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Tilism-e-Hoshruba

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Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 8184758243
Total Pages : 924 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (847 download)

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Download or read book Tilism-e-Hoshruba written by and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2009-10-30 with total page 924 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tilism-e-Hoshruba is an epic narrative of the adventures of the legendary Persian hero Emir Hamza—the protagonist of Hamza Nama—his sons and grandsons. The epic opens with the commander-in-chief of the Islamic army, Hamza, pursuing Laqa, who makes false claims to divinity. Laqa takes refuge in Kohistan, adjacent to the enchanted land of Hoshruba, ruled by the formidable King of Sahirs, Afrasiyab Jadoo. Afrasiyab reveres Laqa and deputes his sahirs or wizards to help him fight Hamza. Hamza’s grandson Asad then sets out to conquer Hoshruba, assisted by the clever trickster Amar, who possesses divine artefacts such as a cloak of invisibility and a magic pouch containing parallel worlds. Aided by powerful allies and beset at every step by magical snares, dangerous enchantments and seductive sorceresses, the Islamic army finally conquers Hoshruba. Tilism-e-Hoshruba has enthralled generations of readers with its chivalrous heroes, breathtakingly beautiful princesses, powerful sahirs, sahiras and demons. This brilliant condensed translation by Shahnaz Aijazuddin sensitively reinterprets the highly Persianized Urdu of the original text into this eminently readable book that retains the essence of the original.

Hoshruba

Author : Musharraf Ali Farooqi
Publisher : Random House India
ISBN 13 : 8184002696
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Hoshruba written by Musharraf Ali Farooqi and published by Random House India. This book was released on 2012-02-22 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In late nineteenth century Lucknow, two rival story-tellers, Syed Muhammad Husain Jah and Ahmed Husain Qamar, wrote a fantasy in the Urdu language whose equal had not been heard before, and which has never been rivalled since. It was called Tilism-e Hoshruba. The writers claimed that the tale had been passed down to them from story-tellers going back centuries: it was a part of the beloved oral epic, The Adventures of Amir Hamza which had come to the Indian subcontinent via Persia and had gained in popularity during the reign of Akbar, the Mughal emperor. The Tilism-e-Hoshruba is the subcontinent’s first wholly indigenous Indo-Islamic fantasy epic. It tells the stories of Amir Hamza’s military forces, his grandson and his loyal band of tricksters (masters of wit and disguise) as they go to war with Afrasiyab, the sorcerer who rules the magical land of Hoshruba. Fantasy, the occult, adventure and romance play themselves out in a typically Indian setting as wizards, sorceresses, tricksters and royalty pitch themselves into the battle for Hoshruba. The characters of the epic are marvels of literary creation, and are much more colourful and dashing than those of the Amir Hamza cycle of tales. The Tilism-e Hoshruba runs to twenty four volumes and will be translated into English for the first time ever by Musharraf Ali Farooqi, the acclaimed translator of The Adventures of Amir Hamza. Random House India will publish all the volumes starting with Hoshruba: The Land and the Tilism, i.e. Book 1 of the series.

The Adventures of Amir Hamza

Author : Ghalib Lakhnavi
Publisher : Modern Library
ISBN 13 : 0812977440
Total Pages : 562 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (129 download)

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Download or read book The Adventures of Amir Hamza written by Ghalib Lakhnavi and published by Modern Library. This book was released on 2012-02-14 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is a special abridged English translation of a major Indo-Persian epic: a panoramic tale of magic and passion, a classic hero’s odyssey that has captivated much of the world. It is the spellbinding story of Amir Hamza, the adventurer who in the service of the Persian emperor defeats many enemies, loves many women, and converts hundreds of infidels to the True Faith before finding his way back to his first love. In Musharraf Ali Farooqi’s remarkable abridged rendition, this masterwork is captured with all its colorful action and fantastic elements intact. Appreciated as the seminal Islamic epic or enjoyed as a sweeping tale as rich and inventive as Homer’s epic sagas, The Adventures of Amir Hamza is a true literary treasure.

Remembering Baba

Author : Rohini Roy
Publisher : Penguin Books India
ISBN 13 : 0670086134
Total Pages : 137 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Remembering Baba written by Rohini Roy and published by Penguin Books India. This book was released on 2011 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Memoirs of a daughter about her father Rahul Roy, 1963-2009, chartered account from West Bengal, India.

Mr and Mrs Jinnah

Author : Reddy Sheela
Publisher : Penguin Enterprise
ISBN 13 : 9780143448693
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (486 download)

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Download or read book Mr and Mrs Jinnah written by Reddy Sheela and published by Penguin Enterprise. This book was released on 2019-11-20 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Ruttie Petit fled from her father's castle to wed Mohammed Ali Jinnah in 1918, their marriage outraged society at large. They were divided by community, religion and an age gap of twenty-four years. Well-known journalist Sheela Reddy uses never-before-seen personal letters and papers as well as accounts left by contemporaries and friends to portray this unusual relationship with a sympathetic, discerning eye. A product of intensive and meticulous research in Delhi, Bombay and Karachi, Reddy not only brings the solitary, misunderstood Jinnah and the lonely, wistful Ruttie to life, but also the society and politics of the times their story was set in. A must-read for all those interested in politics, history, and the power of an unforgettable love story.

