The Nīlam Valley of Azad Kashmir is very rich in all respects be it natural beauty, scenery, flora and fauna, culture and civilization. Its inhabitants have been proving their muscles in all fields of life especially in literary activities. The tradition of Urdū poetry in the valley is old and strong. A number of poets belonging to this valley are hugely contributing to Urdū literature with their creative self. The article focuses on the condition of Urdū poetry in the valley by incorporating specimens of verses of indigenous poets of Urdū.

(1)          Al-Bairūnī, Abū Raihān, Kitāb al-Hīnd, trans. Sayyid Asghar ‘Ali, (Delhi: Tarraqi-i Urdū Hind, 1942), p.54.

(2)         Anvar Masūd, Interview, Department of Urdū, Azad Jammu Kashmir University, Muzaffarabad dated :July 11,2018.

(3)               Aḥmad Vaqar Mīr, Kehkāshāṉ, (Mīrpur: Idara Niks, 2014), p.13.

(4)               Munshi Shaikh ‘Azīz, un-published poetry.

(5)               Ḥazrat Maulana, Shuja al-Ḥaq, un-published poetry.

(6)               Iqbal Akhtar Naīmī, un-published poetry.

(7)               Aamna Bahar, Chināron ki Āg, (Rawalpindi: Inqilāb publishers, 1987), p.12.

(8)               Aamna Bahar, Munkashif, under compilation.

(9)               Badr al-Ḥaq, un-published poetry.

(10)           Khair al-Zaman Rashid, un-published poetry.

(11)           Amjad Islam Amjad, Flap Kehkāshāṉ, ed. Aḥmad Vaqar Mīr, (Mīrpur: Idara Niks, 2014), p.17.

(12)           Latīf al-Rahman Zia, un-published poetry.

(13)           Zia al-Rahman Zia, un-published poetry.

(14)     Anvar Masūd, Interview, Department of Urdū, Azad Jammu Kashmir University, Muzaffarabad dated: July 11,2018.

(15)     Nāz Muzaffarabadī, Interview, Department of Urdū, Azad Jammu Kashmir University, Muzaffarabad dated: July 11,2022.

(16)           ‘Abdul Baṣīr Tāj, un-published poetry.

(17)           Ṣabir Āfaqī, Flap Nahī Tanhā Nahī Hun Meṉ (Rawalpindi: Faiz al-Islam printers, 2014)

(18)           Ḥaq Navaz Mughal, Nahī Tanhā Nahī Hun Meṉ (Rawalpindi: Faiza al-Islam printers, 2014).

(19)           Aḥmad Vaqar Mīr, un-published poetry.

(20)           Khvaja Aslam Raza, un-published poetry.