Jasoosi Dunya
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Jasoosi Dunya is a best-selling series of Urdu spy novels written by Ibn-e-Safi
. The first novel, Dilaer Mujrim (The Brave Criminal) was published in March, 1952. The central idea and theme of this novel was taken from Victor Gunn’s novel Ironside's Lone Hand. However, the main characters, Colonel Faridi and Captain Hameed, were Ibn-e-Safi’s own creation.
As mentioned by the author in the introduction to Zameen Kay Baadal, the plots of Purasrar Ajnabee, Raqqasaa Ka Qat'l, Heeray Ki Kaan, and Khoonee Patthar were adopted from various English-language novels. The characters of Professor Durrani from Khaufnaak Hangaama, and Chimpanzee and The White Queen from Pahaaroan Ki Malikaa, were also borrowed from characters found in English literature. The rest of Ibn-e-Safi’s novels have original plots and characters conceived by the author himself.
Ibn-e-Safi
Ibn-e-Safi was the pen name of Asrar Ahmad , a best-selling and prolific fiction writer, novelist and poet of Urdu. The word Ibn-e-Safi is an Arabian expression which literally means Son of Safi, where the word Safi means chaste or righteous...
. The first novel, Dilaer Mujrim (The Brave Criminal) was published in March, 1952. The central idea and theme of this novel was taken from Victor Gunn’s novel Ironside's Lone Hand. However, the main characters, Colonel Faridi and Captain Hameed, were Ibn-e-Safi’s own creation.
As mentioned by the author in the introduction to Zameen Kay Baadal, the plots of Purasrar Ajnabee, Raqqasaa Ka Qat'l, Heeray Ki Kaan, and Khoonee Patthar were adopted from various English-language novels. The characters of Professor Durrani from Khaufnaak Hangaama, and Chimpanzee and The White Queen from Pahaaroan Ki Malikaa, were also borrowed from characters found in English literature. The rest of Ibn-e-Safi’s novels have original plots and characters conceived by the author himself.
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- Sajid HameedSajid HameedSajid Hameed is a fictional spy and crime-fighter, the chief assistant to Colonel Faridi in the Jasoosi Dunya series of Urdu spy novels by Ibn-e-Safi.-Personality:Hameed's character complements that of Faridi's...
- Faridi's Unofficial AideFaridi's Unofficial AideThe following fictional characters are unofficial helpers to the spy and crime-fighter Colonel Faridi in the Jasoosi Dunya series of Urdu spy novels by Ibn-e-Safi.-Anwar:...
- Villains of Jasoosi DunyaVillains of Jasoosi DunyaA number of villains appear in Ibn-e-Safi's Jasoosi Dunya series.-Jabar:Jabar first appears in "Khatarnaak Boodha" and "Masnoo-ee Naak" . Jabar has an Indo-Germanic background and becomes a criminal to take revenge from the society. He used to be made fun of when he was a kid...
- Faridi's Official Aide
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