URDU-22 Ajaib ul Qasas: The Cultural array of the Mughal Empire

Abstract

Culture is the expression of human intellect, wisdom and behaviors which reflects in our customs, language, believes, values, manners and etiquettes influenced by his peculiar environment, climate and the means of production. It is a valuable human heritage which is preserved in literature as literature is the true reflection of life. If we want to study any specific era then we will have to see its culture which is rightly preserved in literature."Ajaib-ul-Qasas" is a prominent "dastan" of eighteenth century because it is written by the Mughal emperor "Shah Alam Saani" whose aim was to present the royal manners and etiquettes. This article is a critical cultural study of this "dastan".