Travelogues of England in Urdu Language: Trends and Tradition
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J. Appl. Environ. Biol. Sci. , 7(2) 211-216, 2017 ISSN: 2090-4274 © 2015, TextRoad Publication Journal of Applied Environmental and Biological Sciences www.textroad.com Travelogues of England in Urdu Language: Trends and Tradition Zeba Yasmeen 1,a , Qamar Abbas 2, Mujahid Abbas 3, Farooq Ahmad 4, Dua Qamar 5 1 Principal / HOD Department of Urdu, Govt. Degree College (W), Mankera, Bhakkar, Pakistan, 2,5 Department of Urdu, Govt. Postgraduate College, Bhakkar, Pakistan, 3Department of Urdu, Qurtuba University of Science and Technology, D.I.Khan, Pakistan, 4Punjab Higher Education Department, GICCL, Lahore, Pakistan Received: November 26, 2016 Accepted: January 17, 2017 ABSTRACT England has a great importance for Urdu speaking areas because of its rule on Indian areas in previous centuries. Many of Pakistani and Indian travelers go there for educational, political and visiting purposes. In Pakistan people follow English language of England. English literature has also a great influence on Urdu literature, especially modern literature bases on Western literature and thoughts. Because of these factors England has a great attraction for Urdu writes and they have written very important travelogues about the visit of this country. KEYWORDS : Urdu Literature, Urdu Travelogue, Urdu Travelogues of England, Urdu Travelogue trends, 1. INTRODUCTION England is one of those countries having a large number of travelogues written about which. Very interesting and informative travelogues have been written about this country. They have all kinds of information about its system, administration, culture, civilization, religious thoughts, educational system, its building structures, public places, language and literature, industry, clubs and cinemas, play lands, parks and museums. Different travelogue writers have different writing styles while writing about visit of England. Travelogues of England are important due to informative nature and having literary touch. 2. URDU TRAVELOGUES OF ENGLAND Most of the travelogues of England fully describe this country. Some are partial travelogues of this country which have detail of the visit of other countries as well. Many tourists visited European countries collectively. Here is a brief description of some important travelogues of England written in Urdu language. 2.1. UFAQ TA BA UFAQ BY DR. AGHA SOHAIL Dr. Agha Sohail visited London, Birmingham, Leeds, New Castle, cities of England and has written details of this visit in his travelogue ‘Ufaq Ta Ba Ufaq’. He also visited Turkey and Mutahida Arab Emirates in the same tour. He visited historical places there and described history related to these places. He included information about the visited areas in a light mode (Sohail, 1990). 2.2. SEAT BELT BY AFTAB IQBAL It is travelogue of England and America. He went to London and Washington for the purpose of education. He observed life in these cities and described culture and civilization of these cities in his travelogue ‘Seat Belt’. There is a mixture of humour and serious writing. He described life routines and problems of Pakistanis living in these areas. He has also thrown light on politics and history of England and America (Iqbal, 1990). 2.3. AWARA GARD KI DIARY BY IBNE INSHA Ibne insha visited different countries of the world on the invitation of UNESCO in 1967. These countries were: France, England, Germany, Holland, Switzerland, Viana, Egypt, Lebanon and Syria. He included visiting experiences of this tour in his travelogue ‘Awara Gard Ki Diary’. It is a pure humourous travelogue with a blend of aCorresponding Author : Zeba Yasmeen, Principal / HOD Department of Urdu, Govt. Degree College (W), Mankera, Bhakkar, Pakistan. +923336839134, Email: [email protected] 211 Yasmeen, et al., 2017 information of different kinds about visiting areas. He created humour from the events of his travel. He also inserted verses of famous Urdu poets for giving a literary touch to his writing. Cartoons and pictures of important places are also included (Insha, Awara Gard Ki Diary, 1987). ‘Ibne Batota Ky Taaqub Main’ is also a travelogue of Ibne Insha in which he has written about the visit of England. Writing style of this travelogue is same as in his first travelogue. Main characteristic of his writing style is its humourous attitude towards simple events of life (Insha, Ibne Batota Ky Taaqub Main, 1986). The other travelogue of Ibne Insha ‘Nagri Nagri Phira Musafir’ has also some detail of England tour. In this travelogue there are his experiences of his tour to England, Japan and Russia. In this travelogue main portion is about the description of the visit to Japan (Insha, Nagri Nagri Phira Musafir, 1989). 2.4. MUSAFIR KI DIARY BY KHAWJA AHMED ABBAS In this travelogue Khawja Ahmed Abbas narrated his experiences about visit to Japan, Singapur, China, Hong Kong, Canada, America, France, Switzerland, Germany, Turkey and Iraq. He traveled in these areas in 1937 only for visiting purpose. He included life and activities of night clubs in these countries of world, their culture and civilization and daily routine of life. He also exposed Global Conspiracy with reference to these countries (Ahmed Abbas, 1940). 