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| author = Muhammad Mazharuddin Ibn Nashati<br />
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'''Muhammad Mazharuddin Ibn Nashati''' also known as "Ibn Nashati" was a 17th century [[Deccani language]] court poet of [[Qutb Shahi dynasty|Golconda Sultan]] [[Abdullah Qutb Shah]]. His [[Masnavi]] ''PhulBan''-"Flower garden" composed in 1656 into [[Deccani language|Dakhini Urdu]] from Persian masnavi ''Basatin'' of 14th Century.<br />
[[File:Phulban - a Persian love story (in Dakkhini Urdu).jpg|thumb|Illustrated page from ibn-e-Nishati's "Phulban" (Flower Garden), a Deccani Urdu rendition of a Persian work, ''Basatin''. Written by "Ibn Nishati" under the patronage of [[Abdullah Qutb Shah]], depicted here seated on a throne.]]<br />
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==PhulBan==<br />
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The composition genre of ''PhulBan'' is a blend of [[Romance novel|romance]] and [[Adventure fiction|adventures]], with 3500 lines and 2000 couplets it is a collection of anecdote leading to each other, the opening element of the book is a tale narrated by a [[Dervish]] to the king of the mythical city of gold. Further stories consist of fabled Chinese merchants, illustrious kings, fictitious princes and princesses, fairy-tales, mythical birds and mendicant Dervish's and [[Yogis]].<br />
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As claimed by the author Ibn Nishati, the composition is a [[Deccani language|Dakhini Urdu]] translation of [[Persian language]] work ''Basatin''-(Gardens) by Ahmad Zubairi written in the reign of the 14th century Delhi sultan [[Muhammad bin Tughluq]]. <br />
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According to Sunil Sharma-(Professor of Persian and Comparative Literature at [[Boston University]])-an article published by British Library on 22 December 2017; "This Persian Basatin has generally been considered as a reference to a lost work, but it is most likely the 15th-century Indo-Persian prose romance, Basatin al-uns (Garden of companionship) written by Muhammad ibn Sadr Taj ‘Abdusi Akhsitan Dihlavi, a work that had a moderate degree of readership in the early modern period."<br />
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==References==<br />
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* [https://archive.org/stream/URDUHISTORYENG/URDU%20HISTORY%20ENG_djvu.txt History of Urdu Literature, by T. Grahame Bailey-1929]<br />
* [https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/phulban-a-persian-romance Phulban - a Persian romance, by British Library]<br />
* [https://scroll.in/article/862478/illustrations-in-the-dakhni-romantic-tale-phulban-love-meets-conspiracy-and-adventure In the Dakhni romantic tale ‘Phulban’, love meets conspiracy and adventure, by Sunil Sharma-2017]<br />
* [https://blogs.bl.uk/asian-and-african/2017/12/the-flower-garden-phulban-an-illustrated-dakhni-romance.html The 'Flower Garden' (Phulban), an illustrated Dakhni romance, by Sunil Sharma-2017]<br />
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=KtTnQc5HULoC&pg=PT217 The complete book of Muslim and Parsi names, by Menka Gandhi-2004]<br />
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