This article consists of Urdu Salam, Tradition of Salam in brief as well as a comprehensive tradition of Urdu Salam in Bahawalpur (Former State) before 1947. Brief introduction of various poets along with samples from their poetry and its research and critical analysis has done in this article. This is a comprehensive article on Tradition of Salam in Bahawalpur.

1.               Abu Al-Aijaz Hafeez Siddiqi (Editor), Kashaf-e-Tanqidi Istilahat (Islamabad: Moqtadra Qaumi Zaban, 1985 AD), 103.

2.              Dr. Gyan Chand Jain, Adabi Asnaf (Lahore: Bhattu Printing Press, 2018 AD), 94.

3.              Ibid.

4.              Dr. Chiragh Ali, Urdu Marsiyay Ka Irtiqaa, Bejapur aur Golgonda Mein (Hyderabad: Haider and Sons, 1973 AD), 130.

5.               Shameem Ahmad, Asnaf-e-Sukhan aur Shairi Hetain (Lahore: Sharikat Printing Press, n.d.), 196.

6.               Abu Al-Aijaz Hafeez Siddiqi, Kashaf-e-Tanqidi Istilahat, 103.

7.               Ibid.

8.               Hayat Mirthi, Bahawalpur Ka Shairi Adab (Bahawalpur: Urdu Academy, 1971 AD), 340.

9.               Hayat Mirthi, Khayaban-e-Aqeedat (Bahawalpur: Idara Aftab Mashriq, 1980 AD), 219.

10.            Ibid.

11.             Hayat Mirthi, Bahawalpur Ka Shairi Adab, 109.

12.            Hayat Mirthi, Khayaban-e-Aqeedat, 107.

13.             Ibid.

14.             Hayat Mirthi, Bahawalpur Ka Shairi Adab, 247.

15.             Hayat Mirthi, Khayaban-e-Aqeedat, 120.

16.             Ibid.

17.             Rub Nawaz Kawish, Bahawalpur Mein Urdu Zaban-o-Adab Ka Aghaz-o-Irtiqa, Maqalah baraye Ph.D. (234).

18.             Ibid.

19.             Zahoor Nazar, Kulliyat Zahoor Nazar (Multan: Rohani Art Press, July 1987 AD), 37.

20.            Ibid.

21.             Rub Nawaz Kawish, Bahawalpur Mein Urdu Zaban-o-Adab Ka Aghaz-o-Irtiqa, 82.

22.            Ibid.

23.            Hayat Mirthi, Khayaban-e-Aqeedat, 82.

24.            Ibid.

25.            Hayat Mirthi, Bahawalpur Ka Shairi Adab, 234.

26.            Hayat Mirthi, Khayaban-e-Aqeedat, 265.

27.            Ibid.

28.            Hayat Mirthi, Bahawalpur Ka Shairi Adab, 98.

29.            Ibid.

30.            Ibid.

31.             Ibid, 327.

32.            Hayat Mirthi, Khayaban-e-Aqeedat, 121.

33.            Ibid, 138.