Naseem Hijazi

Naseem Hijazi
Born Sharif Hussain
1914[1]
Gurdaspur district, Punjab, British India[2]
Died 2 March 1996[3]
Nationality Pakistani
Occupation Urdu language novelist
Awards Pride of Performance Award in 1992

Sharif Hussain (Urdu: شریف حسین‬), who used the pseudonym Nasīm Hijāzī (Urdu: نسیم حجازی‬, commonly transliterated as Naseem Hijazi or Nasim Hijazi) (c. 1914–2 March 1996), was an Urdu novelist.[1] He was born in an Arain family in the village of Sujaanpur near the town of Dhariwal, in the Gurdaspur district of Punjab, before the independence of Pakistan; his family settled in Lahore in 1947. He lived most of his life in Pakistan and died on 2 March 1996.[3][2]

His Novels

Naseem Hijazi bases most of his work on Islamic history and shows both the rise and fall of the Islamic Empire. His novels Muhammad Bin Qasim, Aakhri Ma'raka, Qaisar-o Kisra and Qafla-i Hijaz describe the era of Islam's rise to political, militaristic, economic, and educational power, while Yusuf Bin Tashfain, Shaheen,[4] Kaleesa Aur Aag, and Andheri Raat Ke Musafir describe the period of Spanish Reconquista.

In Akhri Chataan, he describes the Central Asian conquests of Genghis Khan and his destruction of the Khwarizm Sultanate. The novel shows the brutal conquests of the Mongols, the military genius of Genghis Khan, the undying willpower of Sultan Jalal ud-Din Khwarizm Shah, and the unworthy condition of the Abbasid Caliphate of Baghdad.[2]

He wrote two sequential novels on British conquest of India, and described the shortcomings of many nations within India after the collapse of Mughal Empire. The novel Mu'azzam Ali starts a little before the Battle of Plassey. The lead character, Muazzam Ali, joins the fight against the British with the army of Siraj-ud-Daula. The story moves forward as the character moves from one place in India to another in search of the lost glory and freedom. He takes part in the third battle of Panipat and finally settles in Srirangapattana, which was growing in power under the towering personality of Haider Ali. The book ends almost around the death of Ali. The second book on the battles in the same area, Aur Talwar Toot Gayee (And the Sword is Broken) is more about Haider's son Sultan Tipu, where the same character is finding his dreams being fulfilled in Tipu's valiant endeavors against the British East India Company. The book culminates in Sultan Tipu's sad and untimely martyrdom.[2]

He also wrote a novel Khaak aur Khoon on the violence that resulted in tremendous bloodshed in 1947, caused by the religious tensions being flared up among Muslims, Sikhs and Hindus alike, at the time of the partition of British India and the Independence of Pakistan.[5][2]

Publications

Title (Roman)Title (English)Title (Urdu)GenreHistorical Period/Events
Khaak aur Khoon[5]Dirt and Blood خاک اور خون ‬NovelBritish Indian Empire, Partition of India in 1947, Creation of Pakistan
Yousuf bin TashfinYousuf Son of Tashfinیوسف بن تاشفین‬NovelAl-Andalus, First Taifas period, Almoravid Empire, Spanish Reconquista
Akhari Chattan[1]The Last Rockآخری چٹان‬NovelSiege of Jerusalem (1187) – Saladin captures Jerusalem from the Crusaders, Mongol invasion of Khwarezmia and Eastern Iran, Fall of Baghdad (End of Abbasid Caliphate)
Aakhari MaarkaThe Last Battleآخری معرکہ‬NovelInvasions of India by Mahmud of Ghazni
Andheri Raat Ke MusafirTravelers of the Dark Nightاندھیری رات کے مسافر‬NovelSpanish Reconquista, Fall of Granada
Kaleesa Aur AagChurch and Fireکلیسا اور آگ‬NovelSpanish Reconquista, Spanish Inquisition, expulsion of the Moriscos-(continued from the end of Andheri Raat Ke Musafir.) Read Kaleesa Aur Aag Online
Muazzam AliMuazzam Aliمعظم علی‬NovelBritish Indian Empire, Battle of Plassey, Third Battle of Panipat, Anglo-Mysore Wars (Hyder Ali's Era)
Aur Talwar Toot GaiAnd the Sword Brokeاور تلوار ٹوٹ گئی‬NovelAnglo-Mysore Wars (Tipu Sultan's Era_ Continued from end of 'Muazam Ali')
Daastaan-e-MujahidA Soldier's Taleداستان مجاہد‬NovelArab Ummayad Caliphate-Muslim Conquest of Al-Andalus, Sindh, Central Asia and Maghreb.
Insaan Aur DevtaMan and Godانسان اور دیوتا‬NovelAncient India–brutality of upper casts people towards people of lower cast in the Hindu religion
Muhammad Bin QasimMuhammad Bin Qasimمحمد بن قاسم‬NovelMuslim Conquest of Sindh
Pakistan Se Diyare Haram TakFrom Pakistan to Sacred Landپاکستان سے دیار حرم تک‬Travelogue
Pardesi DarakhtThe Foreign Treeپردیسی درخت‬NovelBritish Indian Empire, A few years before partition of British India
Gumshuda QaafleyThe Lost Caravansگمشدہ قافلے‬NovelBritish Indian Empire, Partition of India, Creation of Pakistan-(continued from the end of Pardesi Darakht.)
Pouras Ke Hathi [1]Poras's Elephants پورس کے ہاتھی‬DramaIndo-Pak war of 1965
Qafla-e-HijazThe Caravan of Hijazقافلئہ حجاز‬NovelRashidun Caliphate, Muslim conquest of Persia
Qaisar-o-KisraCaesar and Cyrusقیصر و کسر'ی‬NovelByzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628, Rise of Islam in Arabian Peninsula
Saqafat Ki TalaashIn Search of Cultureثقافت کی تلاش‬Drama, Humor
Shaheen[4]The Falconشاہین‬NovelSpanish Reconquista, Fall of Granada. An English translation of the novel can be viewed at http://shaheenthenovel.weebly.com/, Retrieved 14 Jan 2016
Sau Saal Baad100 Years Laterسو سال بعد‬Novel, Humor
Sufaid JazeeraThe White Islandسفید جزیرہ‬Novel, Humor

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 http://urduadab4u.blogspot.com/2013/09/complete-list-of-novels-written-by.html, Naseem Hijazi's profile, Retrieved 21 Jan 2017
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 http://nation.com.pk/blogs/13-Jun-2016/naseem-hijazi-the-master-of-historic-fiction, Profile of Naseem Hijazi on The Nation newspaper, Published 13 June 2016, Retrieved 21 Jan 2017
  3. 1 2 https://www.samaa.tv/pakistan/2012/03/writer-of-islamic-historical-novels-naseem-hijazi-s-anniversary-today/, Profile of Naseem Hijazi on Samma TV website, Published 2 March 2012, Retrieved 21 Jan 2017
  4. 1 2 https://web.archive.org/web/20070503011600/http://www.iqbalcyberlibrary.net/ICBN/969-416-205-018/, Naseem Hijazi's novel 'Shaheen' on iqbalcyberlibrary.net website, Retrieved 22 Jan 2017
  5. 1 2 https://urdubookdownload.wordpress.com/tag/free-naseem-hijazi-novels-online-read/, 'Khaak aur Khoon' novel book review on urdubookdownload.com website, Retrieved 22 Jan 2017
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