اسلام سے قبل عربوں کے دوسری اقوام سے تجارتی تعلقات پر اُردو کی اولین تحریر

Shams Ullah Qadri's name is not unknown to the Urdu world. His book of History of Urdu Literature Urdu-e-Qadeem is considered to be a basic writing on this subject. Qadri wrote more than hundred essays on historical, biographical and literary topics. Beside these essays he wrote several books relating to different aspects of the history of the Muslim India. He has the honour to be the first scholar of Urdu who wrote an encyclopedia in this language. He also wrote on the Urdu relation of the Arabs with other nations of the world, before the dawn of Islam. This research article of Qadri is also considered to be the first writing in Urdu on this subject. Islam. This research article of Qadri is also considered to be the first writing in Urdu on this subject. Syyed Suliman Nadvi and Qazi Athar Mubark Puri had also written very detailed and valuable books on this subject, but they wrote on this topic after a long time since Qadri. Qadri published his work in 1906, about 25 years before the appearance of Nadvi's book. In the following lines Qadri's article is reproduced to give (as it a new light almost forgotten) with a brief introduction of Qadri and his works