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تاریخ شاکر خانی کا تعارف
No full textTarikh-i-Shakir Khani is one of the most important histories on Later Mughal period history form 1719-1761/1132-1173. It dwells on the reign of Muhammad Shah and his successors, down to the beginning of the reign of Shah’Alam II. Munshi Shakir Khan presented eye witness accounts of many incidents and narrated many rare and important documents in this book like accession of Muhammad Shah (1719-48) fall of Syed Brothers, reign of Ahmad Shah (1748-17), Alamgir II (1754-59), Shah Jahan III (1759-60), accession of Shah Alam Sani Ali Gauhar (October 1761-1806) proclamation of ‘Ali Gauhar Shah’ Alam in Delhi, and the defeat of the Sikhs by Ahmad Shah Durrani (1761). The article focuses Persian histriography with special reference to Tarikh-i-Shakir Khani
بامعنی اصوات اور حروف تہجی
No full textThe language and the writing script have crossed many hurdles and fences to reach their present stage. Alphabets of any language have been formed and derived to facilitate the human to communicate feelings, emotions and concepts. The Alphabets (Abecedary) are signs, symbols and representatives of different meaningful human sounds. The word formation is based on Alphabets. In the history of mankind, the word played a vital and key role to achieve the glory of mankind. An effort has been made in this paper to explain evolutionary journey of Alphabets, especially of Urdu Alphabets, from abstract sounds to visible letters
مستنصرحسین تارڑ کی غیر افسانوی نثر
No full textMustansar Husain Tarar is a renowned name of contemporary Urdu literature. He is famous for travelogue writing and is one of the most leading writers of Pakistan. He is not only a travelogue writer but also a novelist, fictionist, dramatist and columnist. Indeed, he is a prolific writer with deep interest in history. He aptly employs his history knowledge while penning his writings especially travelogues. He is equally liked home and abroad. Some of his work has been included in syllabus of Russian university. This article focuses non-fiction work of Mustansar Husain Tarar
معاصر پاكستانی فارسی شعرا كا ایرانی شعرا سے اظہارِ عقیدت
No full textIn Sub-continent, it was a common perception that with the downfall of "Mughal Dynasty" in 1857 A.D, Persian language vanished totally and replaced by English language. Though English language became official language but before it for thousands of years the land of Sub-continent have been fertilized and watered by Persian thought and art and Persian enjoyed the status of official, legal and cultural language of this area. A remarkable asset of Persian poetry can be seen in 20th century. Almost all contemporary Pakistani Persian poets have followed Sa'adi, Rumi, Hafiz and Jami etc and paid homage to these great poets
ترجمے كا فن اور عبدالعزیز خالد كے تراجم
No full textAbdul Aziz Khalid is a great name of modern Urdu literature. He is a polyglot and enjoys excellence in many western and eastern classical and modern languages. He is not only a good poet but also a very good translator as well. He is a prolific reader of international literature. He has rendered a number of masterpieces of world literature and enriched Urdu language with new ideas and trends of literature. This article is a study of Khalid's art of translation and his contribution to Urdu literature
برصغیر میں اِسلامی ثقافت كی تشكیل میں سید ہجویر رحمہ اللہ كا كردار
No full textBefore the advent of Islam into the Subcontinent, the local culture and civilization was chiefly marred with the evils and illnesses detrimental to prosperity of all members of the society. With the introduction to new light of Islam, the populace shunned the vices and adopted good morals. But it were the Sufis especially Hazrat Ali Hujveri who brought revolution in the mannerism of the locals and helped shaping an Islamic culture in the Subcontinent. The article sheds light on the role of Hazrat Ali Hujveri in shaping the Islamic culture in the Subcontinent.
پنجابی شاعری میں مظاہرِ فطرت: شعور وآگہی كا ایك بڑا حوالہ (اشجار ونباتات كے حوالے سے)
No full textNatural phenomena have significant value in Punjabi poetry, both classical and modern. Trees, plants, shrubs and crops are used as references to enlighten the world; from body to soul. Trees are associated with almost every aspect of human life. This article briefly elaborates countless aspects and meanings related to the greenery of this world used in Punjabi classical folk tales and modern poetry. Local trees, crops and shrubs used as symbols by the Punjabi poets have also been discussed. The article not only focuses Punjabi literary eco-criticism but also explains the relationship of a Punjabi with nature
سیدسلیمان ندوی اور سیرِ افغانستان
No full textSyed Suleman Nadvi was a renowned literary personality of the Subcontinent. He was a biographer, researcher, historian, letter writer, linguist, Muhaddith, critic and travelogue writer. Besides editing journals like Al-Hilal, Al-Nadva and Muraif, he penned a number of books on various topics. He travelled to Afghanistan along Allama Iqbal and Sir Raas Masod on the invitation of King of Afghanistan Nadir Shah. The basic purpose of the visit was consultation for establishing educational system in Afghanistan especially the University of Kabul. Resultantly, Sir Raas Masod wrote some essays on education while Allama Iqbal composed his famous mathnavi Musafir and Syed Suleman Nadvi came up with a travelogue under the title of Sair-e-Afghanistan. This article is a special study of Nadvi's Sair-e-Afghanistan
جدید اردو نظم میں تانیثی شعور اکیسیویں صدی کے تناظر میں
No full textTwenty-first century's modern Urdu poem depicts strong feminist consciousness and elaborates variety of topics and themes related to issues faced by women in this region. These poems deliver an impression of negation and condemnation against all those social and ethical codes of discriminative behaviour which try to seize women rights and freedom. This modern feminist trend in 21st century's Urdu poem, expresses high magnitude on the both ends of behaviors, on the one side it mourns on deprivation of women's basic rights and on the other, shows strong rebellious behavior against this gender discrimination