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1 Urdu couplets and shers with yazid

yazid(m): tyrant

Description of yazid: Yazid is an Arabic name historically referring to Yazid I , the second Umayyad caliph notorious for ordering the martyrdom of Imam Husayn at Karbala, sparking the Sunni-Shi'a divide. Unlike revered early caliphs elected by consensus, Yazid inherited power hereditarily from his father Muawiyah, breaking Islamic tradition. Differs from his uncle Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan, an early Muslim commander in Syrian conquests under Abu Bakr. In Shi'a poetry, he symbolizes

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yazid-e-waqt hua jis ghaDi se takht-nasheen

hamaare naam ke khanjar

har ik mein baaTne lage

the moment the tyrant

of our times ascended the throne

daggers bearing my name

began to be distributed to all

Nawaz Asimi (1)

yazid (m) (1)

tyrant

waqt (m) (20)

time

ghaDi (f) (2)

clock, hour, time

takht (m) (3)

throne

nasheen (3)

seated

khanjar (m) (5)

dagger

baaTne (m) (1)

distribute

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