<小特集 南アジア・イスラーム文献の出版・伝播1>ウルドゥー文学前史: 南インドのウルドゥー語文献

Abstract

The Kyoto University Aqeel Collection possesses about 400 books on Dakanī Urdu literature besides more than 200 books on the local history of the Deccan. Books on these topics are becoming scarce even in India in recent years. Such a big collection is very rare worldwide. This article aims to make the significance of this collection clear, in that the situation of the Deccan in the history of Urdu literature is clarified. First, the history of Muslim immigration from North India to the Deccan, which is the background of the emergence of Dakanī Urdu, is surveyed. Next, three Dakanī Urdu works from the Bahmanī and Qutb Shāhī dynasties which were renowned for their respective prosperity in literal activities, are presented and analyzed: the Kadam Rāo Padam Rāo or the oldest narrative poetry (masnavī) by Nizām Fakhar Dīn (Middle 15th cent.), Qulī Qutb Shāh's love poetry (16th cent.), and the Sabras, or the masterpiece of Dakanī Urdu narrative prose by Vajhī (17th cent.).