Ibn-e-Safi ابنِ صفی | |
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| Born | Asrar Ahmad 26 July 1928 Nara, district of Allahabad, U.P. (now Uttar Pradesh), British India |
| Died | 26 July 1980 (aged 52) Karachi, Pakistan |
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| Period | 1940–1980 |
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| Notable awards | Sitara-i-Imtiaz (2020) |
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Ibn-e-Safi (26 July 1928 – 26 July 1980) (also spelled as Ibne Safi) (Urdu: ابنِ صفی) was the pen name of Asrar Ahmad (Urdu: اسرار احمد), a fiction writer, novelist and poet of Urdu from Pakistan. The word Ibn-e-Safi is a Persian expression which literally means Son of Safi, where the word Safi means chaste or righteous. He first wrote from the British India of the 1940s, and later Pakistan after the independence of British India in 1947.[1][2]
His main works were the 124-book series Jasoosi Dunya (The Spy World) and the 121-book Imran Series, with a small canon of satirical works and poetry. His novels were characterised by a blend of mystery, adventure, suspense, violence, romance and comedy, achieving massive popularity across a broad readership in South Asia.[3][4]
- ^ Altaf Husain Asad (3 June 2018). "The life of Ibn-i-Safi". The News on Sunday – The News International (newspaper). Retrieved 26 November 2020.
- ^ Yasser Latif Hamdani (23 October 2008). "Ibn-e-Safi's Imran Series: An English Translation". ALL THINGS PAKISTAN website. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
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