Mahakama-e-Markaz-e-Urdu (A Judgement on the Centre of Urdu)

Syed Ahmad Dehlvi's Mahakama-e-Markaz-e-Urdu (1911), by the compiler of the Farhang-e-Asifiya: a spirited argument that Delhi is the birthplace and true centre of Urdu, weighing the claims of Lucknow, Lahore and Hyderabad Deccan, with two famous stories of Delhi and Lucknow quarrelling over words, a point-by-point reply to Wajahat Jhinjhanvi's 1910 essay on idiom, a roll of the writers of Delhi in his day, and a closing plea for Urdu and Hindustani as one language in the Nastaliq script. Complete Urdu text (Wikisource) and a facing English translation, with introduction and glossary. Cite as: Syed Ahmad Dehlvi, Mahakama-e-Markaz-e-Urdu, tr. urduintranslation.com (2026), https://www.urduintranslation.com/works/mahakama-e-markaz-e-urdu. The first two chapters are free to read.

سید احمد دہلوی، مؤلف فرہنگ آصفیہ، کا محاکمۂ مرکز اردو (1911ء): دہلی کو اردو کا مرکز ثابت کرنے والا رسالہ، لکھنؤ، لاہور اور دکن کے دعووں کا جائزہ، دو لطیفے، اور حضرت وجاہت جھنجھانوی کے مضمون کا جواب۔ مکمل اردو متن، ساتھ انگریزی ترجمہ، تعارف اور فرہنگ۔