The Captured Gazelle Is An Elegant And Lucent Translation Of The Poems Of The Seventeenth-century Persian Poet Mulla Tahir Ghani, Better Known As Ghani Kashmiri. Eulogized By Poets Such As Mir And Iqbal, Ghani Is An Outstanding Representative Of Sabk-e-Hindi Or The ‘Indian Style’ In Persian Poetry, Which Became A Hallmark Of The Mughal–Safavid Literary Culture.The Introduc The Captured Gazelle Is An Elegant And Lucent Translation Of The Poems Of The Seventeenth-century Persian Poet Mulla Tahir Ghani, Better Known As Ghani Kashmiri. Eulogized By Poets Such As Mir And Iqbal, Ghani Is An Outstanding Representative Of Sabk-e-Hindi Or The ‘Indian Style’ In Persian Poetry, Which Became A Hallmark Of The Mughal–Safavid Literary Culture.The Introduction Situates Ghani Against His Unique Background In Which Iranian And Indian Poetic Cultures Came Together To Create A Glorious Literary Age In Kashmir, While The Translations Capture Ghani In His Wide Spectrum Of Moods—satirical, Playful, Self-pitying, Pessimistic, Mystically Resigned—bringing Alive His Wit And Ingenuity In A Modern Idiom Without Losing Hold On The Tone