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IO Islamic 1244
- Record Id:
- 032-004546534
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004546534
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100187163566.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IO Islamic 1244
- Title:
- بکٹ کہانی Bikaṭ kahānī
- Additional Titles:
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Bikaṭ kahānī
بکٹ کہانی
- Scope & Content:
- A Barahmasah poem, by Muhammad Afdal Gopal (d.1625).
Of this poetic tradition, Francesca Orsini writes ‘in thiskind of poem an abandoned woman (virahini or birahini) pines forher absent lover or husband and describes her pitiful state, month after month,against the backdrop of seasonal changes and ritual events. Today, barahmasasare perceived as only a kind of folk song, but a significant literary traditionattests to the attractiveness of this template for poets in all the literarylanguages of north India for centuries … Bikat Kahani has attractedcritical attention as the first significant poem in Urdu/Rekhta composed innorth India’ – Before the Divide: Hindi and Urdu Literary Culture.
Manuscript begins:سنو سکہیو بکٹ میرے کہانی
بہئی ہون عشق کے غم سون دیوانی
نہ مجہکو بہوکہ دن نہ نید راتا
بڑھہ کے درد سون سینا پراتا
تمامی لوگ مجھ بوری کہین رے
خرد کم کردہ مجنون ھو رھی رے
نہین اس درد کی دارو کسی کن
بھۓ حیران سبھی حکماے زو فن
Ends:
جوشد آخر ازین مشکل کہانی
کہون بے حد اس دکھ کی بخانے
بیاد دلربا خوشحال میی باش
کہے افضل کہے کوپال میی باش
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Library
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-004546534
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-004546534
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 20 folios
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
Hindi
Urdu - Scripts:
- Arabic (nastaliq Variant)
Latin - Start Date:
- 1700
- End Date:
- 1799
- Date Range:
- end of 18th century
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- India
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Paper, ink
Script: Nastaliq
20 folios. 178 x 121 mm
- Source of Acquisition:
- India Office Library, Richard Johnson collection
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Subjects:
- Married women
Poetry