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SELECTIONS
FROM THE
KULLIYAT OR
COMPLETE WORKS
OF
MIRZA RAFI-OOS-SAUDA,
BEING
THE PARTS APPOINTED FOR THE HIGH PROFICIENCY EXAMINATION
IN OORDOO
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LITERALLY TRANSLATED BY
MAJOR HENRY COURT,
CAPTAIN, GENERAL LIST, BENGAL CAVALRY
OFFICIATING PERSONAL INTERPRETER TO HIS EXCELLENCY THE
COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, INDIA,
AND TRANSLATOR OF THE "ARAISH-I-MAHFIL" AND "NUSR-I-BE-NAZEER."
Simla: Printed by J. Elston, "Station Press"
1872
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*FWP's introduction, 2007*
*Translator's introduction,
1872*
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*(1) A masnawi satirizing Muhammad
Ghaus, the Physician*
*(2) A masnawi satirizing a Miser*
*(3) A masnawi in praise of Nawab
Asuf-ood-Dowlah, and regarding his way of hunting*
*(4) A masnawi satirizing an
Elephant*
*(5) A masnawi satirizing a Kotwal,
or Chief Police Officer*
*(6) A masnawi satirizing Mirza Fidwi*
[*(6x) The same
masnavi, with trans. and notes by FWP*]
*(7)
A masnawi regarding the death of Mirza Faizo's Chippak*;
*Urdu text *
.
*(8)
A masnawi satirizing Mirza Fakhir Makeen*;
*modern Urdu text*; *critical
edition text*
*(9)
A story regarding a sincere devotee and the circumstances of his returning
when on the road to Mecca*; *Urdu
text*
.
*(10)
A funeral eulogium on Imam Kasim, the son of Imam Husain, on whom
may God be merciful*, a marsiyah probably
by Miskin; no Urdu text is provided for it
.
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*(11)
A mukhammas on the desolation of Shahjahanabad*,
with trans. and notes by FWP
*(12)
A qasidah in praise of Navab 'Imad ul-Mulk*,
with trans. and notes by FWP
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*Aab-e
hayaat (1880) on Sauda*
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