1.             Akbar Elahabadi, Kulyat-e-Akbar, Hissa Dwom, 89.

2.            Ibid, 155.

3.             Dr. Muhammad Asif Awan, Maghribi Tehzeeb ke Mashriqi Naqad (Akbar Elahabadi aur Iqbal) (Lahore: Bazm-e-Iqbal, July 2012), 121.

4.             Akbar Elahabadi, Kulyat-e-Akbar, Hissa Awal, 155.

5.             Dr. Wazir Agha, Urdu Adab Mein Tanz-o-Mazaah (Ali Garh: Educational House, 1990), 110.

6.             Akbar Elahabadi, Kulyat-e-Akbar, Tarteeb Nao: Yousuf Masli (Lahore: R. R. Printers, 2017), 28.

7.             Ibid, 177.

8.            Ibid, 188.

9.            Ibid.

10.          Ibid, 191.

11.          Ibid.

12.          Dr. Noor-ul-Hasan Naqvi, Sir Sayyed aur Hindustani Musalman (Ali Garh: Educational Book House, 1999), 20.

13.          Dr. Sughra Mehdi, Akbar ki Shairi ka Tanqeedi Mutalea (Nai Delhi: Maktaba Jamea Limited, 1981), 263.

14.          Ibid, 259.

15.          Ibid, 195.

16.          Ibid.

17.          Ibid.