Umro Ayyar or Amar Ayyar is a fictional character, an
ayyār
Ayyār, ( ar, عيار, ʿayyār, pl. ''ʿayyārūn''; fa, عیار, Ayyâr, pl. ''Ayyârân'') refers to a person associated with a class of warriors in Iraq and Iran from the 9th to the 12th centuries. The word literally means vagabond. Ayy ...
Hamzanama
The ''Hamzanama'' (Persian/Urdu: ''Hamzenâme'', Epic of Hamza) or ''Dastan-e-Amir Hamza'' (Persian/Urdu: ''Dâstâne Amir Hamze'', "Adventures of Amir Hamza") narrates the legendary exploits of Amir Hamza, or Hamza ibn Abdul-Muttalib, an uncl ...
'' (originally in Persian). He was first written about during the time of
Mughal Emperor
The Mughal emperors ( fa, , Pādishāhān) were the supreme heads of state of the Mughal Empire on the Indian subcontinent, mainly corresponding to the modern countries of India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh. The Mughal rulers styled t ...
Akbar
Abu'l-Fath Jalal-ud-din Muhammad Akbar (25 October 1542 – 27 October 1605), popularly known as Akbar the Great ( fa, ), and also as Akbar I (), was the third Mughal emperor, who reigned from 1556 to 1605. Akbar succeeded his father, Hum ...
and many stories and novels have been written about him since.
Modern Urdu authors like Zaheer Ahmed,
Mazhar Kaleem
Mazhar Kaleem (Urdu: مظہر کلیم) (1942 – 2018) was a Pakistani novelist chiefly known in Imran Series, Urdu spy fiction written within Imran Series mythos created by Ibn-e-Safi.
He was known for writing the Imran Series and had wr ...
, Safdar Shaheen and Akhter Rizvi have been written story books about him.
Plot
Umro Ayyar is a thief and most famous character of the ''Hamzanama'' after Amir Hamza, the titular hero of the epic. He's known for his cleverness and theft in the city 'Tilism-e-Hoshruba'. His life is full of adventure. It is his habit to travel around the world and to face evils and bad spirits. Umro has a magical ''zambeel (''bag) from which he can extract whatever he wants. He mostly uses it to show off and to kill evil. He used to steal and help the needy people.