Miraji’s talent was multidimensional. Initiating the free verse in Urdu and reinterpreting the poetics of modern Urdu poetry, he also enriched literature in Urdu through his translations into Urdu fro ... Read More
The peculiar persona of Miraji that emerges from his writings undermines the actual depth and complexity of his work. The creative self of Miraji is in fact very different from his apparent, rather bi ... Read More
Miraji’s poetry is often viewed as an internal, subjective experience, truncated from all external reality. A deeper study however reveals its social relevance and the poet’s meaningful connect with h ... Read More
Besides Miraji’s relevance and influence as a major modern poet, his critical approach to the study of poetry is very significant and needs more mention. Up till the nineteen thirties, Urdu literary c ... Read More
Abdul Sattar Siddiqui was a well-known researcher of Urdu. Historical and comparative linguistics were his major areas of research. He had complete command on Urdu, Arabic, Hindi, Pahlavi and English ... Read More
This article introduces and reproduces, with necessary annotations, a rare piece of writing by Maulvi Abdul Haq. Abdul Haq’s article titled “Mustafa Kamil Pasha” was first published in the Deccan Revi ... Read More
Adaptations, in their new social and historical contextualization sometimes result in a considerable shift from the source text, as was the case with some of the works produced at the Fort William Col ... Read More
In this article a relatively lesser known dictionary of Urdu is introduced and its historical and linguistic value highlighted. Research indicates that Qarār al-Lughāt (316 pages) was compiled around ... Read More
In this article, the author analyzes the rise and fall of the daily Inqilāb, initiated in April 1927 and linked closely with vicissitudes of the ruling Unionist Party in the Punjab. It enjoyed the pat ... Read More
Sufis and Saints have played a prominent role in the development of early Urdu prose. They prepared the earliest Urdu texts in booklet form for purposes of preaching. Researchers have not yet reached ... Read More
Defined as the religion of nature (dīn al-fitrā), it was the spiritual message of Islam and its call for a simple and natural approach towards the life journey on earth, that played a vital role in po ... Read More
Printing was not introduced in the Muslim world until the beginning of the 19th century. Although printing presses had begun to operate by then in Turkey, Egypt and Iran, they remained sparse until ab ... Read More
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