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  2. List of Urdu prose dastans - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of dāstāns and qissas (prose fiction) written in Urdu during the 18th and 19th centuries. The skeleton of the list is a reproduction of the list provided by Gyan Chand Jain in his study entitled Urdū kī nasrī dāstānen .

  3. Pakistani textbooks controversy - Wikipedia

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    The Class VI book (Punjab Textbook Board) on Islamic Studies says: "Though being a student, you cannot practically participate in jihad, but you may provide financial support for jihad." The Class IV (ages 8–9) book (Punjab Textbook Board) on Urdu says: "The better a Muslim we become, the better a citizen we prove to be."

  4. Rekhta (website) - Wikipedia

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    Rekhta is an Indian web portal started by Rekhta Foundation, a non-profit organisation dedicated to the preservation and promotion of the Urdu literature. [4] The Rekhta Library Project, its books preservation initiative, has successfully digitized approximately 200,000 books over a span of ten years. [5]

  5. Ghazal - Wikipedia

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    The Ghazal tradition is marked by the poetry's ambiguity and simultaneity of meaning. [12] Learning the common tropes is key to understanding the ghazal. There are several locations a Urdu sher might take place in: [13] The Garden, where the poet often takes on the personage of the bulbul, a songbird.

  6. Urdu literature - Wikipedia

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    Urdu literature (Urdu: ادبیاتِ اُردُو, “Adbiyāt-i Urdū”) comprises the literary works, written in the Urdu language. While it tends to be dominated by poetry , especially the verse forms of the ghazal ( غزل ) and nazm ( نظم ), it has expanded into other styles of writing, including that of the short story, or afsana ...

  7. Bait al Hikmat - Wikipedia

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    Bait al Hikmat (Urdu: بیت الحکمہ Trans. House of Wisdom) is the main academic library at the Hamdard University, Karachi, Pakistan.Its gate opened in December 1989 and is named after the famous library, House of Wisdom, in Baghdad.

  8. National Library of Pakistan - Wikipedia

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    The National Library of Pakistan (Urdu: قومى کتب خانہ پاکستان) is located in the vicinity of the Red Zone, Islamabad, Pakistan. [4] Argued to be the country's oldest cultural institution, the library is a leading resource for information — ancient and new. [ 5 ]

  9. The Warlock in Spite of Himself - Wikipedia

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    It is the first book in Warlock of Gramarye series. The title is a play on the title of Molière 's Le Médecin malgré lui ( The Doctor, in Spite of Himself ). Written during the Vietnam War , Stasheff's novel clothed his thinly veiled commentary about the proper uses of government and democracy in a fantasy about interstellar travel, fairies ...