Bagh-o Bahar (Qisa chahar darwesh) by Mir Amaan Dehlvi is a collection of allegorical stories by Amir Khusro written in Persian in the late 13th century. It was initially translated bY Mit Hussain Ata Hussain into Urdu as Naz o Tarz e murasa but the language was a highly literate one and was not understood by general public to enjoy. Mir Amman translated it from Persian into everyday Urdu, under the title Bagh o Bahar .The translation of Mir Amman is still enjoyed as a classical work of Urdu Literature for the common daily language of its time. The book is in some ways similar to the Thousan and one Nights in its method of dovetailing unfinished stories within each other. The central character is a king, Azad Bakht, who falls into depression after thinking about his own mortality and so sets out from his palace seeking wise men. He comes upon four Dervishes ina cemetery, ...
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