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Persian is one of the mellifluous and melodious languages of the world. It hasengraved indelible marks not only in the land of Iran but also in the region ofIndian Sub-Continent. It had the rank of official language during the Mughalera. It has been a tool of literary works of not only the Muslim writers but alsothe Hindu writers of this land. It is for this reason that we find many invaluableworks of the Hindu writers in this language. They have also written manypriceless and timeless memoirs of the Persian poets. Their memoirs havecentral position in Persian literature of the Indo-Pak Sub-Continent. Some ofthe examples of their memoirs are “Hamesheh Bahar” compiled by KishanChand Ikhlas, “Safineh Khushgoo” compiled by Bindra bin Dass Khushgoo,“Safineh Ishrat” compiled by Durga Dass Ishrat, “Tazkireh Gul-e-Ra’na” and“Tazkireh Sham-a-Ghariban” both compiled by Lacchmi Nara’in ShafiqueAurangabadi, “Anees-ul-Ahibba” compiled by Mohan Lal Anees, “SafinehHindi” compiled by Bhagvan Dass Hindi, “Anees-ul-Ashiqeen” compiled byKanvar Ratan Singh Zakhmi, and so on.Key Words: Zuban-o-adab-e-Farsi (Persian language and literature), tazkirehnavees (memoir writer), Barr-e-Sagheer (Indian Sub-Continent), Hindu, KishanChand Ikhlas, Bindra bin Dass, Khushgoo, etc.