1.
Muft Karam Daashtan Prem Chand
The poet wants to meet a famous man and he receives an invitation from
him (sahib zouq buzurg zilah). He asks his friends, so they tell him to
reject him and tell him to meet you himself at your home. The poet
rejected the idea and thought he didnt even have enough money to have
a guest over, let alone the poor condition of his home.
He went and met the man. They had a normal conversation and then he
came back. Some people saw him meeting that famous man and started
spreading rumours that the poet is now a very resourceful man and has
good contacts. He can even get solution to the problems being faced by
common men. So many people started approaching him while the poet
kept telling them that its not true.
One day his friend comes to meet him after 45 years and tells him that his
son is captured by the police for wrong accusations and that case belongs
to the famous man, so please help. The friend left and the poet said he
surely will tell but he didnt and forgot about it. 8 days later his friend
comes back to thank him for the case solved.
2. Jaani Dushman Azmat Chughtai
Aaliya lived with her mamu. One day her khala called her to deal with
Raziya because she kept forcing she wanted to marry Nadir but khala
disliked him and thought he only liked Raziya for money. Aaliya tried to
convince khala but she wouldnt listen. So she tried to convince Raziya but
she said she wants poison instead. Aaliya suggested she should run away
from home but Raziya didnt want to give up on her luxurious life. So
khala told Aaaliya to tell Nadir to bug off. She went and tried to do so but
Naadir said, If I cant have her, why dont you marry me? He left Raziya
and went after Aaliya.
He used to threaten her that he will suicide. He sends a proposal to her
mamu and it gets accepted and they eventually get married. Nadir applies
for a job in Middle East and gets the job. On the other hand, Raziya gets
married to a man who marries another woman. Khala hates Aaliya and
then Nadir takes Aaliya to Middle East.
3. Siyaada Safaid Ghulam Abbas
There was a woman named Maimoona who lived in Lahore and taught in
only-girls school and live in a hostel. It was impossible for an alone woman
to enjoy in that area.
She is one day thinking to get which gold jewellery from her savings when
she sees a white hair and gets upset that now she is old but havent
enjoyed her life yet. Her income was Rs. 35. One day she receives a
letter from her sister, Sajida, who lived in New Delhi, telling her to visit
her. Maimoona had Rs. 50 out of which she purchases essentials, a gift for
her sister and a train ticket.
Maimoona reaches New Delhi and Sajida introduces her to her kids (3
girls, 2 boys and 1 on the way). Maimoona took a taxi to roam around
but did not enjoy because of the kids. Next day Maimoona was so upset
that Sajida told her husband so take Maimoona to Kunaat Palace.
Maimoona was so happy and astonished to see women didnt need male
companions here. Next day husband was busy so she went alone and a
boy started to follow her. He said salaam so she laughed. She was too
happy. Next day she got all dressed up and went to see him again. He was
with 4 friends. He looked at her then they all started to follow her. She
kept running. She had almost reached home but he kept saying things to
her. The car passed by her and told her to join them. She reached safely
and went home on 31 December. She was full of regret, if only she had not
wasted the money and made a jewellery piece. She felt 5 years older.
4. Sair Dusre Darwaish Ki Meer Aman Dehelvi
A darwesh starts his story that he is a prince of Faars and his father
gave him the best education, therefore he possesses vast knowledge.
Once a wise old man said that if a human possesses some qualities and
does something about it (or does something special), he is remembered
till the world ends (qayamat).
So the prince asked him for an example so he told the prince the story of
Hatim Tai who was a famous man so a king named Naufal used to feel
jealous of him and declared a war on him . Hatim Tai did not wish to fight
a war as it would cause innocent humans to die, so he left behind
everything and hid in a cave. When King Nauful found out, he announced
a reward of Rs. 500 to whoever finds Hatim.
This news was spread like a wildfire all over the city and the jungle. There
was an old couple living in the jungle with their kids who used to cut logs
to earn for their living. The old woman starts a discussion with her
husband that how much she wishes they would find Hatim so they can get
the reward and live their lives peacefully forever. The old man tells her to
shutup as hard labour is in their fate and they arent that lucky. Hatim
heard this conversation, so he felt bad for them and revealed himself to
them saying that he is Hatim and he wishes for the old couple to hand him
over to the king so they can earn the reward.
The old man refused Hatim because he didnt want to do something like
this out of greed because he felt how would he face God? Hatim told him
that if he didnt do anything such, Hatim will present himself in front of the
King and tell him that you (old man) had kept me hidden in his home.
