Jalaluddin Jalal

Background

Jalal was the son of the treasurer Masdjidi Khan and grew up in an intellectual Afghan family.

Career

He was interested in music, art and literature since being a youth. After completing his studies he set up a construction company. His poems are written in the new Persian Dari language in the Indian style.

His raw model was the Dari poet Mirza Abdul Qadir Bedil Dehlawi (born 1645 in Patna), who is recognised as a master of the Indian style.

Achievements

• He was a scholar of Ghulam Mohammad Maimanagi (born 1873. Died 1935), who was a well-known painter, professor of visual arts and founder of the first art school in Afghanistan.