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Scope and Contents This is an Urdu version of the original Persian work, which is a brief account of the rulers of A‘ẓamgaṛh by Sayyid Amīr ‘Alī Raz̤vī, who mentions several nobles of Niẓāmābād, all of whom had attained long ages, as the authority for this work. The history begins from the adventures of Abhman-Singh, son of Chandar-Sen-Rāi, of the tribe of Gūtam, who received the title of Nādir-Dawlat-Khān from the Mughal Emperor Akbar (1542-1605 C.E.), and ends with the transfer of the district to the British...

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The lyrical poems of Shāh Walī-Allāh, who was a native of Gujarāt, but passed the greatest part of his life in the Deccan. He is believed to be the first poet who wrote a complete Diwān in the Urdū language.

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The marāsī, or elegies, on ‘Alī b. Abī Ṭālib (d. 40 A.H., 661 C.E.), the first Shī‘ī Imām and fourth Rāshīdūn Caliph, as well as his sons and grandsons. The author, Hāshim ‘Alī, is considered the first poet to write poetry in the Urdū language.

This manuscript is the first volume (see Or. Ms. 380 for vol. 2).

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The marāsī, or elegies, on ‘Alī b. Abī Ṭālib (d. 40 A.H., 661 C.E.), the first Shī‘ī Imām and fourth Rāshīdūn Caliph, as well as his sons and grandsons. The author, Hāshim ‘Alī, is considered the first poet to write poetry in the Urdū language.

This manuscript is the second volume (see Or. Ms. 379 for vol. 1).

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A collection of seventy-six short stories translated from Arabic and Persian.

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A few short tales of the wisdom of birds. In the last tale, the compiler has described the condition of Calcutta (Kolkata) and Monghir as it existed during his time. At the end there is a short selection from the poems of the celebrated Mirzā Muḥammad Rafī‘, poetically styled 'Sawdā' of Dehli (d. 1195 A.H., 1781 C.E.).