچھ عرصہ ان کے زیر تعلیم رہنے کے بعد وہ بہار چلے آئے اور یہیں متعدد علماء کے زیر سایہ علم کی خوشہ چینی کرتے رہے، باایں ہمہ ان میں عربی کی کوئی ایسی اچھی لیاقت نہ تھی، لیکن فارسی اچھی جانتے تھے۔
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