MILESTONES OF URDŪ PROSE IN NORTH INDIA

شمالی ہند میں اُردو نثر كے سنگ ہاے میل   کربل کتھا سے عجائب القصص تک

Abstract

Fazl ‘Ali Fazli's compilation Karbal Kathā plays a vital role in Urdū literature. The style of this compilation has been overviewed in this article. Shah ‘Alam Sani's compilation ‘Ajaib al-Qiṣaṣ also plays important role in the progress of Urdū prose after Fazl ‘Ali Fazli’s. Sani's compilation has been analyzed to evaluate Urdū prose in a literary perspective thus to prove that it has gone through levels of simplicity and fluency. Furthermore, the article visibly expresses simplicity of Urdū prose before Fort William College and tries to define the phases it underwent to reach present stage.