Abdullah Lahori

Abdullah Lahori, also known by his pen name ʿAbdī, was one of the earliest Punjabi prose writer and poet, active between 1616 and 1666 in the Mughal Empire.

Life

ʿAbdī was born at Malka Hāṇs in Sāhīwāl, Punjab. He spent most of his life at Lahore; other than that, little details are known about his life.

Works

Between 1616 and 1666, ʿAbdī composed a major work on fiqh in Punjabi under the title of Bāra Anva in 9,000 couplets. These twelve books included:
In addition to Bāra Anva, he wrote several other treatises including rīsālā fīqh hīndī and tūhfā tūl tūlaba.