Earliest Urdu publications
The Hindu reports that:
My own research indicates that :
The first manuscript in Urdu written in 911 Hijri ( 1515 CE) by Hazrat Sharafuddin Yahya Muneri and is in his dargah in Muner Shareef.
The Credit for publishing first Urdu book in Northern India also goes to the state of Bihar; the book is Seedha Raasta published in 1670.
If The Hindu's is to be believed then that puts Urdu's age to about 700 years.
It is said that the lyrical novel “Masnavi Padam Rao Kadam Rao”, published in Bidar between 1325–1338 is the first ever publication in Urdu. “Research in Karachi University in Pakistan has confirmed this,” says Quazi Arshad Ali, editor of the Hindi daily, Bidar Ki Awaaz.
My own research indicates that :
The first manuscript in Urdu written in 911 Hijri ( 1515 CE) by Hazrat Sharafuddin Yahya Muneri and is in his dargah in Muner Shareef.
The Credit for publishing first Urdu book in Northern India also goes to the state of Bihar; the book is Seedha Raasta published in 1670.
If The Hindu's is to be believed then that puts Urdu's age to about 700 years.
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