Angaaray

Author : Snehal Shingavi
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 9351186954
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (511 download)

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Download or read book Angaaray written by Snehal Shingavi and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2018-06-05 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1932, this slim volume of short stories created a firestorm of public outrage for its bold attack on the hypocrisy of conservative Islam and British colonialism. Inspired by British modernists like Woolf and Joyce as well as the Indian independence movement, the four young trailblazers who penned this collection were eager to revolutionize Urdu literature. Instead, they invited the wrath of the establishment: the book was burned in protest and then banned by the British authorities. Nevertheless, Angaaray spawned a new generation of Urdu writers and gave birth to the Progressive Writers' Association, whose members included, among others, stalwarts like Chughtai, Manto, Premchand and Faiz. This edition also provides a compelling account of the furore surrounding this explosive collection.

The Begum and the Dastan

Author : Tarana Husain Khan
Publisher : Hachette India
ISBN 13 : 9393701644
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (937 download)

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Download or read book The Begum and the Dastan written by Tarana Husain Khan and published by Hachette India. This book was released on 2023-02-20 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lined with grandeur, tragedy and fantasy, Tarana Husain Khan's odyssey maps the social, political and religious contours of 1897 Sherpur with the fascinating and strong-willed Feroza Begum at the centre of the storm. On an evening not too many evenings ago, the blue-eyed Feroza, flouting her family's orders, attended Nawab Shams Ali Khan's sawani celebrations at the Benazir Palace. Tragedy coloured the night when she found herself kidnapped and withheld in the Nawab's harem - bustling, tantalizing and rife with sinister power play. As tyranny and repression tightened their hold inside the royal walls, at the Bazaar Chowk, dastangoi Kallan Mirza enchanted his listeners with the legend of sorcerer Tareek Jaan and his chimeric city, the Tilism-e-Azam, where women were confined in underground basements. Misfortune and subjugation link eras when Ameera, Feroza's great-granddaughter, is restricted to her house and finds solace in her Dadi's retelling of Feroza's tragedy. When Ameera's circumstances begin mirroring the strife and indignities pervasive in 1897 Sherpur, she must reflect if society has shifted enough for women and their choices. Written with careful flamboyance and striking evocativeness, The Begum and the Dastan is a world imbued with love, splendour and heartbreak, only saved by the women who refuse to play by the rule book.

The Prisoner of Ba Tin (Book 2 of Tilism-e Hoshruba)

Author : Translated by Musharraf Ali Farooqi
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788184001099
Total Pages : 415 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book The Prisoner of Ba Tin (Book 2 of Tilism-e Hoshruba) written by Translated by Musharraf Ali Farooqi and published by . This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Land and the Tilism introduced us to the magical land of Hoshruba and the war between the sorcerer Afrasiyab, and Prince Asad and his band of tricksters. In The Prisoner of Batin, Afrasiyab seals the hidden region of Batin, making the master trickster Amar Ayyar a virtual prisoner in Hoshruba. Unable to escape, Amar avenges himself on the emperor, causing death and destruction. While new calamities sent by Afrasiyab wreak havoc at the camp of his estranged wife Mahrukh Magic-Eye, the evil agent Bakhtiarak arrives in Hoshruba to kill Amar Ayyar. Loyalties are in flux once more as the powerful sorceress Makhmur Crimson-Eye falls in love with a prince from the enemy camp and betrays her master, Afrasiyab. The Prisoner of Batin is the second book of a projected series of twenty-three volumes of the Tilism-e Hoshruba. When finished, it will be the first complete translation into English of the great Urdu epic.

The Story of a Widow

Author : Musharraf Ali Farooqi
Publisher : Vintage Canada
ISBN 13 : 0307372995
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book The Story of a Widow written by Musharraf Ali Farooqi and published by Vintage Canada. This book was released on 2009-08-04 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “One day when she looked at the portrait, she considered how blessed she had been in life. She contemplated her good fortune in finding an upright man like Akbar Ahmad as her life partner and felt grateful for his bounteous legacy, which released her from all financial cares. Akbar Ahmad looked back at her, his face cast in an expression of long suffering. Mona’s eyes welled up with tears.”–from The Story of a Widow After the death of her husband Akbar Ahmad, Mona finds herself settling ambivalently into a new life. But the calm rhythm of her days–gardening, cooking, time with her neighbours and family in Karachi–is upset by the appearance of Salamat Ali, the new tenant in her friend Mrs. Baig’s house. Vivacious, friendly, and at times almost impertinent, Salamat Ali is both a breath of fresh air and a disconcerting new presence in Mona’s life, and their awkward meetings always seem to end in embarrassment or misunderstanding. When Salamat Ali, encouraged by Mrs. Baig, presents Mona with a marriage proposal, she is forced to consider what kind of future she wishes to make for herself–and what her past with Akbar Ahmad really means. The possibility of Mona marrying Salamat Ali shocks her grown daughters Tanya and Amber, and scandalizes her extended family, according to whom Mona’s happiness comes second to what people say about widows who remarry. As Mona negotiates the complex web of tradition-bound in-laws and gossiping, interfering relatives, she finds Salamat Ali waking her to the pleasures of life that thirty years with her dour first husband all but smothered. But if Salamat Ali helps her discover something essential, he also exposes her to new risks, and new dangers. The Story of a Widow is a beautifully observant novel, one that pays careful attention to the delicate movements of the heart in romantic and family life. But it is equally concerned with the mores of a society in which traditional roles both support and constrain men and–particularly–women. Gently humorous and profoundly perceptive, The Story of a Widow is the moving tale of a woman’s discovery of her voice, and herself.

The Tale of the Four Durwesh

Author : Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.M/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Tale of the Four Durwesh written by Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī and published by . This book was released on 1845 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Feuding Families of Village Gangauli

Author : Rāhī Māsūma Razā
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Feuding Families of Village Gangauli written by Rāhī Māsūma Razā and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Mirror of Beauty

Author : Shamsur Rahman Faruqi
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 8184759932
Total Pages : 984 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (847 download)

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Download or read book The Mirror of Beauty written by Shamsur Rahman Faruqi and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2014-03-21 with total page 984 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is the sunset of the Mughal Empire. The splendour of imperial Delhi flares one last time. The young daughter of a craftsman in the city elopes with an officer of the East India Company. And so we are drawn into the story of Wazir Khanam: a dazzlingly beautiful and fiercely independent woman who takes a series of lovers, including a Navab and a Mughal prince—and whom history remembers as the mother of the famous poet Dagh. But it is not just one life that this novel sets out to capture: it paints in rapturous detail an entire civilization. Beginning with the story of an enigmatic and gifted painter in a village near Kishangarh, The Mirror of Beauty embarks on an epic journey that sweeps through the death-giving deserts of Rajputana, the verdant valley of Kashmir and the glorious cosmopolis of Delhi, the craft of miniature painting and the art of carpet designing, scintillating musical performances and recurring paintings of mysterious, alluring women. Its scope breathtaking, its language beguiling, and its style sumptuous, this is a work of profound beauty, depth and power.

Snuffing Out the Moon

Author : Osama Siddique
Publisher : Penguin Random House India Private Limited
ISBN 13 : 9386651556
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (866 download)

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Download or read book Snuffing Out the Moon written by Osama Siddique and published by Penguin Random House India Private Limited. This book was released on 2018-07-13 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2084 bce: In the great city of Mohenjodaro, along the banks of the Indus, a young man named Prkaa becomes increasingly mistrustful of the growing authority of a cult of priests. 455 ce: In the fabled university city of Takshasilla, Buddhamitra, a monk, is distressed by how his colleagues seem to have lost sight of the essence of the Buddha's message of compassion. 1620 ce: During the reign of the Mughal emperor Jahangir, a pair of itinerant fortune seekers endeavour to swindle the patrician elite, only to find themselves utterly disillusioned. 1857 ce: Mir Sahib, a wandering minstrel, traverses the realms of human deception even as a rebellion against the British Raj is advancing across India. 2009 ce: In contemporary Lahore, the widow Rafiya Begum navigates legal complexities in order to secure her rights and fend off predatory charlatans. 2084 ce: A scholar revisits the known history of the cataclysmic events that led to world domination by ruthless international water conglomerates. Across epochs and civilizations, these are intensely personal journeys that investigate the legitimacy of religion and authority, and chronicle the ascent of dissent. Snuffing Out the Moon is a dazzling debut novel that is at once a cry for freedom and a call for resistance.

A Requiem for Pakistan

Author : Mahmood Farooqui
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789382579427
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (794 download)

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Download or read book A Requiem for Pakistan written by Mahmood Farooqui and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Salt and Saffron

Author : Kamila Shamsie
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1620405911
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book Salt and Saffron written by Kamila Shamsie and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2013-06-04 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aliya may not have inherited her family's patrician looks, but she is as much a prey to the legends of her family that stretch back to the days of Timur Lang. Aristocratic and eccentric-the clan has plenty of stories to tell, and secrets to hide. Like salt and saffron, which both flavor food but in slightly different ways, it is the small, subtle differences that cause the most trouble in Aliya's family. The family problems and scandals caused by these minute differences echo the history of the sub-continent and the story of Partition. A superb storyteller, Kamila Shamsie writes with warmth and gusto. Through the many anecdotes about Pakistani family life, she hints at the larger tale of a divided nation. Spanning the subcontinent from the Muslim invasions to the Partition, this is a magical novel about the shapes stories can take- turning into myths, appearing in history books and entering into our lives.

Muntakhab-ul Lubab

Author : Muḥammad Hāshim Khāfī Khān
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Muntakhab-ul Lubab written by Muḥammad Hāshim Khāfī Khān and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Lost from View

Author : Shahnaz Aijazuddin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Lost from View written by Shahnaz Aijazuddin and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Literary miscellany, chiefly biographical, traveloges and on books; collection of articles previously published in weekly column of the Frontier post.