Intikhab-e-Kalam: Mirza Mahmood Sarhadi

Description

The book aims at capturing the essential elements of Mirza Mahmood Sarhadi’s Urdu poetry. It contains some of the most famous that Sarhadi is known for. The selection is based on the published works of Sarhadi and a brief introduction by the compiler succinctly describes the life and the poetic characteristics of Mirza Mahmood Sarhadi’s Urdu verse.

Author Biography

Dr. Rauf Parekh has an MA and PhD from the University of Karachi. He is a critic of Urdu Literature and regularly contributes to the daily Dawn, Karachi. He is a former Chief Editor of the Urdu Dictionary Board and is presently teaching at the Department of Urdu, University of Karachi. He is the compiler of the first slang Urdu dictionary and Chief Editor of the Oxford Urdu – English Dictionary.