Abdus Sattar ʻAbd al-Sattār (ALA-LC romanization of ar, عبد الستّار) is an Arabic Muslim male given name, built on the Arabic words '' ʻabd'' and ''al-Sattār''. The name means "servant of the Veiler (of sins)".
Because the letter s is a sun lett ...
novelist
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who wrote in the
Urdu language
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.Profile of novelist Qamar Ajnalvi on thelibrarypk.com website Retrieved 24 June 2017 He was born in Ajnala,
Amritsar district
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As of 2011, it is the second most populous distr ...
,
British India
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. He was the only son of his father, Din Muhammad. He moved to
Lahore
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in 1940. He wrote his first historical novel, ''Shaheed Pujaran'', in 1938. Qamar Ajnalvi was married to Begum Amtul Hafeez on 31 December 1944. They had a son together.
which include: ''Maan Baap'', ''Laila Majnoo'', ''Buzdil'', ''Dillan wich Rab wasda'', and ''Mein Ney Kia Jurm Kia''. He also wrote dialogue for the movie ''
Anarkali
Anarkali () was a legendary woman said to be loved by the 16th-century Mughal Prince Salim, who later became Emperor Jahangir. According to some accounts, Anarkali was the nickname of the courtesan Nadira Begum or Sharf-un-Nisa, though scho ...
'' and several others. His famous historical novels include: ''Shaheed Pujaran'', ''Maarka Panipat'', ''Inqlab-e-Turki'',
''Baghi Sardar'',
''Parthal'',
''Ghazala'',
''Urkhan-ul-Ghazi'',
''Sultan'',
''Wali Ehad'',
''Jang-e-Muqaddas'',
''Pandarey'',
''Muqaddas Moorti'',
''Chah-e-Babul'',
''Baghdad Ki Raat'',
''Lala-Rukh'', and
''Dharti Ka Safar''.
He also wrote a novel on world politics, ''Jahan-e-loh-o-qalam''.Qamar Ajnalvi on GoogleBooks Retrieved 24 June 2017