Presentation of Islamic Believes in Textual Formation of Urdu Dastan ‘Bagh o Bahar’

اُردوداستان ”باغ و بہار“ کی متنی تشکیل : اسلامی عقائد کی پیش کش

Abstract

The tradition of Urdu Dastan writing was started in 17^th century and in 19^th century it reached at its apex. Bagh o Bahar, written by Meer Amman is the prominent dastan of 19^th century which effectively presents the Islamic beliefs, reflected in culture, social structure, religious values and behaviors of the characters. So, this dastan becomes the source of knowing the Islamic beliefs of nineteenth century. This article is actually the close textual study which indicates the Islamic beliefs presented  in this dastan.