60 Issues of Monthly Shama, Lahore (1951-2004, Lahore, Urdu)
The monthly edited by members of the Sharaqpoori family. Fifty issues in this group are itemised by date, volume and number.
Also held in the Reading Room: digitised issues of Shama, Lahore.
Lahore | Urdu | 60 issues, 1951–2004
Sixty issues are offered; 50 records are itemised below, representing 48 distinct issue dates. Repeated dates may represent multiple copies. The list does not account individually for ten of the offered copies.
Title: Monthly Shama, Lahore
Language: Urdu
Book type: Paperback
Editor: Muhammad Amin Sharaqpoori, M. Yousaf, Muhammad Saleem Sharaqpoori
Publisher: Muhammad Saleem Sharaqpoori; Muhammad Naeem Sharaqpoori; Muhammad Amin Sharaqpoori Printer Publisher
Year: 1951–2004
Issues:
| Issue | Vol. | No. |
| October, 1957 | 5 | 10 |
| December, 1987 | 36 | 12 |
| March, 2001 | 50 | 3 |
| May, 2002 | 51 | 5 |
| N/A | 50 | 7 |
| January, 1976 | N/A | N/A |
| May, 2001 | N/A | N/A |
| June, 1973 | 22 | 6 |
| December, 1965 | N/A | N/A |
| January, 1966 | N/A | N/A |
| February, 1966 | N/A | N/A |
| April, 1972 | 21 | 4 |
| April, 2001 | 50 | 4 |
| August, 1992 | 41 | 8 |
| October, 1985 | 34 | 10 |
| June, 2002 | 51 | 6 |
| August, 2001 | 50 | 8 |
| March, 2002 | 51 | 3 |
| October, 2001 | 50 | 10 |
| February, 2001 | 50 | 1, 2 |
| October, 2003 | 14 | 8 |
| 2004 | 15 | 5 |
| March, 1967 | 16 | 3 |
| June, 1967 | 16 | 6 |
| May, 1977 | 26 | 5 |
| November, 1988 | 37 | 11 |
| May, 1951 | N/A | 5 |
| April, 1987 | 36 | 4 |
| March, 1976 | N/A | N/A |
| August, 2002 | 51 | 8 |
| June-July, 2003 | 52 | 6, 7 |
| May, 2003 | 52 | 5 |
| February, 1992 | 41 | 2 |
| January 1, 2002 | 51 | 1 |
| August, 1990 | 39 | 8 |
| December, 1979 | 41 | 12 |
| August, 2003 | 52 | 8 |
| April, 1991 | 40 | 4 |
| July, 1991 | 40 | 7 |
| February, 2003 | 52 | 2 |
| February, 1991 | 40 | 2 |
| December, 1993 | N/A | N/A |
| December, 1974 | 23 | 12 |
| August, 2003 | 52 | 8 |
| March, 2003 | 52 | 3 |
| October, 1969 | 18 | 10 |
| June 1963 | 12 | 6 |
| January, 1965 | 14 | 1 |
| December, 1987 | 36 | 12 |
| March, 1965 | 14 | 3 |
Historical context
Shama forms a substantial part of Penn Libraries’ Khajistan magazine collection.
Sources: Penn Libraries, Khajistan Collection of Pakistani Popular Culture.
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