BROWN, Edward
Granville. A Literary History of Persia (4 vols.),
Bethesda, MD: Iranbooks, 1992 [1906]. All four volumes are available
online, if your library has access to the American Council of Learned
Societies' History E-Book Project. For Columbia people, here are the
links to
[ vol.
1 ] (up to Firdausi, 1000 CE); [ vol.
2 ] (Firdausi to Sa'adi, 1000-1290); [ vol.
3 ] (The Tartar Dominion, 1265-1502); [ vol.
4 ] (Modern Times, 1500-1924). This is a classic work, and full
of valuable background material; if only because it's shaped everybody's
literary attitudes, it's well worth studying.
DAUD RAHBAR, trans. and ed. Urdu Letters
of Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib. Albany: State University of New
York Press, 1987.
HARCOURT
and HUSSAIN. E. S. Harcourt and Fakhur Hussain, trans. and
ed. Lucknow: The Last Phase of an Oriental Culture,
by Abdul Halim Sharar. London: Paul Elek, 1975.
KHWAJA AHMAD
FARUQI, trans. Dastanbuy: A Diary of the Indian Revolt of
1857. Bombay: Asia Publishing House, 1970.
NAIM 1970. C. M. Naim,
trans. and ed. Twenty-Five Verses by Ghalib. Calcutta: Writers
Workshop Redbird Book, 1970.
NAIM 1972.
C. M. Naim, trans. and ed. Ghalib's Lighter Verse. Calcutta:
Redbird Book, Writers Workshop, 1972.
NIAZI 2002.
Sarfaraz K. Niazi, trans. and ed. Love Sonnets of Ghalib.
Lahore: Ferozsons, 2002.
PLATTS. Platts,
John T. A Dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1930 (fifth impression). This
dictionary is also online
through DSAL.
PRITCHETT.
Frances W. Pritchett. Nets of Awareness: Urdu Poetry and Its Critics.
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1994. There is also an online
version onthe Univ.
of California Press website.
PRITCHETT
1991. Frances W. Pritchett. The Romance Tradition in Urdu:
Adventures from the Dastan of Amir Hamzah. New York: Columbia
University Press, 1991. An extended version is on
this site.
PRITCHETT
AND FARUQI. Frances W. Pritchett, in association with S. R.
Faruqi, trans. and ed. Ab-e Hayat: Shaping the Canon of Urdu Poetry.
New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2001. A slightly corrected version
of this work is online
through DSAL, with page numbers linked to the original Urdu text.
PRITCHETT
AND KHALIQ. Frances W. Pritchett and Khaliq Ahmad Khaliq. Urdu
Meter: A Practical Handbook. University of Wisconsin at Madison:
South Asian Studies, 1987. An online version of this handbook is provided
here.
QUR'AN. A.
Yusuf Ali, trans. and commentator, The Holy Qur'an. Beirut:
Dar ul-Qur'an, 1992/3. Online version: [site].
RUSSELL
AND ISLAM. Ralph Russell and Khurshidul Islam, trans. and ed.
Ghalib 1797-1869; Volume I: Life and Letters. London: George
Allen and Unwin, 1969.
RUSSELL AND ADANI.
Ralph Russell and Iftikhar Ahmad Adani. Selections from the
Persian Ghazals of Ghalib, With Translations. Lahore: Pakistan
Writers' Co-operative Society, 1997. (Russell translates into English,
Adani into Urdu.)
RUSSELL 2003. Ralph
Russell. The Oxford India Ghalib: Life, Letters, and Ghazals.
New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2003.
SCHIMMEL. Annemarie Schimmel,
A Dance of Sparks: Imagery of Fire in Ghalib's Poetry.
New Delhi: Ghalib Academy, 1979.
SCHIMMEL 1992.
Annemarie Schimmel, A Two-Colored Brocade: The Imagery of
Persian Poetry. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina
Press, 1992.
SHAHNAMAH.
Firdausi, The Epic of Kings (1010), trans. by Helen
Zimmern: online
at MIT and at *Univ.
of Australia*.
