The Bunch of Flowers

"The Bunch of Flowers" is an English translation of Sa'di's ""Karima" (Kareemaa) by Munshi Ghulam Qadir, an ancestor of mine. It has been reprinted from the only copy of the (1893) book that still survives. // So far as could be ascertained, Ghulam Qadir was born in Shahabad, District Karnal (East Punjab) in 1853 and died in Lahore in 1906; both dates are approximate. His benefactor, Sardar Uttam Singh, a Hindu, was instrumental in his migration to Lahore at an early age after the War of 1857. // Apart from the "Karima", Ghulam Qadir also translated Milton's "L'Allegro" and Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" into Urdu verse. He is a forgotten Muslim scholar of the late 19th century. (From the Preface of the 2nd edition by Syed Tanvir Wasti, Lahore, 1978)