Muraqqa-e-Delhi

beebah · Jan 12th, 2006, 16:14

Does anyone know where to get copy of this book? I'd realy like to have a look at it in any of the versions published.

sheikhpervezhameed · Jan 14th, 2006, 17:34

see http://www.dkpd.com/servlet/getbiblio?bno=008729

beebah · Jan 16th, 2006, 15:18

Bahut shukriya! I've been looking for this book for a while but all teh booksellers I've asked have told me this book has been out of print and unavailable for ages. I've jsut spoken to someone at DJPD and if I understood correctly then there should be a copy waiting for me when I go there this weekend!

jyotirmoy · Jan 16th, 2006, 15:29

beebah,
Can u pls post a bit about this book like what it deals with & so on?
Thanks.

beebah · Jan 16th, 2006, 16:14

the Muraqqa-e-Delhi is a contemporary account by Dargah Quli Khan of life in Mohammed Shah's Delhi. I don't know much about him but i snatched this off another website:

Muraqqa e Dehli – account of Delhi by Dargah Quli Khan from Deccan who visited Delhi from 1737-1741 [ Safdarjang’s time] as part of entourage of Safdarjang’s great rival Asaf Jah the first Nizam of Hyderabad. Gossipy book about dancers and courtesans. Most famous courtesan was Nur Bai.

It apparently has very good accounts of the contemporary music scene as it was listed and mentioned in many of the books I've read on the hsitory of Hindustani music.

jyotirmoy · Jan 16th, 2006, 17:16

Thanks beebah, sounds interesting. I love history specially chronicles by visitors where you find so much details about the real life, passion, art and all that. I will check out in the library or buy it.

beebah · Jan 16th, 2006, 17:58

oh dear. It now seems they did misunderstand me and after checking by email they now say they don't have a copy.

Can anyone else help?

beebah · Jan 24th, 2006, 17:46

it seems there was an Urdu translation published by Anjuman-i Taraqqi-i Urdu in New Delhi in 1993. Does anyone know where to ask about it?

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Jan 16th, 2006, 15:18	#3
beebah Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: london/india Posts: 124	Bahut shukriya! I've been looking for this book for a while but all teh booksellers I've asked have told me this book has been out of print and unavailable for ages. I've jsut spoken to someone at DJPD and if I understood correctly then there should be a copy waiting for me when I go there this weekend!

Jan 16th, 2006, 15:29	#4
jyotirmoy Maha Guru Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: India Posts: 4,727	beebah, Can u pls post a bit about this book like what it deals with & so on? Thanks.

Jan 16th, 2006, 16:14	#5
beebah Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: london/india Posts: 124	the Muraqqa-e-Delhi is a contemporary account by Dargah Quli Khan of life in Mohammed Shah's Delhi. I don't know much about him but i snatched this off another website: Muraqqa e Dehli – account of Delhi by Dargah Quli Khan from Deccan who visited Delhi from 1737-1741 [ Safdarjang’s time] as part of entourage of Safdarjang’s great rival Asaf Jah the first Nizam of Hyderabad. Gossipy book about dancers and courtesans. Most famous courtesan was Nur Bai. It apparently has very good accounts of the contemporary music scene as it was listed and mentioned in many of the books I've read on the hsitory of Hindustani music.

Jan 16th, 2006, 17:16	#6
jyotirmoy Maha Guru Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: India Posts: 4,727	Thanks beebah, sounds interesting. I love history specially chronicles by visitors where you find so much details about the real life, passion, art and all that. I will check out in the library or buy it.

Jan 16th, 2006, 17:58	#7
beebah Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: london/india Posts: 124	oh dear. It now seems they did misunderstand me and after checking by email they now say they don't have a copy. Can anyone else help?

Jan 24th, 2006, 17:46	#8
beebah Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: london/india Posts: 124	it seems there was an Urdu translation published by Anjuman-i Taraqqi-i Urdu in New Delhi in 1993. Does anyone know where to ask about it?

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