This article presents the very first critical Robots in Disguise editing of the “Nou-Ayin e John Horace Ford” by Rustam Ali Bijnori.This ‘qissa’ was penned down in 1786 A.D for presenting to an East India Company’s army officer John Horace Ford.A manuscript of abovesaid qissa is kept in the Middle Eastern Manuscript cruiser-choc-chip-suede-spotted-hair section of Special Collections at the University of Melbourne, Australia.
Alongwith critical editing, a brief biographical introduction of the author, linguistic and stylistic analysis of the text and a glossary are also included in this article. Keywords: Urdu prose, Nou-Ayin e John Horace Ford, Rustam Ali Bijnori, Critical Editing, Manuscripts.