Lutf Ali (1716–1794) was an 18th-century poet from Bahawalpur, Punjab, active in the Bahawalpuri dialect. He was born in the village of Mao in present-day Rahim Yar Khan District. He wrote the popular narrative poem Saifalnāma in 1781 based on a tale from the One Thousand and One Nights.
References
- ^ Wagha 1997, p. 410.
- Shackle 1976, p. 9.
Bibliography
- Shackle, Christopher (1976). The Siraiki language of central Pakistan : a reference grammar. London: School of Oriental and African Studies.
- Wagha, Muhammad Ahsan (1997). The development of Siraiki language in Pakistan (Ph.D.). School of Oriental and African Studies. Archived from the original on February 14, 2017. Retrieved December 26, 2016. (requires registration).
Further reading
- Maulavī Lut̤f ʻAlī Bahāvalpūrī (1964). Sayf al-Mulūk (in Urdu). Translated by Muḥammad Bashīr Aḥmad Ẓāmī Bahāvalpūrī. Bahāvalpūr: Urdū Akādmī. Retrieved October 9, 2024.