After a lot of arguing, people saw and heard them. They caught Hatim
right away and took him to the king. The old man, while feeling bad,
followed the crowd as well.
When they all reached the King, everyone started claiming that they
caught Hatim but Hatim came forward and told the King that the old man
had caught him. The old man was brought forward to the King and was
asked for the truth. The old man told him the truth that how Hatim gave
himself up just so the old man could win the money.
The king was astonished by Hatims good deed and forwarded an order to
beat up all liars with 500 shoes and give the 500 rupees reward to the old
man and let him go. After that, the king held Hatims hand and praised
him and returned him his goods and money, whatever the King had taken
in his possession.
So after telling the story, the prince told everyone that after hearing this
he felt like doing a good deed so he built a monument with 40 doors and
used to sit there from Fajr to evening, helping the needy by giving them
ashrafiyan.
One day a poor man came from 1 door and took one coin. He came from
the second door and took 2 coins and did that till the 40th door and took
40 coins. After that he again came from the second door so the prince got
angry that this poor man is greedy and he isnt a poor man. So the poor
man asked, what does FQR mean?
The prince said, F for faaqah, Q for qanaat and R for riazat.
If a poor person doesnt have these 3 qualities then he is not poor and he
is just plain greedy. When the poor man heard this, he dropped all the
coins he had collected and said never say you do sakhawat because
being a Sakhi is a hard thing because even it has a meaning. The prince
asked for the meaning so the poor man told him: S means Samaai,
KH means khof-e-ilahi and Y means yad rakhna apni pedaaish
or maut ko. Then the poor man said that he has been to so many cities
and countries but he has never seen more of a sakhi person than Princess
of busray.
The prince felt that the poor man has made a good point and asked the
poor man to please keep the coins but the poor man said that he wouldnt
even take his whole kingdom if he offered. Once the poor man left, a
desire in princes heart grew to meet the princess the poor man was
telling him about.
5. Bandar ki taqreer dilkharash rajab ali baig suroor
Monkey prince name: jan alam
Wazeer zaada is the wizard who did magic
Once upon a time a wazeer zada turns a prince into a monkey and acts
like a fake prince. One day he feels afraid that the real prince might come
back so he orders every monkey in the kingdom to be murdered but if a
monkey looks and talks like a human then he should be brought to the
fake prince. One chirri maar who has this monkey takes him to another
city and lives there. The maalika of that plot where he is living approaches
him that she wishes to see the monkey but chirri mar rejects it. She sends
a trader (sodaagar) to buy the monkey but chirri mar rejects him as well.
But the monkey forces the trader to get him sold so he does so.
The fake prince gets the news that the special monkey is owned by some
trader so he tells him to bring it to him but he doesnt as he keeps his
promise to chirri mar. The fake prince sends a message to the prince of
the city where sodagar lives and threats him to get the monkey to him
else his kingdom is in danger. So the prince sends a message to sodagar
to get him the monkey. When sodagar is going to the prince, the monkey
makes a taqreer about humans and life etc. The people around gather and
listen to him closely and debate about the matters the monkey has put
forward. When sodagar is going on his way, he meets the malika who
wishes to hear what the monkey has to say as well. The monkey
recognizes her and his eyes get teary and says that he is sad that people
who he considered friends are asteen ka saanp and wants to get him
killed. Many friends told him not to trust him so much but the prince didnt
care and today look what he has come to. He felt afraid that he has told
his story and now the wazeer zada will come to hunt him down. He is
telling people that tell Malka this story and I loved her and I want her to
believe me and now come and see my death. Malka now believes him and
now knows that he is the real prince. The prince had taught his story to a
parrot and then he was killed. The sodaagar cried a lot over it.
The wazeer zada got to know about his death, ordered to bring the
body to him and burned his body as well. Meanwhile Malka came with the
parrot and the parrot spoke the whole story in front of a huge crowd.
Wazeer zada came out and Malka greeted him well and wazeer zada knew
she has seen the death of the monkey due to which she is being nice to
him. Malka requested wazeer to give her a baby bakra so he did so. Then
Malka was giving him more attention and was playing with the baby
bakra. This thing continued for 3 days and then Malka killed the baby
bakra and sent someone to tell wazeer to come meet her asap else he will
never find her again. Wazeer came right away and she killed the baby
bakra in front of him and told him to bring it back to life. He said the dead
cant come back. She said you killed my maina (bird) and I felt the prince
has killed him and what goes around comes around. Wazeer wanted to
make her happy and told her to keep In her arms, she didnt. he did magic
and brought the bakra back to life. Malka got happy and the bakra started
jumping again. He thought to himself that he will take back bakras life
later on. But it was too late. The prince saw the whole thing from his cage.
