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1	The Rebel's Silhouette: Selected Poems more books like this by Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Agha Shahid Ali (Translator) add to wishlist Considered the leading poet on the South Asian subcontinent, Faiz Ahmed Faiz (1911-1984), winner of the 1962 Lenin Peace Prize, was an outspoken opponent of the Pakistani government. This volume offers a selection of Faiz's poetry. see all copies from $6.52! new only from $12.59! \| first editions \| SVS
2	A Wilderness of Possibilities: Urdu Studies in Transnational Perspective more books like this by Kathryn Hansen (Editor), David Lelyveld (Editor) add to wishlist Over the past forty years the study of Urdu literature has played a dynamic role in contemporary discourses on culture and history, reaching out to a far-flung international community of scholars. The ten essays in this volume, assembled for Professor C. M. Naim, a pioneer of Urdu studies in the United States, exemplify the changing place of Urdu ... see all copies from $14.00! new only from $15.70! \| first editions
3	Carrying Over more books like this by Carolyn Kizer, Tu Fu, Edouard Maunick add to wishlist see all copies from $2.85! new only from $4.94! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	Allama Iqbal: Selected Poetry more books like this by K C Kanda, Sir Muhammad Iqbal add to wishlist This anthology contains a selection of 100 patriotic poems drawn from the works of 40 poets, including such reputed names as Mir, Ghalib, Zafar, Wajid Ali Shah, Iqbal, Hasrat Mohani, Ram Parshad Bismil, Josh Malihabadi, Faiz, Sardar Jafri, and the like. Many of these poets were not mere armchair philosophers, but accredited patriots, deeply ... see all copies from $13.77! new only from $13.77! \| first editions
5	Ghalib: 1797-1869: Life and Letters more books like this by Islam Russell, Khurshidul Islam (Editor), Ralph Russell (Editor) add to wishlist Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib (1797-1869), noble, poet, and wit of Mughal Delhi in the twilight years before the crushing of the revolt of 1857 finally extinguished Mughal power, has long been possibly the most famous and the most popular of the poets of Urdu and Persian that the Indo-Pakistan subcontinent has produced. His frankness, his humorous ... see all copies from $9.51! new only from $9.95!
6	Poems from Iqbal: Renderings in English Verse with Comparative Urdu Text more books like this by Allama Muhammad Iqbal, Sir Muhammad Iqbal, V G Kiernan (Translator) add to wishlist This volume contains a rendering in English of over 100 poems chosen from the four collections of Allama Muhammad Iqbal's poetry written in Urdu, which include religious, lyrical, satirical and other themes. The English versions are accompanied by the original text. see all copies from $17.00! new only from $24.75! \| first editions
7	Three Mughal poets : Mir, Sauda, Mir Hasan more books like this by Khvurshidulislam, Ralph Russell add to wishlist see all copies from $8.06! new only from $11.47! \| first editions
8	Masterpieces of Urdu Nazm more books like this by K. C. Kanda add to wishlist Selected Urdu poems with English translation; includes introduction. see all copies from $13.11! new only from $20.00!
9	Ghazals of Ghalib: Versions from the Urdu, more books like this by Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib add to wishlist see all copies from $19.11! new only from $19.11! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Celebrating the Best of Urdu Poetry more books like this by Khushwant add to wishlist see all copies from $13.99! new only from $13.99! \| first editions
11	Masterpieces of Modern Urdu Poetry more books like this by K C Kanda add to wishlist Modern Urdu poetry is rendered into English and transliterated in the Roman script for the benefit of non-Urdu readers in this anthology. The 95 poems from 33 representative Indian and Pakistani poets reflect the social, political, and poetical trends that prevailed in the latter half of the 20th century. Inspired by the Red Revolution of 1917 and ... see all copies from $20.00! new only from $22.19!
12	Three Mughal poets: Mir, Sauda, Mir Hasan more books like this by Ralph Russell, Khurshidul Islam add to wishlist see all copies from $7.70! first editions \| SVS
13	Modern Urdu Poetry more books like this by Julian Nangle add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $127.35! \| first editions
14	Ghalib, 1797-1869 more books like this by Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib, Ralph Russell, Khurshidul Islam add to wishlist see all copies from $25.00! first editions
15	Iqbal and the English romantics more books like this by Ghulam Rasool Malik add to wishlist see all copies from $13.99! new only from $13.99!
16	AB-E Hayat: Shaping the Canon of Urdu Poetry more books like this by Muhammad Husain Azad, Professor Frances Pritchett (Translator), Shamsur Rahman Faruqi (Translator) add to wishlist This anthology of classical Urdu poetry was initially published in 1880, wielding a crucial influence over the shaping of Urdu's modern poetics. see all copies from $20.99! new only from $20.99! \| first editions
17	Carrying Over: Poems from the Chinese, Urdu, Macedonian, Yiddish, and French African more books like this by Carolyn Kizer add to wishlist see all copies from $3.00! new only from $69.61! \| signed copies \| first editions
18	Shikwa and Jawab-i-Shikwa = Complaint and answer : Iqbal's dialogue with Allah more books like this by Sir Muhammad Iqbal, Khushwant Singh add to wishlist Though much of Iqbal's best poetry is written in Persian, he is also a poet of colossal stature in Urdu. Shikwa (1909) and Jawab-i-Shikwa (1913) extol the legacy of Islam and its civilising role in history, bemoan the fate of Muslims everywhere, and squarely confront the dilemmas of Islam in modern times. Shikwa is thus, in the form of a complaint ... see all copies from $18.29! new only from $18.29!
19	Fire and the rose : an anthology of modern Urdu poetry more books like this by Anisur Rahman add to wishlist English translation of Urdu poems, belonging to the period 1930-1990; includes texts. see all copies from $13.99! new only from $13.99!
20	Urdu Poetry: An Anthology Upto 19th Century more books like this by Shah 'Abdussalam add to wishlist see all copies from $29.54! new only from $29.54!
21	Anthology of Modern Urdu Poetr more books like this by Pascale Gaitet, M A R Habib (Introduction by) add to wishlist Currently spoken by almost 250 million people in Pakistan and India and the second most widely spoken language in Briain, Urdu has one of the richest literatures of all south Asian languages. The modern Urdu poets presented in this book offer a fascinating range of forms and styles that grew out of that tradition, as well as a complex commentary ... see all copies from $5.73! new only from $7.94! \| SVS
22	Glimpses of Mughal society and culture : a study based on Urdu literature, in the 2nd half of the 18th century more books like this by Ishrat Haque add to wishlist Social conditions of Mogul Empire as depicted in Urdu poetry of 18th century. see all copies from $20.34! new only from $20.34!
23	Contemporary Urdu poetry : contribution of poets of Punjab more books like this by S. S. Bhatti add to wishlist see all copies from $16.95! new only from $16.95! \| first editions
24	The Golden Tradition: An Anthology of Urdu Poetry more books like this by Ahamend Ali, Ahmed Ali (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $13.75!
25	Development of Urdu Poetry more books like this by Saraswati Saran add to wishlist see all copies from $27.09! new only from $27.09!

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