Urdu poetry
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Manuscripts of the Islamicate World and South Asia
Or Ms 113: اشعار مختلف Ash'ār-i mukhtalif, undated
Contains short selections from miscellaneous poems. A few of the ghazals, etc., are in Urdū. The most favoured poet seems to be "Walī", who was the first to attempt to write a dīvān in the Urdu language.
Or Ms 378: ديوان ولی Dīwān-i Walī, undated copy (earliest version compiled 18th cent. C.E.)
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.
Or Ms 379: مراثی هاشم علی Marāsī-yi Hāshim ‘Alī, 1193 A.H., 1779 C.E.
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).
Or Ms 380: مراثی هاشم علی Marāsī-yi Hāshim ‘Alī, 1193 A.H., 1779 C.E.
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).