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an uninhabited island from which he and his fellow travellers were rescued after several weeks. This event is recorded in his short account of the journey. After the Haj, Shefta became more religious and his writing became spiritual and abstemious in tone. His writing was widely praised for its simplicity, clarity and purity of diction. Amongst his proclaimed admirers were Ghalib,
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Shefta's poetry was romantic in disposition. Two courtesans appear frequently as the objects of his desire in his writings. One of these was Ramjo, a dancing girl and poet who wrote under the name "Nazakat". In his middle years Shefta performed the Haj pilgrimage, during which his ship was wrecked on
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and relationship with
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Mustafa Khan's early education was received from famous teachers such as Mian ji Maal Maal, and Haji
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K.C. Kanda 'Bahadur Shah Zafar and His
Contemporaries: Zauq, Ghalib, Momin, Shefta: Selected Poetry: Text, Translation, and Transliteration by K.C. Kanda' (New Delhi, Sterling Press, 2007)
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Mustafa Khan died in 1869 at his house in Kucha
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