List of Urdu prose dastans explained

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.

18th- and 19th-century Urdu dastans and qissas

• Nau tarz-i murassa - Husain ‘Atā Khān Tahsīn^[1]
• Nau ā'īn-i hindī (Qissa-i Malik Mahmūd Gīti-Afroz) - Mihr Chand Khatrī
• Jazb-i ‘ishq - Shāh Husain Haqīqat
• Nau tarz-i murassa‘ - Muhammad Hādī a.k.a. Mirzā Mughal Ghāfil
• Ārā'ish-i mahfil (Qissa-i Hātim Tā'ī) - Haidar Bakhsh Haidarī
• Bāgh o Bahār (Qissa-i Chahār Darwesh) - Mīr Amman^[2]
• Dāstān-i Amīr Hamza - Khalīl ‘Alī Khān Ashk
• Fasana ajaeeb - Rajab Ali Baig Suroor^[3]

See also

• Urdu literature
• Dastangoi
• Dastan

Notes and References

1. Web site: Nau tarz-i Murassa (e-Book) . نو طرزِ مرصع . Urdu Gah.
2. Web site: Bagh o Bahar (e-Book) . باغ و بہار - قصۂ چہار درویش . Urdu Gah.
3. Web site: Fasana e Ajaib . فسانۂ عجائب . Urdu Gah.