तेरह मासा- अकरम क़ुतुबी (उत्तर भारत की प्राचीन उर्दू पाण्डुलिपि का हिन्दी रूपान्तरण)- Terah Masa- Akram Qutubi (Hindi Edition of the Ancient Urdu Manuscript of North India)

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From the Jacket The experience and knowledge from our past are recorded in manuscripts which have been handed down to us over several thousand years. The Government of India, through the Department of Culture, took note of the importance of this vast tangible heritage and, in order to preserve and conserve as well as to make access to this wealth easy, established the National Mission of Manuscripts (NMM). In order to disseminate the knowledge content of manuscripts, the Mission has taken up several programmes such as lectures, seminars, and workshops. The Mission publishes the proceedings of the above said programmes under the following series: "Samrakṣika" (on manuscript conservation). "Tattvabodha" (comprising lectures based on manuscripts delivered by eminent scholars), "Samikşikā" (research oriented papers presented in the seminars), and "Krtibodha" (transcribed and edited texts. prepared at advanced level manuscriptology workshop conducted by NMM).

NMM has taken up a project for publishing rare and unpublished manuscripts in three forms (a) facsimile, (b) critical edition with annotation, and (c) critical edition with translation. This series has been named as Prakāsīkā.

Prakäsikä-49 is the Hindi translation of Terah Masa of Akram Qutubi which has already been published by the Mission under its Prakāsīkā series.

About the Book Terah Masa, composed in 1725 by Akram Qutubi of Rohtak, Haryana, is a rare manuscript of the classical North Indian Urdu poetry tradition after Bikat Kahani, written by Mohammad Afzal in 1625 but its available copy of the manuscript was calligraphed in 1724. The rare text of Terah Masa in hand was calligraphed during the life time of the poet. In fact, this text is the oldest and unpublished manuscript belonging to this period so far.

It is a narrative love poetry, depicting the feelings and emotions of a lady whose lover is staying away in a distant place. The changing sensuous expression is effected by the climatic conditions of different seasons of the year. This is the core theme of the text, which is a refined narrative of social and cultural ethos of Indian society.

About the editor Professor Abdul Haq is an eminent scholar and an authority of Urdu language, literature and culture. He was Professor and Head of Urdu Department in Delhi University. He served for ten years as President of All India Urdu Teachers' Association. Prof. Haq is associated with a number of universities and reputed institutions in India as a member of academic bodies, advisory committees and committees of courses. He has lectured as Visiting Professor in several universities all over India besides being invited to numerous countries abroad. More than thirty books and over hundred research papers have been contributed by Dr. Abdul Haq for the enrichment of the discipline of Urdu literature. These have been widely acclaimed by scholarly world. Among his important publications, mention may be made of Iqbal ke Ibtedai Afkar, Asri Lughat, Iqbal aur Iqbaliat, Rasheed Ahmad Siddiqi, Iqbal Shaire Rangeen Nawa, Diwan-e-Hatim.

Professor Haq has received several state and national level honours and awards including Delhi Urdu Academy Award for Research Contribution in Urdu. He has been honoured as Professor Emeritus and Distinguished Service Award by the University of Delhi. He has received the most prestigious life time achievement award from the Delhi Urdu Academy, Govt. of Delhi and has been recently honoured by Iqbal Samman Award by the West Bengal Urdu Academy, Govt. of West Bengal on 20th May 2017.

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