GUL-I-RA’ANA (1923) and She’ar-ul-Hind (1925) are two histories of Urdu poetry penned in the first quarter of the 20th century and are often discussed, even a century after they first appeared.

Akbarabadi's influence, through Altaf Husain Hali and Muhammad Husain Azad in the 19th century, has continued in Urdu poetry to this day. One of the great beneficiaries of this influence was Allama ...