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Hali's Musaddas:
The Flow and Ebb of Islam

Translated, and with a critical introduction
by Christopher Shackle and Javed Majeed
New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1997

Presented here through the generous permission of the translators.

*Prefatory material*

INTRODUCTION

*1. HALI*

1:1 Summary biography == 1
1:2 Hali's poetic persona and his mentors == 2
1:3 Distances and the negotiation of cultural worlds == 4
1:4 Progress, morality, and ruin == 6

2. THE MUSADDAS
*2:1 The form of the Musaddas == 8*

2:2 The contents of the First Edition == 12
2:3 The additional contents of the Second Edition == 18

*2:4 The style of the Musaddas == 25*
*2:5 The impact of the Musaddas == 36*

3. THEMES
*3:1 Decline and progress == 49*

3:2 Smelting and historical refashionings == 53
3:3 The economics of time and bodily illness == 55

*3:4 Deserts and gardens == 59*

3:5 Globalization, the written word, and literary propriety == 65

*3:6 Carrion progress == 73*

3:7 Chaos and order == 75
3:8 Conclusion == 79
Bibliography == 81

TEXT, TRANSLATION, AND HALI'S NOTES
*First Introduction (1879) == 88* == *Urdu text*; *Abid Husain Urdu text*
*Second Introduction (1886) == 98*
Musaddas with Hali's notes == 102

*Appendix: Hali's revisions == 208*

GLOSSARY AND INDEX
*Glossary == 218*
*Index of proper names == 254*

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