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Based on literary, cultural, and historical
importance, this list tries to present some of the most remarkable works in
Urdu. It is not limited to literature and includes books on history, culture,
philosophy and religion. Readers may, of course, disagree and make their own
lists. The list is not in order of preference.
1. Kulliyat-i-Sauda: collected
works of Mirza Rafi Sauda, one of the classical Urdu poets.
2. Kulliyat-i-Meer: collected
works of Mir Taqi Mir, one of the greatest of Urdu poets.
3. Bagh-o-bahar: a dastan,
written by Mir Amman, is an example of simple yet idiomatic classical prose.
4. Fasana-i-ajaib: a dastan,
penned by Rajab Ali Baig Suroor, is among the samples of the most ornate
classical Urdu prose.
5. Gulzar-i-Naseem: one of the
best Urdu masnavis, composed by Daya Shankar Naseem.
6. Kulliyat-i-Insha Allah Khan Insha:
collected poetical works of a maestro.
7. Kulliyat-i-Nazeer Akberabadi:
collected works of a classical yet modern poet.
8. Divan-i-Ghalib: one of the
greatest works in Urdu poetry.
9. Khutoot-i-Ghalib: letters by
the great bard.
10. Kulliyat-i-Zauq: collected
works of one of the maestros of Urdu poetry and idiomatic expression.
11. Sahr-ul-bayan: one of the
best Urdu masnavis, composed by Mir Hasan.
12. Marasi-i-Anees: the elegies
composed by one of the greatest poets of the genre.
13. Rubaiyaat-i-Anees: the
maestro offers the best quatrains in Urdu.
14. Marasi-i-Dabeer: elegies
composed by a great poet rivalled only by Anees.
15. Kulliyat-i-Aatish: collected
works of another great poet of the Lucknow school.
16. Mazameen-i-Sir Syed: a
selection of essays of one of the pioneers of the genre of essay in Urdu.
17. Bahr-ul-fasahat: a
masterpiece on the art of prosody by Najm-ul-Ghani Rampuri.
18. Kulliyat-i-Akber Allahabadi:
collected poetical works of a humorist and satirist.
19. Kulliyat-i-Nazm-i-Hali:
collected poetical works of one of the pioneers of modern Urdu poetry.
20. Aab-i-hayat: a critical
study of Urdu poetry and poets by Muhammad Hussain Azad.
21. Khayalaat-i-Azad: collected
satirical essays of Nawab Syed Muhammad Azad.
22. Kala pani: an autobiography
by Jafer Thanesari.
23. Seerat-un-Nabi: life of
Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) in seven volumes, by Shibli Naumani and
Syed Sulaiman Nadvi.
24. Shair-ul-ajam: critical
analysis of Persian poetry by Shibli Naumani.
25. Ibn-ul-vaqt: a satirical
novel by Nazeer Ahmed Dehlvi.
26. Fasana-i-Azad: a humorous
novel-like dastan by Pandit Ratan Nath Sarshar.
27. Sanam khana-i-ishq: a
collection of ghazals by Ameer Meenai.
28. Gulzar-i-daagh: a collection
of ghazals by Daagh Dehlvi.
29. Kulliyat-i-naat: by Mohsin
Kakorvi, one of the best naat-writers of Urdu.
30. A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi
and English: by John T. Platts.
31. Farhang-i-Asifiya: compiled
by Syed Ahmed Dehlvi, it is one of the most authentic of Urdu dictionaries.
32. Umrao jaan ada: a novel by
Mirza Hadi Rusva.
33. Muqaddama-i-shair-o-shaeri:
a treatise on modern Urdu criticism and poetics by Altaf Hussain Hali.
34. Yadgar-i-Ghalib: a biography
of Ghalib by Altaf Hussain Hali.
35. Miftah-ul-qavaid: Urdu
grammar in two volumes, by Fateh Muhammad Jalandhari.
36. Qavaid-i-Urdu: Urdu grammar
by Moulvi Abdul Haq.
37. Kulliyat-i-Iqbal: collected
works of one of the greatest poets of Urdu.
38. Kulliyat-i-Zafar Ali Khan:
collected poetical works.
39. Noor-ul-lughaat: compiled by
Noor-ul-Hasan Nayyar, a dictionary much underrated despite its merits.
40. Mazameen-i-Farhat: humorous
essays by Farhatullah Baig.
41. Prem Chand ke afsaane: a
selection of short stories.
42. Ghubaar-i-khatir: a
collection of letters by Abul Kalam Azad.
43. Anarkali: drama by Imtiaz
Ali Taj.
44. Manto ke afsaane: a
selection of short stories.
