Dr. Najmul Islam (1933-2001), head of the department of Urdu, in the University of Sindh, was a well-known researcher of Urdu language and literature. He was a man of multi-dimensional personality. In this article, pseudepigraphic literature of Dr. Najmul Islam is discussed briefly and comprehensively. In this dimension, his work is self-written, translated, extracted, edited and on the principles of pseudepigraphic research. He pointed out Allama Shibli Nomani as the founder of pseudepigraphic research in Urdu language. He defined the term pseudepigraphic research first of all comprehensively. Translated work is actually the research of renowned researchers of Persian language on pseudepigraphic research. Tenth and Eleventh Common Issue of the departmental research journal Tehqeeq of the University of Sindh, Jamshoro was published on Gosha-e-Tehqeeq-e-Mansubat in his editorship. Actually, he launched a campaign for researchers in this field. His work on pseudepigraphic research is unparallel in Urdu language.

1.    Al-Islam, Najm, Mutal’at, Hyderabad: Idara-e-Urdu, 1990.

2.    Amrovi, Rahim Bakhsh, Tawarikh-e-Wasitiya, Muradabad: Gulzar-e-Ahmadi Press, 1322 AH, 1^st Ed.

3.    Barlas, Mohsin, Foreword in Diwan-e-Ghamgin, by Abdul Qadir Ghamgin Rampuri, Lahore: West Pakistan Urdu Academy, 1994.

4.    Dehlvi, Hazrat Shah Ghamgin, Makhzan-ul-Asrar, Karachi: Dunya-e-Adab, 2009.

5.    Durrani, Atash, Dr., Jadid Rasmiyat-e-Tehqiq (Zaban-o-Adab), Lahore: Urdu Science Board, 2005, 1^st Ed.

6.    Haleem, Ghulam, Hafiz [Shah Abdul Aziz Muhadith Dehlvi], Tofa-e-Isna Ash’aria, Lucknow: Navilkishore Press, 1302 AH

7.    Hamdani, Ali, Mir Syed, Minhaj-ul-Arifeen, Sri Nagar: Anjuman-e-Khadiman Hamdania Ziyarat-e-Hazrat Syed Shah-e-Hamdan Khanqah-e-Mu’alla, n.d.

8.    Jain, Gyan Chand, Dr., Tehqiq ka Fan, Islamabad: Urdu Language Authority Pakistan, 2012

9.    Khan, Rasheed Hasan, Tadween-Tehqiq Riwayat, Delhi: S. A. Publications, 1999.

10.   Nomani, Shibli, Maulana, (Ed.), Alghazali yani Hujjatul Islam Imam Muhammad Ghazali ki Sawaneh Umri, Kanpur: Nami Press, Aug. 1902.

11.   Qadiri, Muhammad Ayyub, Prof. (Ed.), Foreword in Majmua-e-Wasaya-e-Arba’a, Hyderabad: Shah Waliullah Academy, 1964.

12.   Ram, Lala Sri, Khumkhana-e-Javed, Lahore: Navilkishore Press, 1908.

13.   Waliullahi, Zaheeruddin Syed Ahmed Sahib, Molvi, (Ed.), Kamalat-e-Azizi, Lahore: Islami Academy, n. d.

Magazines:

1.    Aajkal, Delhi, Special Issue on Urdu Research, Aug. 1967

2.    Oriental College Magazine, Lahore, Vol 17, No. 4, 1941

3.    ____, Vol 57, No. 3-4, 1982

4.    Tehqiq, No. 8-9, Feb. 1996, Dept. of Urdu, University of Sindh, Jamshoro

5.    ____, No. 10-11, May, 1998

6.    ____, No. 12-13, Sept. 2000

7.    Sahifa, Apr. 1971, Majlis-e-Taraqqi-e-Adab, Lahore

8.    ____, No. 10-11, May 1998

9.    Ma’arif, Nov-Dec. 1914, Darul Musannifeen, Azamgarh

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