Nou-Ayin e John Horace Ford; A Rare Qissa from the Eighteenth Century

Nou-Ayin e John Horace Ford; A Rare Qissa from the Eighteenth Century

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This article presents the very first critical editing of the “Nou-Ayin e John Horace Ford” by Rustam Ali Bijnori.This ‘qissa’ was hindirochakkahaniya.com penned down in 1786 A.D for presenting to an East India Company’s army officer John Horace Ford.A manuscript of abovesaid qissa is kept in the Middle Eastern Manuscript section of Special Collections at the University of Melbourne, Australia.Alongwith critical editing, a brief biographical introduction of the author, linguistic and stylistic analysis click here of the text and a glossary are also included in this article.

  Keywords: Urdu prose, Nou-Ayin e John Horace Ford, Rustam Ali Bijnori, Critical Editing, Manuscripts.