There were Urdu dictionaries before this, but they described Urdu
vocables either in
Persian or in
English (because of the emergence of
British Raj). These dictionaries contained mostly common words and idioms and had limited extent. This was the first Urdu-to-Urdu dictionary. During its compilation, Syed Dehlvi’s health worsened and he got into monetary issues. It was only completed with the support of the ruler of
Nizam of Hyderabad,
Mahbub Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VI, after whom the dictionary was named. == References ==