2.5. DHANAK PAR QADAM BY BEGUM AKHTAR RIAZ UD DIN Begum Akhtar Riaz ud Din went to England, Hawaii, America and Hong Kong with her husband and children. Purpose of their visit was job and education. It was not a single visit but a series of visits for her husband’s job and she improved her education in these visits by joining important educational institutions with these countries. She described her relations to the people of these areas and their daily life activities. She has also given a psychological analysis of these people (Akhtar Riaz ud Din, Dhanak Par Qadam, 1976). Her second travelogue ‘Saat Samandar Par’ is also about visit of England along with of some other countries of the world. In this travelogue, discussed countries are: Japan, Russia, Egypt, America and England. Here her husband and children were also with her. Social, cultural and political information is being presented in this travelogue in a light mode (Akhtar Riaz ud Din, Saat Samandar Par, 1983). 2.6. SER O SAFAR BY BEGUM AKHTAR RIAZ SHEIKH She visited many countries of world with her husband as his business secretary. Visited countries were: Hong Kong, China, Saudi Arabia, East Pakistan, Switzerland, Lebanon, France, West Germany, Turkey, Iran, Syria, Poland, Canada, Italy, America and England. In the form of diary she wrote daily routine of their business tour, business conferences and other related matters. Detail of participation in different exhibitions and visit of important tourism places is also a part of travelogue. The period of this business tour was 1968 (Akhtar Riaz ud Din, Saat Samandar Par, 1983). 2.7. ZAMANA SAFAR MAIN HAY BY DR. ASAD ARAIB Dr. Asad Araib visited different countries of world for Islamic missionary purpose. Visited countries were: Holland, Germany, Belgium, Kuwait, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and England. It is an informative travelogue in which information about culture, civilization, politics, religious thoughts and life style of the people are included (Araib, 1988). 2.8. MERA SAFAR BY AMIR KHANAM Amir Khanam visited different countries. The purpose of this visit was her treatment. She went to Egypt, Austria, Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, Belgium and England. She has described details of her visit in the form of diary. She included information of household nature during his journey. She was astonished by seeing modern glimpses of life there. She especially described the life style of visited areas (Khanam). 2.9. ZOQ E DASH NAWARDI BY DR. A.B. ASHRAF It is a collection of different articles of Dr. A.B. Ashraf, written by him during the visit of many countries of the world. His visit was due to his job in these countries. Period of this job tour was from 1983 to 1988. He went to 212 J. Appl. Environ. Biol. Sci. , 7(2) 211-216, 2017 England, Greece, Qabrus, Yugoslavia, Austria, Bulgaria, Turkey, Syria, Egypt, Jordan and Iraq. He narrated the story of his meeting with the public of these countries. He visited historical places and described a brief history of these places in his own words (Ashraf D. A., 1994). 2.10. AAINA E SIKANDARI BY BABO AMA SHANKAR Visited areas in this travelogue are England, Germany and France. He visited these areas in 1986 and described life of these counties in those times. He described details of invitations, visits of museums, exhibitions participation details, his visit to gardens, libraries, factories and important buildings. He has written in his travelogue practical instructions about visit and its Manners (Ama Shankar, 1887). 2.11. BARAH E RAST BY BUSHRA REHMAN Bushra Rehman visited countries of France, America, Italy, Canada and England. She is an important writer of Urdu language. Her literary taste is obvious in her travelogue. She has light interesting style of writing. She has written every day routine of her visit in a beautiful literary style. She described culture and social life of England and other visited countries beautifully (Rehman, 1983). 2.12. PARIS O PARAS BY SURYA HUSSAIN She got admission in Boson University for the purpose of her doctorate. This travelogue is about that educational visit and also it has details of his second visit to European countries. She visited these countries in 1960 and 1982. During her educational period her hostel life’s details are included in travelogue. She described literary environment of these places. Historical background of visited countries in also found in detail. She has written her relations with different peoples in her journey (Hussain, 1988). 2.13. MODERN IBNE BATOTA BY JAVED IQBAL CARTOONIST The countries of this travelogue are: Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany and England. He visited these countries in 1974. His style of narration is humourous. He is basically a cartoonist and analyses events of life in the prospective of his field of interest.