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The adventures of amir hamza by ghalib lakhnavi, abdullah. Ghalib lakhnavi is the author of the adventures of amir hamza 3. Dastane amir hamze, adventures of amir hamza narrates the legendary exploits of amir hamza, an uncle of muhammad, though most of the stories are extremely fanciful, a continuous series of romantic interludes, threatening events, narrow escapes, and. His only known work is the onevolume dastane amir hamza 1855. The adventures of amir hamza, an indopersian epic translated by musharraf ali farooqi, opens as a rollicking tale of war and romance, but turns into a repetitious cycle of fruitless attempts by hamza to return from fairyland to his one true love. The tales of the superheroic amir hamza have entertained listeners in arabic, turkish, and indonesian languages among others ever since the 9th century and have come to great prominence, especially in muslim india, where in the 19th century these tales of conquest and conversion were written down in the form here translated for the first. The adventures of amir hamza, or the hamzanama, is considered one of the great works of classical urdu literature. I find his faithful retainer, amar the prankster, much more interesting a character.
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The english translation i read was recently done by pakistaniborn canadian writer musharraf ali farooqi, who used the text first compiled by ghalib lakhnavi in 1855 and then expanded upon in 1871 by abdullah bilgrami as his source. 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. Appreciated as the seminal islamic epic or enjoyed as a sweeping tale as rich and inventive as homers epic sagas, the adventures of amir hamza. Farooqi published his first novel the story of a widow, after the success of his translations of two epic tales.
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