Ismail Meeruthi (12 November 1844 - 1 November 1917) received

his primary and traditional education at home. He learnt Persian

from Mirza Rahim Baig, a polemicist; Mirza Ghalib had to contend
with in his lexicographical disputes. In his declining years Ismail
Meeruthi himself edited an Urdu dictionary, which alas is yet to be
printed. On 10 July 1860 he joined the Department of Education. In
1892 Ismail Meeruthi published a book on Urdu grammar. Ismail
Meeruthi was engaged in writing a biography of Amir Khusro which
he left unfinished in 1917.
Dr Rauf Parekh has an MA and PhD from the University of Karachi.
He is a critic of Urdu literature and regularly contributes to a leading
daily, DawnKarachi. He is a former Chief Editor of Urdu Dictionary
Board. Now he is teaching at the Department of Urdu, University of
Karachi. He is the compiler of the first slang Urdu dictionary.