یعقوب نظامی کے سفرنامے"مصر کا بازار"کاتاریخی و تہذیبی مطالعہ Historical and cultural study of Yaqoob Nizami’s travelogue “Misar ka Bazar” Section Urdu Literature

Abstract

Travelogue is a historic document wherein the writer describes the experiences and observations of his journey. In fact, the journey of man started since the time immemorial, but the trend of travelogue writing started in the era of Chander Gupt Moriya (3 BC). “Ajaibaat-a-Farang” of Yousaf Khan Kambal Posh is the first recognized travelogue ever written in Urdu. Afterwards, many other writers took this genre to its intellectual and technical perfection. Yaqoob Nizami as an illustrious travelogue writer; his five travelogues have been published by now. “Misar ka Bazar” is a beautiful addition in the Egyptian travelogues. He has enlightened the reader about the Egyptian history, and its culture civilization so beautifully that it richly deserves our praise and appreciation. It contains the entire Egyptian history and its reading inspires the reader to fly to Egypt at once. It is such a document of Egyptian history, culture and politics as may prove to be immensely helpful not only for the tourists but also for the historians.