“TAREEKH ADAB E URDU’’ BY DR.JAMEEL JALBI

INTRODUCTION OF URDU MANUSCRIPTS AS RESEARCH SOURCE

Abstract

  Tareekh Adab e Urdu by Dr Jameel Jalbi , in four volumes, is the  most authentic source to know the history of Urdu literature in the terms of research and criticism because the writer consulted the primary sources either in the form of books or manuscripts. Manuscripts are the primary source of research and historiography and it is not easy to have an access to them but Dr Jalbi did untiring effort to gather and read them critically.He searched the Urdu manuscripts including Sheri Dewan, Kulyat, Masnavi, Dastan, History and translations. This article is an introductory study of Urdu manuscripts used in compiling the history. It also highlights the importance of this history in the context of its authentic research based status.