Abdullah Lahori (Punjabi: عبداللہ لاہوری, romanized: ʿAbdullāh Lāhūrī) was one of the earliest Punjabi prose writer and poet, active between 1616 and 1666 in the Mughal Empire.
Biography edit
Lahori was a native of Sahiwal in Punjab.[1] Between 1616 and 1666, he composed a major work on fiqh in Punjabi under the title of Bāra Anva ("Twelve Topics") in 9,000 couplets.[2][3] These twelve books included:[4]
- Tūhfā (1616)
- Nas farāīz (1623)
- Khīlasā mu'āmalāt (1634)
- Unva ūl-ālūm (1635)
- Mū'ārfat e īllāhī (1636)
- Khaīr ūl āshiqīn kalã (1645)
- Farāīz sharāh sarajī (1649)
- Khaīr ūl mūmīnīn (1655)
- Hīsār ūl īmān
- Sēqal e awwal
- Sēqal e dom
- Hamd o sanā
In addition to Bāra Anva, he wrote several other treatises including rīsālā fīqh hīndī (1666) and tūhfā tūl tūlaba.[4]
References edit
- ^ Hashmi 1988, p. 116.
- ^ "Bāra Anva". Encyclopædia Britannica Online.
- ^ Singh 2021, p. 108.
- ^ a b Hashmi 1988, p. 117.
Sources edit
- Hashmi, Hameedullah Shah (1988). پنجابی زبان و ادب [Punjabi language and literature] (in Urdu). Anjuman-i Taraqqi-i Urdu, Pakistan – via Rekhta.com.
- Singh, Dr Gurmeet (2021). Information Seeking Behaviour of Users in Punjabi Literature. K. K. Publications.