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Khaak Aur Khoon
''Khaak Aur Khoon'' (Urdu: ) is a 1950 Urdu historical novel A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, typically written in prose and published as a book. The present English word for a long work of prose fiction derives from the for "new", "news", or "short story of something new", itsel ... by Naseem Hijazi, Nasīm Ḥijāzī that describes the sacrifices of Muslims of the Indian sub-continent during the time of Partition of India, partition in 1947. Historical background When Muslims of different regions were trying to get to Pakistan, many groups of Hindus would to attack them during their journeys to snatch their money and the jewellery of the women. The Hindus robbed everybody they found in the way. ''Khak aur Khoon'' not only describes how many sacrifices the Muslims made to get their new homeland, but it also describes the true face of fanaticism at the time. On June 3, 1947, Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Lord Mountbatton announce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naseem Hijazi
Sharif Hussain (Urdu: ), who used the pseudonym Nasīm Hijāzī (Urdu: , commonly transliterated as Naseem Hijazi or Nasim Hijazi) (19 May 1914 – 2 March 1996), was an Urdu novelist. Life and career Hussain was born in an Arain family in the village of Sujaanpur, near the town of Dhariwal, in the Gurdaspur district of Punjab, in pre-partition India. He migrated to Pakistan after partition in 1947. He chose Islamic history as the inspiration for his novels. Among the notable writers of his time, Ibn-e-Safi, Saadat Hasan Manto, and Shafiq-ur-Rehman were his popular contemporaries. He lived most of his life in Pakistan and died on 2 March 1996. Naseem Hijazi died on 2 March 1996 at the age of 81 in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Writing Naseem Hijazi used historic settings as the background for his novels and based most of his work on Islamic history, demonstrating both the rise and fall of the Islamic Empire. His novels ''Muhammad Bin Qasim'', ''Aakhri Ma'raka'', ''Qaisar-o Kisra'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |