The monthly Al-Aziz was launched in 1940 by `Azīz al-Raḥmān, a retired district judge and a known literary figure of the state of Bahawalpur. This article highlights the importance of this journal in promoting literature produced in Urdu by writers in that region. By allocating a section to Sarā’ikī, it also became the most authentic source of material written and published in this particular language. For some time the journal also introduced a section of writings by women. After `Azīz's death in 1944,  Al-`Azīz was looked after by his son Ḥafīẓ al-Raḥmān for two years after which it was discontinued.