Lallu Lal Kavi

Lataif-e-Hindi (Indian Jests)

لطائف ہندی

Lallu Lal Kavi

Lallu Lal Kavi's Lataif-e-Hindi, published in 1810 in Nagari and Persian script: one hundred short anecdotes and jests in lively Urdu prose with Hindi and Braj verses and proverbs, about Akbar and Birbal, Shah Jahan and Dara Shikoh, Sawai Jai Singh, the Chaubes of Mathura, the bankas of Delhi, opium eaters, misers, holy men and fools. Complete Urdu text from Wikisource with a facing English translation, introduction and glossary. Cite as: Lallu Lal Kavi, Lataif-e-Hindi, tr. urduintranslation.com (2026), https://www.urduintranslation.com/works/lataif-e-hindi. The first two chapters are free to read.

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