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 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, and many reprint editions.
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 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***
ABDUL HAKIM (1885-1959). ;xaliifah ((abd ul-;hakiim -- Ideas of Ghalib / afkaar-e ;Ghaalib -- Lahore: Maktabah Mu'in ul-Adab, 1954. Commentary on selected Urdu and Persian verses, especially from a mystical point of view: available on this site.
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.
ASAR LAKHNAVI (1885-1967). ja((far ((alii ;xaa;N a;sar lakhnavii -- A Study of Ghalib / mu:taala((ah-e ;Gaalib -- Lucknow: Danish Mahal, 2nd edition, 1957. Thanks to the generosity of Satyanarayana Hegde (of Mumbai), this rare text from his collection is available on this site. This work comments selectively on certain verses only, including some unpublished ones.
ASI (1893-1946). ((abd ul-baarii aasii -- Complete Commentary on the Divan-e Ghalib / mukammal shar;h-e diivaan-e ;Gaalib -- Lucknow: Siddiq Book Depot, 1931; also his commentary on the unpublished verses; both are available and indexed on this site.
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]. The full text is available on this site.
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); there is also a fifth volume, an index.
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 , with additions and corrections by a;hmad ma;hfuu:z -- New Delhi: Qaumi Council bara-e Furogh-e Urdu Zaban, 2003.
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.
NATIQ (1886-1969). abuu'l ;hasan naa:tiq gulaa))o;Thvii -- A Treasure of Meanings: a Commentary on the Divan of Ghalib / kanz ul-ma:taalib shar;h-e diivaan-e ;Gaalib -- Lucknow: Maktabah Din o Adab, 1968. Thanks to the generosity of Satyanarayana Hegde (of Mumbai), this rare text from his collection is available on this site. Using Satya's numbers at the upper right, alif begins on 9; be on 66; nuun on 101; ye on 148; ghazal {181} on 196.
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].
Another edition of this commentary (title pages) is provided on this site in electronic form, thanks to the generous help of Sean Pue. Each verse is linked to the relevant page(s) in this electronic edition. Here are Nazm's concluding pages about other genres.
NUSKHAH-E SHERANI (c.1826/7). The Divan-e Ghalib, the Sherani Manuscript / diivaan-e ;Gaalib nus;xah-e shervaanii -- Lahore: Majlis Taraqqi-e Adab, 1969. (A facsimile edition; the first ten pages of it are linked to those ghazals that appear within them.)
RAZA (1988).
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. Page images from this volume are provided for all unpublished ghazals, linked from each one.
SA'ID UD-DIN (1926). sa((iid ul-diin a;hmad -- A Commentary on the Urdu
Divan of Ghalib, and Criticism of the Poetry of Ghalib, known as 'the Gift of Sa'id' / shar;h-e diivaan-e
;Gaalib urduu aur tanqiid-e kalaam-e ;Gaalib ma((ruuf bah hadiyah-e sa((iid -- New Delhi: Ghalib Academy, 2007 (1926). With much appreciation for the good work of the Ghalib Academy (and with many thanks to Satyanarayana Hegde for making the pdf), this reprint edition is available on this site. Using Satya's numbers at the upper right, alif begins on 23; be on 59; nuun on 82; ye on 117; ghazal {181} on 147.
SHADAN (1869-1948).
sayyid aulaad ;husain shaadaa;N bilgraamii --
The Seeking Soul: A Commentary on the Divan of Ghalib / ruu;h ul-ma:taalib
fii shar;h-e diivaan-e ;Gaalib -- Lahore: Shaikh Mubarak
Ali, 1967 [Lahore: Matba Koh-e Nur, 1946].
SHARAR (1860-1926). ((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.
SUHA (1892-1947). suhaa mujaddidii -- Meanings of Ghalib ma:taalib ul-;Gaalib -- Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Urdu Academy, 1923. Thanks to the generosity of Satyanarayana Hegde (of Mumbai), this rare text from his collection is available on this site. Using Satya's numbers at the upper right, alif begins on 27; be on 76; nuun on 103; ye on 136; ghazal {181} on 168.
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, 1902: [introduction]; [conclusion]; text source: [site]. A PDF file is linked from each of the verses (selected from alif ghazals only) on which Vajid comments.
THE ABOVE URDU WORKS have
been particularly referred to in this site. For additional literature
see:
***GHALIB STUDIES IN URDU***
