Khwaja Muhammad Azam Kaul Didamari (died 1765) was a Sufi Kashmiri writer in the Persian language. Khawaja means "master", Kaul is a surname meaning pundit, Didamari means from the Didamar quarter of Srinagar. [1]
His history entitled Waqiat-i-Kashmir (The Story of Kashmir), also known after the writer's name as Tarikh-i-Azami (History by Azam), was published in Persian in 1747. [2] [3] Urdu translations were published by Munshi Ashraf Ali (Delhi, 1846), [4] and Khwaja Hamid Yazdani (Jammu, 1988). [5] After his death his son Khwaja Muhammad Aslam added to the work with his Gauhar-i-Alam (Jewels of the World). [6]
Khwaja Muhammad Azam Kaul Didamari (died 1765) was a Sufi Kashmiri writer in the Persian language. Khawaja means "master", Kaul is a surname meaning pundit, Didamari means from the Didamar quarter of Srinagar. [1]
His history entitled Waqiat-i-Kashmir (The Story of Kashmir), also known after the writer's name as Tarikh-i-Azami (History by Azam), was published in Persian in 1747. [2] [3] Urdu translations were published by Munshi Ashraf Ali (Delhi, 1846), [4] and Khwaja Hamid Yazdani (Jammu, 1988). [5] After his death his son Khwaja Muhammad Aslam added to the work with his Gauhar-i-Alam (Jewels of the World). [6]