TY - BOOK AU - Allahabadi, Akbar AU - Parleekh, Rauf TI - Intikhab-e-Kalam: Akbar Allahabadi (Urdu) SN - 9780195477016 U1 - 891.43 PY - 2014/// CY - Pakistan PB - OUP KW - Poetry KW - urdu N2 - This select ion contains the best poetry of Akbar Allahabadi,who was the pioneer of humoristic Urdu poetry.Allahabadi not only used humour as a stylistic tool but also as an instrument to clearly understand social change.He conveys his message in a humorous way through his poetry.He used his poetry to awaken the sleeping masses like Allama Iqbal but his style was totally different from Iqbal's ER -