Abstract

Tazkara is a type of biography in Urdu literature. In Tazkara the researcher compiles the data and events of the lives of poets and other literary personalities. Tazkara Hazar Dastaan known as Khumkhanae Javeed was gathered by Lala Sri Ram. This biography consists of Six volumes. There are 689 pages in Volume 1 and a list of 634 poets according to the Urdu alphabet ا تا بby poetic names included in it. Volume 2 consists of 751 pages with a list of 485 poets by poetic names according to پ تا ح. Volume 3 consists of 737 pages with a list of 534 poets by poetic names according to خ تا ز. Volume 4 consists of 628 pages with a list of 421 poets by poetic names according to س تا ش. Volume 5 consists of 616 pages with a list of 647 poets by poetic names according to ش تا ع. Volume 6 consists of 556 pages with a list of 458 poets by poetic names according to ع تا ے. There are 3977 pages and 3179 poets in all volumes. It is a remarkable work. In this article, this biography is critically analyzed.

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