The establishment and stability of the colonial system in India was not possible by mere political and military power. It was made possible through a long-term cultural and psychological planning. This plan consisted of many tricks, tactics, and policies. In the process, colonizers came across the power of narrative as a treasure. Colonizers used this power of narrative for mental conversion and transformation of the colonized people. Hali has compiled all the narratives of the colonists, which were not visible to the common people of India in his poem titled "Zamzama Qaisari". Although this poem is a verse translation of an English poem, Hali translated this poem just for the purpose of making narratives of colonial masters, understandable to common people. This translation reflects both foresight and courage of Khawaja Altaf Hussain Hali.

1.               Edward W. Said, Sharq Shanasi, Mutarjimah: Muhammad Abbas (Islamabad: Muqtadirah Qaumi Zaban Pakistan, 2005), 6.

2.              Dr. Nasir Abbas Nayyar, Mab'ad-e-Jadeediat, Ittelaqi Jehaat (Lahore: Beacon Books, 2015), 241.

3.              Nasir Abbas Nayyar, Ma'bad-e-Naoabadayat: Urdu ke Tanaasur Mein (Karachi: Oxford University Press, 2013), 56.

4.              Dr. Nasir Abbas Nayyar, Ma'bad-e-Jadeediat, Ittelaqi Jihat, 314.

5.              Aasim Saqleen Darani, Koi Roshni Mera Khwab Kar (Lahore: Nastaleeq Matboo'at, Urdu Bazaar, 2007), 115.

6.              Khwaja Altaf Hussain Hali, Kulliyat-e-Hali, Muratta: Dr. Syed Taqi Abedi (Jhelum: Book Corner, 2016), 1054-1055.

7.              Ibid, 1062.

8.              Ibid, 1062.

9.              Ibid, 1063.

10.           Ibid, 1063.

11.            Ibid, 1066.

12.           Ibid,1067.

13.            Ibid.

14.            Ibid, 1068.

15.            Nasir Abbas Nayyar, Ye Qissa Kya Hai Ma'ani Ka (Lahore: Sang-e-Meel Publications, 2022), 22-23.

16.            Khwaja Altaf Hussain Hali, Kulliyat-e-Hali, Muratta: Dr. Syed Taqi Abedi, 1069.

17.            Ibid, 1067.

18.            Ibid, 1070.

19.            Ibid.

20.           Ibid, 1071.

21.            Ibid.

22.           Shashi Tharoor, Ahad-e-Zulmat, Mutarjimah: Abid Mahmood (Lahore: Aks Publications, 2021), 144-145.

23.            Khwaja Altaf Hussain Hali, Kulliyat-e-Hali, Muratta: Dr. Syed Taqi Abedi, 1072.

24.            Ibid, 1073.

25.            Ibid.

26.            Ibid.

27.            Ibid, 1076.

28.            Ibid, 1078.

29.            Ibid, 1079.

30.             Ibid, 1080.

31.             Ibid, 1082.

32.            Ibid.

33.            Ibid, 1083.

34.            Ibid.

35.            Ibid, 1080.

36.            Shashi Tharoor, Ahad-e-Zulmat, Mutarjimah: Abid Mahmood, 119.

37.            Ibid, 121.

38.            Khwaja Altaf Hussain Hali, Kulliyat-e-Hali, Muratta: Dr. Syed Taqi Abedi, 1087.

39.            Ibid, 1088.