Abstract
Among the administrative regions of Nizam state of Hyderabad, the region in and around mid – Godavari basin was known as Aurangabad Division or Marathwadi. Its headquarter was situated at Aurangabad town. Aurangabad region has the very historical important in Deccan history. In the reign of NizamMahbub Ali Khan (r.1869-1911) and Nizam Osman Ali Khan Asafjah (d.1967), the number of Urdu books had been written by various Sufi scholars in the Deccan. These Urdu writings gave the historical information about the Sufism in Aurangabad region of Deccan. Mahbub al WatanTazkira-I Awliya-I Dakan, written by Muhammad Abd al JabbarMalkapuri at Hyderabad (1899). The two volumes published first time in Hyderabad by Matba-i Rahmani Press. He noted and wrote the Sufi Migration and spread of Sufism in Bahamani Deccan. Also he gave the historical information about Sufis of Aurangabad region of Nizam state and notable Dargahs / Sufi shrines. History is nothing but the interpretation of the past and the past remains constant but the writings about past keep changing. Thus, it is necessary to examine how and why it is written the way it is. The written books and the thinking of the authors have very significance in historical study. This paper will be focus on the Urdu book writing in late Nineteenth century and first half of Twentieth century in Aurangabad region of Nizam state of Hyderabad. Urdu literature of Muhammad Abd al JabbarMalkapuri (1899), Tara Sahib Qureshi, Zahur Khan, GulamSarwarLahori, SayyadHasan, Imam al din NaqwiGulshanabadi (1903) and Rawnaq Ali Aurangabadi (1931) have very important place in Urdu sources, history of Sufism in Aurangabad region of Deccan. In the term of methodology, this paper has been made by both primary data and archival material available at the personal collections of Dargahs in Aurangabad region.
KaziYasmin P.. (2016) INTERPRETING THE SUFIC HISTORY OF AURANGABAD REGION OF NIZAM STATE & URDU SOURCES [1894- 1931AD], Journal of the Punjab University Historical Society, Volume 29, Issue 1.
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