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  2. Urdu literature - Wikipedia

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    Urdu literature (Urdu: ادبیاتِ اُردُو, “Adbiyāt-i Urdū”) comprises the literary works, written in the Urdu language.While, It tends to be dominated by poetry, especially the verse forms of the ghazal (غزل) and nazm (نظم), it has expanded into other styles of writing, including that of the short story, or afsana (افسانہ).

  3. Pir-e-Kamil - Wikipedia

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    Aab-e-Hayat. Pir-e-Kamil or Peer-e-Kamil ( Urdu: پیر کامل صلی اللہ علیہ و آلہ و سلم; meaning "The Perfect Mentor") is a novel written by Pakistani writer Umera Ahmad. [1] It was first published in Urdu in 2004 and later in English in 2011. The book deals with the turning points in intervening lives of two people: a ...

  4. Bano (novel) - Wikipedia

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    Bano ( Urdu: بانو) is an Urdu language novel by the Pakistani novelist, Razia Butt, which is considered one of her best literary works. [2] It is set in the days before and after the Partition of India in Ludhiana, Punjab Province and subsequently, Pakistan. The events of Partition play a central role in the story.

  5. Aag Ka Darya - Wikipedia

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    Aag Ka Darya. Aag Ka Darya ( Urdu: آگ کا دریا; River of Fire) is a landmark historical novel written by Qurratulain Hyder providing context to the partition of the Indian subcontinent into two nation-states. It has been described as "one of the Indian Subcontinent's best known novels". [1] The novel timelines spanned more than two ...

  6. Ahmed Ali (writer) - Wikipedia

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    Ahmed Ali (Urdu: احمد علی; 1 July 1910 – 14 January 1994) was a Pakistani novelist, poet, critic, translator, diplomat and scholar.A pioneer of the modern Urdu short story, his works include the short story collections: Angarey (Embers), 1932; Hamari Gali (Our Lane), 1940; Qaid Khana (The Prison-house), 1942; and Maut Se Pehle (Before Death), 1945.

  7. Lihaaf - Wikipedia

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    Adab-i-Latif. Publication type. Literary journal. Publication date. 1942. " Lihaaf " ("The Quilt") is an Urdu short story written by Ismat Chughtai which was published in the Urdu literary journal Adab-i-Latif in 1942. In the coming decades, it was widely anthologised and faced an obscenity trial. [1] It is one of Chughtai's well known works.

  8. Fazail-e-Amaal - Wikipedia

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    Fazail-e-Amaal ( Urdu: فضائلِ اعمال ), authored by Zakariyya Kandhlawi between 1929 and 1964, is a book that primarily consists of treatises from the Fada'il series, originally published in Urdu. [1] Its purpose is to inspire and motivate Muslims in their religious practices by presenting a diverse range of Islamic teachings, stories ...

  9. Altaf Fatima - Wikipedia

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    Altaf Fatima ( Urdu: الطاف فاطمہ; 10 June 1927 – 29 November 2018) was a Pakistani Urdu novelist, short story writer, and teacher (specializing in Muhammad Iqbal ). Altaf Fatima was born in Lucknow, she moved to Lahore during the Partition, earning MA and BEd from the University of Punjab. [2] Her novel Dastak Na Do ("Do not Knock ...