Karbala : a historical play by Premchand (July1923- January 1924; first published in 1924) /
Premchand,
Karbala : a historical play by Premchand (July1923- January 1924; first published in 1924) / translated, edited and introduced by Nishat Zaidi. - New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2022.
"In seventh-century Arabia, Prophet Muhammad's grandson, Imam Hussain, sacrificed his life and his family members and companions in the desert of Karbala, Iraq, to resist the debauched ruler Yazid. In twentieth-century India, when the communal conflict was at its peak, Premchand wrote a play about this pivotal event of Islamic history and transformed it into a nationalist narrative. This first-ever English translation of Premchand's outstanding play Karbala (1924) is an illuminating blend of historical facts and imagination. It reveals Premchand's profound understanding of the communal conflict in early twentieth-century India and his unique way of imagining the nation, in tune with Gandhian principles of communal harmony and co-existence of religions."--
9780190132637 hbk.
Ḥusayn ibn ʻAli,-- -680
Urdu drama
Karbala : a historical play by Premchand (July1923- January 1924; first published in 1924) / translated, edited and introduced by Nishat Zaidi. - New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2022.
"In seventh-century Arabia, Prophet Muhammad's grandson, Imam Hussain, sacrificed his life and his family members and companions in the desert of Karbala, Iraq, to resist the debauched ruler Yazid. In twentieth-century India, when the communal conflict was at its peak, Premchand wrote a play about this pivotal event of Islamic history and transformed it into a nationalist narrative. This first-ever English translation of Premchand's outstanding play Karbala (1924) is an illuminating blend of historical facts and imagination. It reveals Premchand's profound understanding of the communal conflict in early twentieth-century India and his unique way of imagining the nation, in tune with Gandhian principles of communal harmony and co-existence of religions."--
9780190132637 hbk.
Ḥusayn ibn ʻAli,-- -680
Urdu drama