Mareez
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| Born | Abbas Abdulali Vasi 22 February 1917 Surat, Gujarat, India |
| Died | 19 October 1983 (aged 66) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Pen name | Mareez |
| Occupation | Poet, journalist |
| Nationality | India |
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Mareez, born Abbas Abdulali Vasi (Gujarati: અબ્બાસ અબ્દુલઅલી વાસી, 22 February 1917 – 19 October 1983), was a Gujarati poet, mainly popular for his Ghazals. He is popularly known as Ghalib of Gujarat. He left studies in young age and started working in rubber shoe factory. Having interested in poetry, he took up journalism but remained financially unstable throughout his life. He wrote Gazals published in collections but many of his works remained uncredited which he sold during his financial difficulties. His popularity escalated after his death.
Abbas Vasi was born on 22 February 1917 in Pathanwada area of Surat, British India to Abdulali and Amatulla Vasi. His father was a teacher in Madrasah Taiyabiyah School, Surat. His was third among eleven siblings. His mother died of tuberculosis when he was young. He studied only till second grade as he was not interested in studies. He used to go to the railway station and what engines of the trains. His father was a teacher and as he saw that young Abbas is not interested in studies he discontinued his studies and sent him to Mumbai to work.
From young age, Abbas was interested in Marsiyas as his elder sister Rukhaiya used to recite Marasiyas written by Urdu poets, Anis and Dabeer. He wrote his first poem on the first birthday of his cousin when he was fourteen years old. He used to go to Zhapa Bazar in Surat where the group of people interested in Urdu and Gujarati Gazals gathered on regular basis. He met Ameen Azad (1913-1992) there whom he acknowledged as his teacher or Ustad. Amin Azad named him, Mareez.
He went to Mumbai in 1932 and started working at Universal Rubber Works which manufactured rubber shoes. Though his earnings were not good he used to spend them on books. He fell in love with his cousin. His marriage proposal was rejected by her father because of his financial condition and habits of smoking and drinking. He was deeply shocked by the incident.
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