Nou-Ayin e John Horace Ford; A Rare Qissa from the Eighteenth Century

Abstract

This article presents the very first critical editing of the “Nou-Ayin e John Horace Ford” by Rustam Ali Bijnori. This ‘qissa’ was penned down in 1786 A.D for presenting to an East India Company’s army officer John Horace Ford. A manuscript of abovesaid qissa is kept in the Middle Eastern Manuscript section of Special Collections at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Alongwith critical editing, a brief biographical introduction of the author, linguistic and stylistic analysis of the text and a glossary are also included in this article.   Keywords: Urdu prose, Nou-Ayin e John Horace Ford, Rustam Ali Bijnori, Critical Editing, Manuscripts

Keywords

• urdu prose
• nou-ayin e john horace ford
• rustam ali bijnori
• critical editing
• manuscripts