Abstract
This paper introduces an unpublished text of a travelogue by Yousuf Khan Kambalposh, written in 1847. This manuscript remained unknown to the Urdu world until now and has been discovered for the first time by the author of the paper. The manuscript consists of 156 folios of 7.9*5.4 size and has been written in clear nasta'liq. This travelogue narrates the accounts of his visits to many cities, villages and areas around the city of Lucknow, the capital of the state of Awadh in the regime of the last Indian emperor of Awadh, Wajid Ali Shah. It is a very interesting narrative and gives first hand information about the socio-political conditions of the state of that critical period. This narrative is of great importance in terms of historical and linguistic records.
Author(s):
Najeeba Arif
ChairpersonDepartment of Urdu, International Islamic University, Islamabad
Pakistan
- najeeba.arif@iiu.edu.pk
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Details:
| Type: | Article |
| Volume: | 89 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Language: | Urdu |
| Id: | 634e51781b5e9 |
| Pages | 61 - 86 |
| Published | October 30, 2014 |
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