E-Books & Rare Manuscripts (کتب خانہ)
Read and explore digitized historical Diwans, Kulliyats, and Urdu classical literary collections.
Diwan-e-Dard
Khwaja Mir DardThe Urdu diwan of Khwaja Mir Dard, Delhi's leading Sufi poet, famed for short, deeply mystical ghazals of pain, love and renunciation.
Diwan-e-Momin
Momin Khan MominDiwan of Momin Khan Momin, Delhi's master of the romantic ghazal, presented with a commentary explaining his famously delicate, layered verses.
Diwan-e-Zauq
Shaikh Ibrahim ZauqDiwan of Zauq, poet laureate of the last Mughal court and teacher of Bahadur Shah Zafar, celebrated for idiom-rich ghazals and qasidas.
Diwan-e-Hasrat Mohani
Hasrat MohaniDiwan of Hasrat Mohani, freedom fighter and ghazal poet, whose romantic, musically simple verse kept the classical ghazal alive in modern India.
Diwan-e-Nazir Akbarabadi
Nazir AkbarabadiDiwan of Nazir, the people's poet of Agra, whose nazms and ghazals celebrate festivals, seasons, trades and the common life of his city.
Diwan-e-Mushafi (Vol. 1)
Ghulam Hamdani MushafiFirst volume of the diwan of Mushafi, the tireless Delhi-Lucknow master whose eight diwans preserved the ghazal tradition across two centuries.
Diwan-e-Wali
Wali Muhammad WaliDiwan of Wali Deccani, the father of Urdu ghazal, whose collection carried the Rekhta ghazal from the Deccan to Delhi's court.
Aftab-e-Daagh
Daagh DehlviThe third diwan of Daagh Dehlvi, the most idiomatic voice of the Delhi ghazal, full of wit, romance and everyday Urdu speech.
Diwan-e-Mirza Mazhar
Mirza Mazhar Jan-e-JananDiwan of Mirza Mazhar, the revered Naqshbandi Sufi of Delhi whose Persian-influenced Urdu ghazals shaped a generation of poets.
Diwan-e-Jur'at
Qalandar Bakhsh Jur'atDiwan of Jur'at, the Lucknow poet of playful, sensuous ghazals, close companion of Insha and a master of the rekhti-tinged romantic style.
Diwan-e-Amanat
Sayyed Agha Hussain AmanatDiwan of Sayyed Agha Hussain Amanat of Lucknow, printed at Matba Anwari, Lucknow, in 1887 — the collected Urdu poetry of a Lucknow master already represented in the Safha Directory.
Diwan-e-Amir Minai
Amir MinaiDiwan of Amir Minai of Rampur and Hyderabad, the refined ghazal master and lexicographer famed for graceful diction and Sufi-tinged romance.