Prefaces Writing In Urdu: Some Aspects of Seek Attention

Abstract
The World“Muqadema”in Urdu means the preface or introduction of the book or its auther that is commonly written to understand the content and familiarity of the book. It is narrated by auther as well as any other critic of researchers or well known person in literature. The tradition of the preface in Urdu highlights that a very few preface have been written impartially. In the East, it is considered that the merits and demerits of the book analyzed by the prefacer depend upon the relationship between auther and prefacer. This trend has been changed with the passage of time. Some important and well known prefaces in Urdu literature are the preface of “Dewanzada”written by Zahoor udeen Hatum, the preface of Dastan “Bagho.Bahar” written by Mir Hassan, the preface of Moulana Hali“Muqadema Shier o shairy” and the preface of Nuskha e Hamidia (Ghalib) written by Doctor Abdur Rehaman Bajnory. The Tradition of comprehensive prefaces in Urdu has been replaced by the brief introduction of book and author now.a.days.An other trend of compiling the old literary prototype and to write the comprehensive preface on it is improgress these days.This is a very careful and sensitive task. The compiler must be competent enough to judge the literary trend of the concern period and its language. The present article presents a comprehensive analysis on the issues relevant to the prefaces of the books in Urdu literature.

Dr. Maqbool Nisar Malik. (2020) اردو میں مقدمہ نویسی: چند توجہ طلب پہلو, DARYAFT, Volume 23, Issue 23.
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