Abroo creator Edited and introduced by Zafar Iqbal text Karachi Oxford University Press 2010 1st monographic 64 Pages 12x18 cm PB This book contains a selection from the work of Shah Mubarak Abroo (1683–1733), the most prominent North Indian poet of the eighteenth century. His full name was Najam ud Din Shah Mubarak and Abroo was his nom de plume. A notable part of his work consists of mystic poetry, perhaps because he belonged to a family of mystics. Most of his poetry consists of ghazals but he also wrote masnavis, marsiyah, and mukhammis. One of his masnavis ‘Dar Mau’‘izah Ara’ish Ma‘shooq’ is a written description of an important cultural rite. Abroo Urdu Literature - Poetry Poetry in Urdu Urdu Literature - Poetry Intikhab e Kalam : Abroo 891.4391 9780195478174