Karbala
A Historical Play by Premchand
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ISBN:
9780190132637
Publication date:
30/08/2022
Hardback
241 pages
Price: 1695.00 INR
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ISBN:
9780190132637
Publication date:
30/08/2022
Hardback
241 pages
Nishat Zaidi
This work is a translation of one of Premchand's plays, Karbala, published in 1924. It is based on anevent in Islamic history, the battle of Karbala, in which the younger grandson of Prophet Muhammad,Hussain, was martyred along with his family at the hands of the sinful caliph Yazid bin Muawiya.Premchand's retelling of the historic episode was daring at a time when communal sentiments whererunning high.
Rights: World Rights
Nishat Zaidi
Description
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.
About the author:
Dr Nishat Zaidi is Professor and Head, Department of English, Faculty of Humanities and Languages,
Jamia Millia Islamia,Delhi.
Nishat Zaidi
Table of contents
Table of Contents
1. Preface
2. Introduction
3. The Play
4. Appendices:
A. Premchand's Defence of the Play
B. Premchand's Letter to Daya Narain Nigam, Editor of Zamana regarding the Play
C. Hindi Vs Urdu Versions of the Play and General Notes about the Translation
D. A Glossary
E. Urdu /Hindi Texts of Poems
5. Contributors
Nishat Zaidi
Nishat Zaidi
Description
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.
About the author:
Dr Nishat Zaidi is Professor and Head, Department of English, Faculty of Humanities and Languages,
Jamia Millia Islamia,Delhi.
Table of contents
Table of Contents
1. Preface
2. Introduction
3. The Play
4. Appendices:
A. Premchand's Defence of the Play
B. Premchand's Letter to Daya Narain Nigam, Editor of Zamana regarding the Play
C. Hindi Vs Urdu Versions of the Play and General Notes about the Translation
D. A Glossary
E. Urdu /Hindi Texts of Poems
5. Contributors
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