Abdul Halim Sharar

Abdul Halim Sharar (* 1860 in Lucknow ; † 1926 ) was an Indian essayist, historian and novelist who wrote in Urdu .

Guzishta Lucknow

Guzishta Lucknow , his historical work on the Indian city of Lucknow (Lucknow) in the late period of the Mughal Empire , was welcomed in the English translation of Colonel ES Harcourt and Fakhir Hussain UNESCO Collection of Representative Works . It first appeared in sequels in the Urdu literary magazine Dil Gudaz, founded and edited by Abdul Halim Sharar .

Works (selection)

Lucknow: The Last Phase of an Oriental Culture (English translation by Colonel ES Harcourt and Fakhir Hussain; with a short biography; table of contents ( Memento from September 12, 2005 in the Internet Archive ))
Paradise of the Assassins (Classics from South Asia and the Near East)

literature

Abida Samiuddin: Encyclopaedic Dictionary Of Urdu Literature (2 Vols. Set) . Global Vision Publishing Ho, August 1, 2007, ISBN 978-81-8220-191-0 , pp. 554-556.

Web links

Abdul Halim Sharar, Urdu Novelists in 19th Century

References and footnotes

↑ Quotation: "As regards learning, Lucknow was the Baghdad and Cordova of India and the Nishapur and Bokhara of the East."

personal data
SURNAME	Sharar, Abdul Halim
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Indian essayist, historian and novelist
DATE OF BIRTH	1860
PLACE OF BIRTH	Lucknow
DATE OF DEATH	1926

[1] Quotation: "As regards learning, Lucknow was the Baghdad and Cordova of India and the Nishapur and Bokhara of the East."