Yusuf Khan Kambalposh
Biography
Yusuf Khan Kambalposh is known as the writer of one of the earliest travel books in Urdu. He is linked with Lucknow, but few details of his birth, family or death have survived, and most of what is known about him comes from his own book. The second part of his name, Kambalposh, means one who wears a blanket.
In 1837 he travelled to England, and he also travelled in North Africa and several Muslim countries. His account of these journeys, known as Tarikh-e-Yusufi or Ajaibat-e-Farang, was printed at Delhi in 1847. It drew attention for the fair and measured tone in which it describes the people and customs he met.
The book is counted among the first travelogues in Urdu. For readers now, it offers a first-hand view of England in the late 1830s, seen by a writer from India who looked at what he found with curiosity and some balance.
The book on this site is the account itself, under the title تاریخ یوسفی المعروف بہ عجائبات فرنگ. It is one traveller's personal record, so it is best read as his own impressions rather than a full picture of the countries he visited.
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Books
تاریخ یوسفی المعروف بہ عجائبات فرنگ
by یوسف خاں کمبل پوش
Yusuf Khan Kambalposh recounts his journey from India to Europe in one of Urdu's earliest travel books. The account follows his stops at the Cape, London, France, and Egypt before his return.
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