Early Urdu Historiography

Contents: Preface. Foreword. Introduction. 1. Origins and growth of Urdu. 2. Trends in historiography. 3. Indo-Persian historiography. 4. Early British historiography in India and the Indian response. 5. Intellectual awakening. 6. Beginnings of historical writings in Urdu. 7. Historical works: Fort William College, Calcutta. 8. Historical works: Fort Saint George College, Madras. 9. Historical works: Dihli College, Delhi. 10. Independent historical works. 11. Eminent historians. 12. Some more historians of repute: i. Kalay Rae. ii. Pandit Debi Prasad. iii. Munshi Nawal Kishore. iv. Munshi Ghulam Nabi Meruthi. v. Ayodhya Prasad Maneri. vi. Nawwab Sikandar Begum. vii. Munshi Shiva Prasad. viii. Munshi Debi Prasad. ix. James Corcoran. x. Lachman Singh. xi. Mufti Ghulam Sarwar. xii. Sayyid Muhammad Hasan Khan Bahadur. xiii. Sayyid Kamal al-Din Haidar Hasan al-Husain-al-Mashhadi. 13. Other historians: i. Alim Ali. ii. Munshi Sudha Sukh Lal. iii. Pandit Bhola Nath. iv. Maulawi Karim-al-Din. v. Rai Heyat Lal. vi. Lala Harnath Sahay. vii. Bulaqi Das. viii. Maulawi Muhammad Ghulam Imam Khan. ix. Muhammad Hayat Khan. 14. Handling of sources and historical causation. 15. Conclusion. Bibliography.