Shah Muhammad Akbar Danapuri

Sair-e-Dehli (A Visit to Delhi)

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Shah Muhammad Akbar Danapuri

Shah Muhammad Akbar Abul-Ulai Danapuri's Sair-e-Dehli (1311 AH / 1894), the account of his visit to Delhi for a family wedding: the sachaq, nikah and walima, his own sehra, and three weeks of visits to the Jama Masjid, the Red Fort, the Zinat-ul-Masajid, the shrines of Shah Turkman, Sarmad, Khwaja Baqi Billah, Shah Waliullah's family, Khwaja Mir Dard, Nizamuddin Auliya and Qutb Sahib, the Old Fort and Humayun's Tomb, with a long lament for ruined Delhi and Lucknow and the author's reflections on Sufism, history and Muslim education. Complete Urdu text (Wikisource) and a facing English translation, with introduction and glossary. Cite as: Shah Muhammad Akbar Danapuri, Sair-e-Dehli, tr. urduintranslation.com (2026), https://www.urduintranslation.com/works/sair-e-dehli. The first two chapters are free to read.

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