(i) Urdu and Persian

Ghanīmat Kunjāhī (A selective collection of Urdu and Persian articles on his life and works; hereafter Collection). Edited by Dr. Najm ur-Rashīd and Dr. Muhammad Sābir, Gujarat (Pakistan), 2009).

This collection consists of the following four sections namely:

                    I.      Life and Poetry: (Articles by Sādiq Ali Dilāwari, pp. 17-38, 39-45; Ghulām Rabbāni ‘Azīz, pp. 46-80; Sh. Ikram ul-Haq, pp. 81-102; Gawhar Naushāhi, pp. 103-118; Sayyid ‘Sharafāt Naushāhi, pp. 171-186; Zuhūr ud-Din Ahmad,pp.187-206; Muhammad Zafar Khan, pp.207-220).

                  II.      Works: (Articles by M. ‘Abdullah Chaghatai, pp. 223-226; Sharīf Kunjāhī, pp. 227-233; Muhammad Zafar Khan, pp. 234-242; ibid., pp. 243-265; Sayyid Nūr Muhammad Qādiri, pp. 266-272; Anwar Mas‘ūd, pp. 273-286; Muhammad Zafar Khan, pp. 287-301; ‘Ārif Nawshāhi, pp. 382-326).

               III.      Selection: (Ghazaliyāt, pp. 329-346; Masnawi Nairang-i ‘Ishq, pp. 347-367; Masnawi Gulzār-i Maḥabbat, pp. 368-376).

                IV.      Bibliography: (On Ghanīmat Kunjāhī, pp. 379-400; Extracts from the tazkirahs, pp. 401-407).

Nūr al-Hasan Ansārī: Fārsi Adab ba Ahd-i Awrangzib. Delhi: Indo-Persian Society, 1969, pp. 53-62; Kitābshināsi Ghanīmat Kunjāhī. By Shabānā Sharīf Malik. M. A. thesis (Persian), Punjab University, 2002, also in: Collection, op. cit., pp. 379-400; Tashīh Sharh Mathnawī Ghanīmat. (by Maqbūl Ahmad Gopāmwī). D. Kalīma Akhtar. M. A. thesis (Persian), Punjab University, 2005-2007; Tashīh Sharh Lughāt wa Ishilahat Mathnawī Ghanīmat. (by Mawlana Dost Muhammad). Ed. Sa‘dia Mushafa. M. A. thesis (Persian). Punjab University, 2005-2007; Hunar wa Andeysha-i Ghanīmat Kunjāhī. By Sarwat Jabīn. M. Phil. (Persian).

(ii) German and English:

Grundriss der iranischen Philologie. 1895-1908. Reprinted: Berlin/New York, 1974; D. N. Marshal: Mughals in India. London 1985, p. 151; Nabi Hadi: Dictionary of Indo-Persian Literature. New Delhi 1995, p. 190; Sa‘īd Nafīsī, in Encyclopedia of Islam, 2^nd ed., vol. II, Leiden 1965, pp. 1006-1007; Encyclopedia Iranica. Ed. Ehsan Yarshater, art. by ‘Ārif Nawshāhi.

 

* Many years before, A. Bausani also confrifuted on article (in Italian) on this subject: “Contribute a uno definizione dello “stilo inchiano” poesia persiana”, published in Annali (Naples), n.s vii (1985) pp.167-178, that focuses on some important aspects of Sabk-i-Hindi and deserves to be translated in English or Urdu.