Saad,

I know that your remark about price was in jest. That said, my request for the rights is, of course, a serious one. I am not sure what copyright laws in Pakistan are, but in India, as long as you don't make money on reproducing any work, you are fully legit. Also, copyrights in India expire 15 years after publication unlike other countries where they last much longer.

An e-mail from Mr Sultan Khan granting us permission to post the book in an official capacity would be enough.

While I speak both Dakhani and Lakhnavi Urdu, I cannot read the language, though, I could probably get books translated from Urdu into English. Again, the relevant author's permission would be important.

Thank you very much for your very generous offer of help and for speaking to Mr Sultan Khan. Hopefully, this record of hunting in a lost era could be preserved somehow and be made available to whoever is interested inr eading it.

Very good hunting and thanks again!