These papers, 234 in number, included the chapter ‘Mairay Ahbab’. Naqvi succeeded in tracing the calligraphist of this manuscript who confirmed writing this chapter in which Josh had talked about a number of his contemporaries.Īfter searching further, Naqvi finally succeeded in retrieving most of those lost or stolen papers from Rafiq Naqsh, the editor of a literary journal. These missing pages included a long chapter titled ‘Mairay Ahbab’. But to his disappointment he found out that a number of pages from that too were missing. He was very happy when Josh’s granddaughter Suboohi Khatoon was kind enough to hand over this precious document to him. The present work can be seen as a researcher’s long journey in search of facts related to the loss or theft of parts of the manuscript.Īfter hectic research, Naqvi discovered a handwritten manuscript of Yadon ki Barat which was in the possession of Josh’s family. The volume running to 382 pages discusses in detail the sad story of the manuscript written by Josh.ĭr Naqvi is a distinguished scholar who, apart from his other research interests and critical studies, has to his credit a number of books devoted to the study of the life and works of Josh. The research has been published under the title Yadon Ki Barat Ka Qalmi Nuskha, published by Josh Literary Society, Calgary, Canada. This is what Dr Hilal Naqvi’s research says about this precious work of the poet. While still in the press, large portions were either lost or stolen. Josh Malihabadi’s autobiography Yadon Ki Barat is available to us is in its truncated form.
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