Tilism E Hoshruba

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 924 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2009-10-30
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9788184758245

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Tilism-e-Hoshruba by Anonim Pdf

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.

Author : Musharraf Ali Farooqi
Publisher : Random House India
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2012-02-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9788184002690

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Hoshruba by Musharraf Ali Farooqi Pdf

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.

Author : Ghalib Lakhnavi,Abdullah Bilgrami
Publisher : Modern Library
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2012-02-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780812977448

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The Adventures of Amir Hamza by Ghalib Lakhnavi,Abdullah Bilgrami Pdf

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.

Author : Osama Siddique
Publisher : Penguin Random House India Private Limited
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2018-07-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9789386651556

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Snuffing Out the Moon by Osama Siddique Pdf

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.

Author : Tarana Husain Khan
Publisher : Hachette India
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2023-02-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9789393701640

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The Begum and the Dastan by Tarana Husain Khan Pdf

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.

Author : Translated by Musharraf Ali Farooqi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Afghanistan
ISBN : 8184001096

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The Prisoner of Ba Tin (Book 2 of Tilism-e Hoshruba) by Translated by Musharraf Ali Farooqi Pdf

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.

Author : Reddy Sheela
Publisher : Penguin Enterprise
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2019-11-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0143448692

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Mr and Mrs Jinnah by Reddy Sheela Pdf

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.

Author : Rāhī Māsūma Razā
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UOM:39015032293006

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The Feuding Families of Village Gangauli by Rāhī Māsūma Razā Pdf

Author : Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī,Mīr Amman Dihlavī
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1845
Category : India
ISBN : COLUMBIA:CR60115696

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The Tale of the Four Durwesh by Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī,Mīr Amman Dihlavī Pdf

Author : David Hair
Publisher : Penguin Books India
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780143331421

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Pyre of Queens by David Hair Pdf

Mandore, Rajasthan, 769 AD: Ravindra-Raj, the evil sorcerer-king, devises a deadly secret ritual, where he and his seven queens will burn on his pyre, and he will rise again with the powers of Ravana, demon-king of the epic Ramayana. But things go wrong when one queen, the beautiful, spirited Darya, escapes with the help of Aram Dhoop, the court poet. Jodhpur, Rajasthan, 2010: At the site of ancient Mandore, teenagers Vikram, Amanjit, Deepika and Rasita meet and realize that the deathless king and his ghostly brides are hunting them down. As vicious forces from the past come alive, they need to unlock truths that have been hidden for centuries, and fight an ancient battle . . . one more time.

Author : Shamsur Rahman Faruqi
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 984 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2014-03-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9788184759938

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The Mirror of Beauty by Shamsur Rahman Faruqi Pdf

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.

Author : Musharraf Ali Farooqi
Publisher : Vintage Canada
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2009-08-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307372994

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The Story of a Widow by Musharraf Ali Farooqi Pdf

“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.

Author : Kamila Shamsie
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2011-06-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781408826003

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Salt and Saffron by Kamila Shamsie Pdf

_______________ 'Beautifully written in cunning, punning, glancing prose' - Independent 'A whirlwind ... Owes plenty to Salman Rushdie and some to Hollywood ... Exuberant, knowingly exotic and deceptively serious' - Guardian 'Kamila Shamsie has created a rich, bright world' - Times Literary Supplement _______________ BY THE ACCLAIMED WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION The Dard-e-Dils are characterised by their prominent clavicles and love of stories. Aliya may not have inherited her family's patrician looks, but she is prey to their legends that stretch back to the days of Timur Lang. There is a sting to most of these tales, for the Dard-e-Dils consider themselves cursed by their 'not-quite' twins. Amidst her growing attraction to a boy from the wrong side of the tracks, Aliya begins to believe that she is another 'not-quite' twin, linked to her scandalous aunt Mariam in a way that hardly bodes well... _______________ 'A funny, clever and romantic story' - Barbara Trapido 'The stories within the stories describe Pakistani society, its peoples and its mores, better than anything that has come from the Other Side for a long time. This is a good read' - India Today

Author : Mahmood Farooqui
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Authors, Urdu
ISBN : 9382579427

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A Requiem for Pakistan by Mahmood Farooqui Pdf

Author : Rahi Masoom Raza
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2017-12-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9789352770434

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Scene by Rahi Masoom Raza Pdf

A no-holds-barred expose of the Hindi film industry's sordid underbelly. Ali Amjad comes from Benares to make it as a scriptwriter in Bombay, only to experience the absurd and tragic reality behind the film world's glamour as he navigates through it with his fellow strugglers. A short, fascinating novel set in the Bombay of the 1970s, Rahi Masoom Raza's Scene: 75 is a crazy kaleidoscope of stories within stories populated by a cast of extraordinary and memorable - but also cynical and manipulative - characters, from struggling directors and wealthy lesbians to film-obsessed social climbers and sleazy producers. In this irreverent, surreal, deeply satirical and darkly humorous work, the author's biting prose takes an unflinching look at both Hindu-Muslim and class relations, as well as at how human ties corrode and wither because of ambition and self-interest. Superbly translated by Poonam Saxena, this lost classic from Rahi Masoom Raza rips off the tinsel curtain that hides the film industry's hypocrisy, insecurity and desperation for success. It is a novel that will delight and disturb in equal measure.