Umrāʼo Alī kulliyat, circa 1930.

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Umrāʼo Alī.

Contributor:

Asif al-Zaman, 1885-1961, scribe.

Ali Waris al-Zaman, donor.

Language:

Urdu

Subjects (All):

Urdu poetry.

Genre:

Manuscripts -- India -- 20th century.

Penn Provenance:

Gift of Ali Waris al-Zaman (Lucknow), 2014.

Physical Description:

1 volume (53 unnumbered leaves) ; 34 cm.

Place of Publication:

circa 1930.

Language Note:

In Urdu (Nastaʻlīq).

Biography/History:

Umrāʼo Alī (pen name Baqa and Azad) was the younger brother of Mumtaz Ali Ah. The Ali family (a branch of which is the al-Zaman) was an eminent literary family in Lucknow. Mumtaz Ali (pen name Ah), one of the most prolific members of the family, was born in Amethi near Lucknow 1863 and was the foremost student of the poet Amir Minai.

Summary:

Collection of Urdu poems by Umrāʼo Alī presented in the hand of Asif al-Zaman.

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Indic 39.

OCLC:

1150224359