45. Tlism-i-khayal: a collection
of short stories by Krishan Chandr.
46. Mazaameen-i-Rasheed:
satirical essays by Rasheed Ahmed Siddiqi.
47. Majmooa Hasan Askari:
collected critical works of Muhammad Hasan Askari.
48. Pitras ke mazameen: humorous
essays by Pitras Bukhari.
49. Kausar trilogy: a social and
cultural history of Indo-Pak subcontinent in three volumes by S.M. Ikram.
50. Bar-i-azeem Pak-o-Hind ki
millat-i-Islamia: written by I.H. Qureshi, it is a comprehensive
history of Muslims in the subcontinent.
51. Mazaameen-i-Saleem Ahmed:
the collected critical works.
52. Khutbaat: this book of
Maulana Mowdoodi’s has run into over 100 editions.
53. Urdu encyclopaedia of Islam:
Published by Punjab University, Lahore, in 23 volumes.
54. Urdu lughat taareekhi usool par:
the most comprehensive, 22-volume Urdu dictionary published by Urdu Dictionary
Board, Karachi.
55. Urdu thesaurus: compiled by
Rafiq Khavaer and published by Muqtadira Qaumi Zaban, Islamabad.
56. Encyclopaedia Pakistanica:
the one-volume work by Syed Qasim Mahmood.
57. Ganjeena-i-gauher: a
collection of pen-sketches by Shahid Ahmed Dehlvi.
58. Bajang aamad: humorous
memoirs by Colonel Muhammad Khan.
59. Urdu ki aakhri kitab: a
satirical work by Ibn-i-Insah.
60. Aag ka darya: a novel by
Qurrat-ul-Ain Hyder.
61. Khuda ki basti: a novel by
Shaukat Siddiqi.
62. Aangan: a novel by Khadija
Mastoor.
63. Chiragh tale: essays by one
of the most prominent humorists, Mushtaq Ahmed Yousufi.
64. Afkaar-i-Pareeshan: peppered
with satire, the essays were written by Justice M. R. Kayani.
65. Dunya gol hai: a travelogue
with Ibn-i-Insha’s typical humour.
66. Jadeed Urdu shaeri: a
two-volume treatise on modern Urdu poetry by Aziz Hamid Madani.
67. Safar dar safar: travel
account by Ashfaq Ahmed, in his usual style.
68. Tareekh-i-adab-i-Urdu: the
monumental, four-volume history of Urdu literature by Jameel Jalibi.
69. Urdu shaeri ka mizaaj: a
critical work by Wazir Agha.
70. Mazameen-i-Siraj-i-Muneer: essays
on literature, culture and history.
71. Kulliyat-e-Aziz Hamid Madani:
collected poetical works.
72. Basti: a novel by Intizar
Hussain.
73. Khama bagosh ke qalam se:
satirical literary criticism by Mushfiq Khwaja.
74. Sarguzasht: memoirs by Z.A.
Bukhari.
75. Zarguzasht: memoirs by
Mushtaq Yousufi.
76. Aam lisaniyaat: a
comprehensive work on linguistics by Gian Chand.
77. Ma fiz-zameer: a collection
of humorous poetry by Zameer Jaferi.
78. Shaukhi-i-tehreer: a
collection of humorous poetry by Syed Muhammad Jaferi.
79. Tareekh-i-falsafa: a
one-volume history of philosophy, translated by Moulvi Ehsaan, published by
Karachi University.
80. Falsafe ke bunyadi masail:
basics of philosophy, by Qazi Qaiser-ul-Islam.
81. Aam fikri mughalte: common
theoretical misconceptions, written by Ali Abbas Jalalpuri.
82. Aanandi: short stories by
Ghulam Abbas.
90. Kulliyat-i-Josh Maleehabadi:
collected poetical works.
91. Tadveen-i-hadith: a history
of Hadith by Manazir Ahsan Geelani.
92. Khushboo: a collection of
Parveen Shakir’s poetry.
93. Gulaftab: a collection of
modernistic poetry by Zafar Iqbal.
94. Parvaaz: humorous essays by
Shafeeq-ur-Rahman.
95. Kulliyat-i-N. M. Rashid:
collected poetical works.
96. Kulliyat-i-Majeed Amjad:
collected poetical works.
97. Khutbaat-i-Bahwalpur: a
collection of essays on Islam by Dr Muhammad Hameedullah.
98. Aavaz-i-dost: cultural and
historical essays by Mukhtar Masood.
99. Dar-i-dilkusha: memoirs by
Sheikh Manzoor Ilahi.
100. Any novel by Ibn-i-Safi:
the great writer of detective fiction.
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