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Bagh-o Bahar (Qisa chahar darwesh) by Mir Amaan Dehlvi pdf.

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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, ...