UMRA'O JAN "ADA" (1899)

by Mirza Muhammad Hadi "Rusva" (1857-1931)

**THE WHOLE URDU NOVEL AND A SERIAL GLOSSARY, ALL ONLINE**

*Introduction by FWP*

The novel begins with a mushairah:
*1a* ~~ The narrator, "Mirza Rusva," meets with his friends
*1b* ~~ Umrao Jan joins the gathering
*2a* ~~ Arrangements for the mushairah
*2b* ~~ Umrao Jan recites a ghazal
*2c* ~~ The Khan Sahib's and the Navab Sahib's turns
*2d* ~~ Pandit-ji's recitation
*2e* ~~ Shaikh Sahib's ghazal, and Mirza Sahib's excuses
*2f* ~~ Rusva recites his own ghazal
*2g* ~~ Rusva reads Mirza Sahib's ghazal
*2h* ~~ A visiting poet satirizes mushairah behavior:
verses *1-15* -- *16-30* -- *31-46*
*2j* ~~ Agha Sahib's long and controversial ghazal:
verses *1-8* -- *9-15* -- *16-17*
*3a* ~~ After the mushairah

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*Veena Talwar Oldenburg,"Lifestyle as Resistance: The Case of the Courtesans of Lucknow"*

*Philip Lutgendorf on the 1981 film*

Ghazals by Shahryar from the 1981 film:
*dil chiz kya hai* ~~ *justaju jis ki* ~~ *in ankhon ki masti* ~~ *zindagi jab bhi* ~~ *yih kya jagah hai* ~~ *jab bhi milti hai*

*modern mushairahs: some recorded performances*

*about the 2006 film*
*a review: Ziya us-Salam in The Hindu, Nov. 5, 2006*
*the filmmaker responds in Indiatimes*
*a review: Mamun M. Adil in Dawn, Nov. 26, 2006*

*a Pakistani television series, 2003*

*a song from the 1972 Pakistani film (Noor Jehan)*
*and another (Runa Laila)*
*and one more*

*Khushwant Singh and M. A. Husaini translation (source)*
*Singh and Husaini trans., Chapter 1*

*David Matthews translation (source)*

Kamran Asdar Ali, "Courtesans in the Living Room," *Annual of Urdu Studies 20 (2005)*

M. Asaduddin, "First Urdu Novel: Claims and Disclaimers," *Annual of Urdu Studies 16 (2001)*

Saira Irshad Khan, "Umrao Jan Revisited", *Newsline, July 2001*

C. M. Naim, "The Earliest Extant Review of Umra'o Jan," *Annual of Urdu Studies 15 (2000)*

Munibur Rahman, "The Mushairah," *Annual of Urdu Studies 3 (1983)*