@du.ac.in
Senior professor, Department of Persian
University of Delhi
Proposal for Critical Edition of Persian Manuscript “Jazb-al Qulub Ila Dayar-al Mehboob” for Faculty Research Programme under IOE scheme 1. Name: Aleem Ashraf Khan 2. Position: Senior Professor 3. Email: aleemashrafkhan@gmail.com 4. Telephone: 9315174986 5. Department: Department of Persian, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Introduction: Shaikh Abdul Haq Muhaddis Dehlavi was a great scholar of Islamic Sciences. His ancestor, Agha Mohammad Turk, migrated to India in 13th Century A.D. during the reign of Sultan Alauddin Khilji (1296-1316A.D.) when the Mongols destructed the Central Asia. Shaikh Abdul Haq Muhaddis Dehlavi described this event in Akhbar-al-Akhyar fi Asrar-al Abrar. Shaikh Abdul Haq Muhaddis Dehlavi was born in the holy month of Muharram on A.H. 958/A.D. 1551 at Delhi during the reign of Islam Shah (A.H. 952-90/A.D. 1545-1552). The contemporary of Shaikh Abdul Haq, Abul Fazl Allami was also