Materials prepared by Aftab Ahmad

Most of these texts have been slightly edited for the use of students, and the glossaries are still in draft form. Later versions will be supplied as they become available.

*Advanced Urdu Readings (a compilation, texts and serial glossaries)*

An index of the contents, with page numbers
Manto stories: "Toba Tek Singh"; "Khol do"; "Ji aya"
Nazir Ahmad story: "'Aql ki narasa'i"
Sir Sayyid story: "Ta'assub"
Two translations into Urdu by Aftab Ahmad
Muhammad Husain Azad: a passage from "Darbar-e Akbari*
Shibli Nu'mani: a passage from "Safar-namah"
Ghazals by Mir, Ghalib, Iqbal
Nazms by Iqbal, Faiz, Kishwar Naheed, Sahir Ludhianvi

*"Shahr-e do qissah" by Mushtaque Ahmad Yusufi*

An excerpt from "Aab-e gum," with serial glossary

*"Advanced Urdu materials" (texts and serial glossaries)*

Sharar: an excerpt from "Bazm-e qudrat"
Muhammad Zaka'ullah: "Haya"
Hali: an excerpt from "Yadgar-e Ghalib"
Mir Amman: "Sair pahle darvesh ki" from "Bagh o bahar"

*"A letter and a ghazal of Ghalib's" (texts and serial glossaries)*


*"Muhammad Husain Azad on Mir, from Aab-e hayaat" (text and serial glossary)*

Includes a film song, "Baghon men bahar hai"