Hafiz Amiruddin

Qissa-e-Maqtool-e-Jafa (The Tale of the Victims of Cruelty)

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Hafiz Amiruddin

Hafiz Muhammad Amiruddin Maani's Qissa-e-Maqtool-e-Jafa, also titled Fasana-e-Gham Amud, written in 1870 (1287 AH): a tragic Urdu dastan of a king, his four ministers and a jealous wager on a wife's chastity, with a procuress who takes her mother's form, a forged proof, a courtroom unmasking and a double death, ending with a verse portrait of the heroine and chronograms by the poet Qalaq and his circle. Complete Urdu text from Wikisource with a facing English translation, introduction and glossary. Cite as: Hafiz Amiruddin, Qissa-e-Maqtool-e-Jafa, tr. urduintranslation.com (2026), https://www.urduintranslation.com/works/qissa-e-maqtool-e-jafa. The first two chapters are free to read.

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