E-Books & Rare Manuscripts (کتب خانہ)
Read and explore digitized historical Diwans, Kulliyats, and Urdu classical literary collections.
Diwan-e-Ghalib (Complete Annotated Edition)
Mirza Asadullah Khan GhalibThe complete, authentic collection of Mirza Ghalib's immortal Urdu poetry with commentary and comprehensive vocabulary glossary.
Bal-e-Jibreel
Muhammad IqbalIqbal's celebrated Urdu collection Gabriel's Wing, containing some of his most famous poems on selfhood, faith, action and the destiny of the East.
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.
Kulliyat-e-Mir
Mir Taqi MirComplete works of Mir Taqi Mir, the Khuda-e-Sukhan, gathering his six diwans of ghazals with masnavis, marsiyas and other forms in one volume.
Marsiya-e-Anis
Mir Babar Ali AnisThe marsiyas of Mir Anis, the supreme elegist of Karbala, whose narrative power and pure Urdu diction raised the marsiya to its peak.
Musaddas-e-Hali (Madd-o-Jazr-e-Islam)
Altaf Hussain HaliHali's landmark 1879 musaddas on the rise and fall of Islam, the poem that changed the course of modern Urdu poetry forever.
Masnavi Sehr-ul-Bayan
Mir HasanMir Hasan's beloved romance masnavi of Prince Benazir and Princess Badr-e-Munir, the most famous narrative poem of classical Urdu literature.
Kulliyat-e-Sauda
Mirza Muhammad Rafi SaudaCollected works of Sauda, the great Delhi master of ghazal, qasida and satire whose verse set the standard for classical Urdu poetry.
Bagh-o-Bahar
Mir AmmanMir Amman's Tale of the Four Dervishes, written for Fort William College in 1803, the foundational classic of Urdu prose storytelling.
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.
Marsiya-e-Dabeer
Mirza Salamat Ali DabeerMarsiyas of Mirza Dabeer of Lucknow, Anis's great rival, celebrated for grandeur of diction, Persianised style and sweeping battle scenes of Karbala.
Nikat-ush-Shu'ara
Mir Taqi MirMir Taqi Mir's tazkira of Urdu poets, in the 1984 Uttar Pradesh Urdu Academy, Lucknow edition edited by Dr Mahmud Ilahi — the classic biographical account of poets by the master poet himself.
One Sher, Decoded — Hazaaron Khwahishen (Ghalib)
Kamal MalhiabadiA deep decoding by Kamal Malhiabadi of Mirza Ghalib's 'Hazaaron khwahishen aisi' in the 'One Sher, Decoded' series. Free to read.
One Sher, Decoded — Dil-e-Nadan (Ghalib)
Kamal MalhiabadiThe first 'One Sher, Decoded' e-book from Safha Global: a deep decoding by Kamal Malhiabadi of Mirza Ghalib's beloved sher 'Dil-e-nadan tujhe hua kya hai'. Free to read.
One Sher, Decoded — Hazaaron Khwahishen (Ghalib) Urdu Edition
Kamal MalhiabadiUrdu edition of the 'One Sher, Decoded' Article 3 e-book: Kamal Malhiabadi's deep decoding of Mirza Ghalib's 'Hazaaron khwahishen aisi'. Free to read.