Literary Monuments of a Glorious Past
Did you know that the first ever Urdu book in the world was published in Bidar? Did you know that a poem sung in praise of Prophet Mohammad in the Masjid –E- Nabavi in Madina was written by a poet who lived in Bidar in the 18th century? Has any one told you that Chalukya King Someshwara the Third of Kalyana produced a Sanskrit encyclopedia a thousand years before anyone attempted writing encyclopedias in the modern world? The literary heritage of Bidar is as rich as its cultural history. Sadly, the poetry emanating from the red soil here has not received as much acclaim as the archeological monuments here. Now for the answers. Fakhruddin Nizami's `Masnavi Kadam Rao Padam Rao' was written and published between 1325–1338 A D. That is considered the first Urdu book ever published. Hazrath Ishqui who died in Hyderabad in 1805 wrote the Naat Ya Shafi Ul Wara that is sung by believers in Madina and around the world. Someshwara’s `Manasollasa’ is considered the first ever encyclopedia...