A rare Manuscript of ‘Chiragh e Hidayet’: Introduction and analysis

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; direction: rtl; unicode-bidi: embed;" align="center">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Jameel Noori Nastaleeq&quot;;">Siraj uddin Ali Khan Arzoo was a leading Dehlvi poet and Linguist of 18th Century India. A large number of great poets like Abroo, Sauda, Dard, Mazmoon, Yakrang, Bahar and Mir Taqi Mir were his followers. Arzoo was also an early philologist of Urdu. His famous lexicon <em>'Nawadar ul Alfaz'</em> is considered a milestone in Urdu lexicography. In this article a rare manuscript of another of his lexicon <em>'Chiragh e Hidayet'</em> is introduced. It was published along with <em>'Ghiyas ul Lughaat'</em> in 19th Century. The importance and basic characteristics of these two Texts are also discussed.</span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: &quot;Jameel Noori Nastaleeq&quot;;" lang="AR-SA"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span></span></p>