a "lower caste". But with the introduction of modern statistical methodologies, the literature published in millions cannot be ignored just because the literary elite doesn't approve it. While the literary critics are still reluctant to acknowledge the popular writers, nevertheless, the contributions of Ibn-e-Safi and other writers like Humayun Iqbal, Mohiuddin Nawab, Ilyas Sitapuri, MA Rahat, Ishtiaq Ahmed, and many others, to Urdu literature cannot be ignored. See also Urdu poetry List of Urdu language poets List of Urdu writers Progressive Writers' Movement Hindustani orthography References Cited sources Further reading Muhammad Husain Azad: Ab-e hayat (Lahore: Naval Kishor Gais Printing Wrks) 1907 [in Urdu]; (Delhi: Oxford University Press) 2001 [In English translation] Shamsur Rahman Faruqi: Early Urdu Literary Culture and History (Delhi: Oxford University Press) 2001 M.A.R. Habib: An Anthology of Modern Urdu Poetry in English translation with Urdu text. Modern Language Association (2003). Alamgir Hashmi, The Worlds of Muslim Imagination (1986) . Muhammad Sadiq, A History of Urdu Literature (1984). Alamgir Hashmi, ed. Rafey Habib, Faruq Hassan, and David Matthews, tr., Your Essence, Martyr: Pakistani Elegies Plainview (2011). The Annual of Urdu Studies, 1981-. “Urdu Afsana : Soorat o Ma'na” (Urdu) by M. Hameed Shahid National Book Foundation Islamabad Pakistan 2006-1.an eminent poet of moder age akhlaque bandvi. Noorul Hasnain- 'Naya Afsana-Naye Naam.. Published by Arshia publication Delhi 110095. Edition 2012 (Article o n EK Mamnua Muhabbat Ki Kahani page 316 to 321) EK Mamnua Muhabbat Ki Kahani-by Rahman Abbas, Published by Educational Publishing House, Delhi-6 External links Columbia University: Urdu Language Sources Maḫzan al-asrār. Niżāmī raqm-i Muḥammad. Dessinateur 1538 AD ترتیب وڈیزائننگ ایم پی خاؿ اردولشکری زبان Further reading Indian literature Indian literature by language Pakistani literature Pakistani literature by language Urdu theatre