STEINGASS.
F. Steingass, A Comprehensive Persian-English Dictionary. London:
Routledge, 1988 [1892]. This dictionary is also online
through DSAL.
YUSUF ALI.
A. Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur'an: Text,Translation and Commentary.
Beirut: The Holy Koran Publishing House, n.d. [1934].
YUSUF
HUSAIN, trans. Persian Ghazals of Ghalib. New Delhi:
Ghalib Institute, 1980.
THE ABOVE ENGLISH WORKS have
been particularly referred to in this site. For additional literature
see:
***GHALIB STUDIES IN ENGLISH***
== WORKS IN URDU ==
ARSHI (1904-1981).
imtiyaaz ((alii ((arshii -- Divan-e
Ghalib / diivaan-e ;Gaalib -- New Delhi: Anjuman Taraqqi-e Urdu, 1982 (2nd ed.) [1958].
All references are to the ghazal numbers and page numbers in Part
2, called navaa-e sarosh
within the volume.
AZAD (1830-1910). mu;hammad
;husain aazaad -- Water of Life /
aab-e ;hayaat -- Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Urdu Academy,
1982. Photo offset of: Lahore: Naval Kishor, 1907. This edition is
already online at DSAL, and is also linked to the the Pritchett and Faruqi translation.
BAQIR (1927?-1972). aa;Gaa mu;hammad
baaqir -- Ghalib's Speech / bayaan-e
;Gaalib: shar;h-e diivaan-e ;Gaalib -- Lahore: Shaikh Mubarak Ali and Sons, 1943 [Lahore:
Shaikh Barakat Ali and Sons, 1939].
BEKHUD
DIHLAVI (1863-1955). sayyid va;hiid ud-diin be;xvud
dihlavii -- A Mirror of Ghalib / miraat
ul-;Gaalib -- Calcutta: 'Usmaniyah Book Depot, 1934 [Delhi:
Mahbub ul-Mutaba, 1924].
BEKHUD
MOHANI (1883-1940). sayyid mu;hammad a;hmad be;xvud
mohaanii -- A Commentary on the Divan of Ghalib
/ shar;h-e diivaan-e ;Gaalib -- Lucknow:
Nizami Press, 1970 [composed 1923].
CHISHTI (1896-1984).
yuusuf saliim chishtii -- A Commentary
on the Divan of Ghalib / shar;h-e diivaan-e
;Gaalib -- New Delhi: Itiqad Publishing House, 1983 [Lahore:
Ishrat Publishing House, 1959].
FARHANG.
sayyid a;hmad dihlavii -- Asifiyah Dictionary
/ farhang-e aa.sifiyah -- Delhi: National Academy,
1974 [1896], 4 vols.
FARUQI, Shamsur
Rahman (1936-). shams ur-ra;hmaan faaruuqii
-- An Explanation of Ghalib / tafhiim-e
;Gaalib -- New Delhi: Ghalib Institute, 1989. A new, augmented
edition came out in 2006. An index to both editions of this book is
provided here.
FARUQI
2. A Selection from the Complete Urdu Works of Ghalib
/ inti;xaab-e urduu kulliyaat-e ;Gaalib -- New
Delhi: Sahitya Academy, 1993. 2nd ed., 1999. A list of the verses
contained in this book is provided here.
FARUQI 3.
Four Essays on Ghalib / ;Gaalib
par chaar ta;hriire;N -- New Delhi: Ghalib Institute,
2001.
FARUQI, S. R. et al.
A Course in Rhetoric / dars-e balaa;Gat
-- New Delhi: Taraqqi-e Urdu Bureau, 1981.
GYAN CHAND (1923-). gyaan chand
-- The Interpretation of Ghalib / tafsiir-e
;Gaalib -- Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture,
and Language, 1971.
HALI (1837-1914). ;xvaajah al:taaf
;husain ;haalii -- A Memorial of Ghalib / yaadgaar-e
;Gaalib -- New Delhi: Ghalib Institute, 1986 [Kanpur: Nami Press,
1897].
