Talk:Reynold A. Nicholson

The article mentions that Nicholson translated a work from "the Sindi poet..." when it appears it should be "the Sindhi poet.." Sindi and Sindhi are labels for distinct ethnic groups. The Sindi people (it appears from the Wikipedia article about them) were only really relevant in the era BC, and they lived in a region of the former Soviet Union. The Sindhi people are largely Muslim (so they could actually be Sufis, and Nicholson would have studied them), and they live in Pakistan, which makes sense geographically. Just a minor correction. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.75.102.4 (talk) 20:50, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

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Nicholson's translations from Sindhi and Punjabi
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I have not been able to find a book or article with Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai and Bulleh Shah translated by Nicholson himself. Also, he is a professor of Arabic and Persian, and I have never heard of his work on Sindhi and Punjabi. This is most likely due to confusion with Annemarie Schimmel. If these were translated by Nicholson, we can find them easily in Worldcat search because he is one of the most prominent scholars of Sufism. But I can't.

Our friend, Sabeelul hidaya[] listed the source. But his list does not contain Nicholson's own bibliography.

As for Source 8( Н.wrote, Ходжа; hojja_nusreddin, Ходжа Н. "Reynold Alleyne Nicholson (August 18, 1868 – August 27, 1945)". hojja-nusreddin.livejournal.com. Retrieved 28 January 2022.), it is doubtful as a source because it may have referred to information in Wikipedia.

As for Source 9(Lashari, Mubarak; Awan, Safeer (5 July 2014). "THE CONCEPT OF LOVE: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF MAULANA RUMI AND SHAH ABDUL LATIF BHITTAI". European Scientific Journal. Vol. 10, SSN: 1857 - 7881 (Print) ISSN: 1857 - 7431 (Online).), this is a comparative study of Rumi and Shah Abdul Latif. So this is ineligible as a source.

As for Source 10 (Pakistan Journal of Language Studies (28 April 2020). Pragma-Stylistic Analysis of Bulleh Shah's Translated Poem "Ilmon Bas kren O-Yaar".), this paper clearly states that Nicholson's translation of Bulleh Shah was used. The source for this is the following website: (thesufi.com greatest-poem-of-bulleh-shah-punjabi-with-english-translation). However, there is a problem that the original bibliographic information is not included, and even though the article is published, it is not qualified as a source.

As for Source 11( Amir, Dr; Dr, Ahmad (4 March 2020). Suggested Socio-Religious Reforms by Regional Sufi (Mystic) Poets: Analysis of Selected Poets of Punjab.), 12 ("Bulleh Shah - The Love-Intoxicated Iconclast | PDF | Sufism". Scribd. Retrieved 28 January 2022.) and 13(Das, Sisir Kumar (2003). "The Mad Lover". Indian Literature. 47 (3 (215)): 149–178. ISSN 0019-5804.), these do not show ​the source for Nicholson's translation of Bulleh Shah.

In summary, I think it needs to show in which book Nicholson published their translation. The following is a clear example of how to show bibliographic information. Ibn, Arabi (1997). Divine Governance of the Human Kingdom. Translated by Tosun Bayrak. Fons Vitae. ISBN 9781887752053. DarulPak (talk) 15:45, 28 January 2022 (UTC)