Classical Urdu Literature from the Beginning to Iqbāl |
Contents
Editors Preface | 123 |
The first Period 1200 to 1700 | 125 |
The beginnings of Urdu Literature in Northern India 12th to 14th centuries | 127 |
The Development of Urdu Literature in the Deccan from the 15th to the 17th century | 130 |
Gujrat and Gulbarga | 132 |
Bijapur | 136 |
Aurangabad | 153 |
Urdu Literature from 1700 to 1850 | 156 |
A Popular Poet of the late 18th Century | 185 |
The Poets of Lucknow | 188 |
The Beginnings of Prose Literature | 203 |
A first Essay in Theatrical Art | 213 |
The Third Period From Galib to Iqbal 1 The end of classical poetry | 215 |
The Reformists | 223 |
The beginnings of the Urdu novel and drama | 231 |
Writers of the transitional period | 237 |
The four Pillars of Urdu and their disciples | 164 |
Muḥammad Iqbal | 243 |
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