Study of Published Urdu Travelogues about Iran

The tradition of travelogue writing in Urdu began in the late nineteenth century. In that period, the Urdu translation of the books related to Iran, written by the English scholars and different personalities, paved the way for the creation of travelogues of Iran in Urdu. As this tradition of travelogue writing in Urdu got popular, the travelogues partially or completely related to Iran also increased in numbers. Having diverse styles, these travelogues may be divided into different kinds in terms of the objectives and motivations of their authors. In this article, a collection of travelogues of Iran published in Urdu is being presented that will be helpful in research about travelogue writing and especially about different aspects of Iranology. Reference: Sufi Malkapuri Hyderabadi, Maulvi Abu Tarab Muhammad Abdul Jabbar Khan Sahib, Mahbub-ul-Zaman Tazkira Shairai Deccan, Part II, Hyderabad (Deccan): Mutaba Rahmani, 1329 Hijri, p. 654 Zaidi, Syeda Nadira, Scholarly and Literary Services of Munshi Mahboob Alam, Supervisor: Ubaidullah Khan, Punjab University, Lahore, Unpublished PhD Dissertation, Year of Defense: 1992, p. 191. Nowshahi, Arif (1986), List of Persian Books of Chapsangi and Kamiyab in Kitabkhana Ganjbakhsh, Volume I, Islamabad: Center for Persian Research of Iran and Pakistan, pp. 938-939. Baig, Mirza Hamid, Bibliography of Translations, Volume II. Prose Literature, Curator: Syed Abdullah, Islamabad: Muqtadra Qaumi Language, 1987, p. 116 Abdi Khajasta, Laila, Translation of Hai-i Haji Baba Isfahani into Persian and Urdu in Ancient India, Magazine of Anjuman Mafakhir, Year 15, Issue IV, Tehran: Anjuman Athar and Mafakhir Farhangi, Winter 1398 Shamsi, p. 14 Abdi Khajasta, Laila, Translation of Hai-i Haji Baba Isfahani into Persian and Urdu in Ancient India, Magazine of Anjuman Mafakhir, Year 15, Issue IV, Tehran: Anjuman Athar and Mafakhir Farhangi, Winter 1398 Shamsi, p. 15 Nowshahi, Arif, List of rare and rare Persian books in Ganjbakhsh Library, Volume 1, Islamabad: Persian Research Center of Iran and Pakistan, p. 849 Nowshahi, Arif, List of rare and rare Persian books in Ganjbakhsh Library, Volume 1, Islamabad: Persian Research Center of Iran and Pakistan, pp. 847-851. Alam, Munshi Mehboob, Biography of Shah Muzaffaruddin Walli of Iran, Lahore: Khadim-ul-Tealim Publishers Punjab, 1902, p. 1. Munshi Mahbub Alam, Safarnamah Baghdad, Khadim-ul-Tealim Press, Lahore, 1921, p. 3.