Wazeer zada saw the prince and got scared. The Malka receited the
muntur
6. Syed Raas Masood Molvi Abdul Huq
Syed was grand-son of sir syed ahmed and son of justice syed Mahmood.
Sir Syed celebrated Raas birth day in a very unique way. 1894, when all
india muslim education conference was being conducted in Aligarh so
Sir Syed In front of the whole crowd which had muslims, hindu &
Christians, announced the birth of Raas. He didnt give a dawat, he just
distributed moti choor ke laddoo.
Sir syed loved Raas a lot and always wanted to keep him in front of his
eyes and even used to sing loriyaan for him. Raas early education was
done under the supervision of Sir syed. He even built a madrasah for Raas
which was called Masood maqtab. After the death of Sir syed, Raas
was sent to Theodore Marlins because his father was a drunkard.
Theodore regardless of being a Christian, ensured Raas gets Islamic
education. When Theodore left india, Raas got admission in college and
continued receiving higher studies. Raas went to oxford university and
received a degree of barristery from London.
When he came back to india, he initially started the career of a lawyer but
he didnt enjoy doing it so he decided to become a head master of a
government school. Later he became a college professor. In 1915,
hyderabads government recognized his work and give him the title of
naazim taalemaat. Raas had a huge hand in building Usmania
College. This college used to teach all the subjects in Urdu. Till the time a
principal was appointed to this college, Raas was the principal. He did a
lot of great work while being the head of education.
A lot of madrasas were built in his era and even the government
respected him and never said no to his plans. He even went to Japan and
Korea and took a tour to discuss about the education system. He even
wrote a book on the education system of Japan.
After working for 12 years, when he retired from Hyderabads government,
he went to Europe to recover his health because of consistent hard work.
Even the famous people and lords came to say goodbye to him. He was so
loved that everyone in Hyderabad was upset about him leaving. Everyone
wanted him to become a political secretary. The job was an easy one with
a high pay. But Raas chose to become a vice principal of Muslim university
which was a hard job. He didnt live very long but he used his whole life
just to make everyone elses lives better and he will forever be
remembered and loved.
Writers:
Mir Aman 1733 1809, He wasnt a PP, Gp 1
Dehalwi Delhi shaair
Not much info is
available in
books etc
Who aik college
me mulaazim
thay aur farsi
me likhtay thay
1801: he wrote
bagh-e-bahar
and it
completed in
1802 and got
published in
1803
Sir Syed Ahmed 1817 1898, Studied Arabic & PP, Gp 1, gp2
Khan Delhi Farsi in 1838
1862: Opened a
scientific
institute In
Gazipur & an
institute in
Aligarh
1870: Created
awareness
among muslims
Molvi Abdul Huq 1870 1961, Ibtidia taleem at PP
Meeruth home.
1894: BA in
Aligarh
1895: School
main mulaazmat
ki
Prem chand 1880 1936, Father: Ajaaib Gp1
Binarus Laal
Studied farsi in
Binarus
Passed BA
1901: risaala
zamana main
mazameen
likhna shuru
kkardia
1904: novel
prema
Poets:
Khwaja mir dard 1719 1785, *Name: Syed Pp, gp1, gp2
Delhi Khwaja Mir,
takhallus dard
*dad: khwaja
mohammed
nasir
*learnt shairi
from dad
*a sipaahi when
young
Mirza ghalib 1796 1869, *Assadullah baig Pp, gp1, gp2
Agra khan
*dad: Abdullah
baig
*yateem in
bachpan
*lost chacha at
8
*molvi
muhammed
azam, a famous
teacher gave
him basic
education
Hasrat mohani Pp
Momin khan Gp1
momin
Muft Karam Daashtan Prem Chand story
Jaani Dushman Azmat Chughtai Story
Siyaada Safaid Ghulam Abbas Story
Sair Dusre Darwaish Ki Meer Aman Dehelvi Story
Bandar ki taqreer rajab ali baig suroor Story
dilkharash
Syed Raas Masood Molvi Abdul Huq Story
Qaumi Taleem, Qaumi Sir Syed Ahmed Khan Story
hamdardi aur Baahimi
itefaq
Kal nafs zaiqtah al Nazeer akbar abadi Manzoomat
maut (poetry)
Marsia Ghaalib Haali Manzoomat
(poetry)
Azaan Allama Iqbal Manzoomat
(poetry)