HAMID (1901-1980), ed. ;haamid ((alii
;xaan -- Divan-e Ghalib / diivaan-e
;Gaalib -- Lahore: Punjab University Press, 1969.
HASRAT (1875-1951). fa.zl ul-;hasan
;hasrat mohaanii -- A Commentary on the Divan of Ghalib
/ shar;h-e diivaan-e ;Gaalib -- Karachi: Al-Kitab, 1965 [1905].
JOSH (1883-1976). labbhuu raam josh
malsiyaanii -- The Divan of Ghalib with Commentary
/ diivaan-e ;Gaalib ma(( shar;h -- Delhi: Atma Ram and Sons, 1950.
KHALIQ ANJUM, ed. ;xaliiq anjum
-- Letters of Ghalib / ;Gaalib ke
;xu:tuu:t -- New Delhi: Ghalib Institute, 1984 (vol. 1), 1985 (vol.
2), 1987 (vol. 3), 1993 (vol. 4).
MIHR (1895-1971). ;Gulaam
rasuul mihr -- The Voice of an Angel / navaa-e
sarosh, mukammal diivaan-e ;Gaalib ma(( shar;h -- Lahore:
Shaikh Ghulam Ali and Sons, 1967.
MIR
(1722-1810). mu;hammad taqii miir -- The
Complete Works of Mir, Volume 1 / kulliyaat-e
miir, jild-e avval, mukammal chhih diivaan, ;Gazaliyaat -- Ed.
by :zill-e ((abbaas ((abbaasii -- Delhi:
Ilmi Majlis, 1968. [Facsimile ed., New Delhi: Taraqqi Urdu Bureau,
1983.]
MUHAMMAD ANSARULLAH. mu;hammad an.saarullaah
-- A Ghalib Bibliography / ;Gaalib
bibliyograafii -- Aligarh: Aligarh Muslim University, 1972. Updated edition:
;Gaalib bibliyograafii, kitaabe;N -- New Delhi:
Ghalib Institute, 1998.
NAIYAR MASUD (1936-). nayyar mas((uud
ri.zvii -- An Interpretation of Ghalib / ta((biir-e
;Gaalib -- Lucknow: Kitab Nagar, 1973.
NAZM (1852-1933). ((alii ;haidar na:zm
:tabaa:tabaa))ii lakhnavii -- A Commentary on the Urdu
Divan of Ghalib / shar;h-e diivaan-e urduu-e
;Gaalib -- Hyderabad: Matba Mufid ul-Islam, n.d. [1900].
RAZA.
kaaliidaas guptaa ra.zaa -- The Complete
Divan of Ghalib, in Historical Order / diivaan-e
;Gaalib kaamil, taarii;xii tartiib se -- Bombay: Sakar
Publishers Pvt. Ltd., 1988.
SHADAN (1869-1948).
sayyid aulaad ;husain shaadaa;N bilgraamii --
The Seeking Soul / ruu;h ul-ma:taalib
fii shar;h-e diivaan-e ;Gaalib -- Lahore: Shaikh Mubarak
Ali, 1967 [Lahore: Matba Koh-e Nur, 1946].
SHARAR. ((abd
ul-;haliim sharar -- Guzishtah Lakhna'u
/ gu;zishtah lakhna))uu yaa mashriqii tamaddun kaa
aa;xirii namuunah, taarii;xii-o-ja;Graafiyaa))ii ;haalaat --
ed. Shamim Inhonvi. Lucknow: Nasim Book Depot, 1965.
VAJID. mu;hammad
((abd ul-vaajid vaajid -- A Commentary on the Urdu Divan of Ghalib,
called the Rapture of Investigation / shar;h-e diivaan-e
urduu-e ;Gaalib mausuum bah vajdaan-e ta;hqiiq -- Hyderabad:
Matba Fakhr-e Nizami, 1901: [site]
THE ABOVE URDU WORKS have
been particularly referred to in this site. For additional literature
see:
***GHALIB STUDIES IN URDU***
