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

قصۂ مقتول جفا

by Hafiz Amiruddin حافظ امیر الدین

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  • Urdu original · 1 translation
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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,…

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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.

حافظ محمد امیر الدین معنی کا قصۂ مقتول جفا (فسانۂ غم آمود)، جو ١٢٨٧ھ (١٨٧٠ء) میں لکھا گیا: ایک بادشاہ، اس کے چار وزیروں اور وزیر کی پاک دامن بیوی کی المیہ داستان، قلق اور ان کے حلقے کے قطعات تاریخ کے ساتھ۔ ویکی ماخذ سے مکمل اردو متن، ساتھ انگریزی ترجمہ، تعارف اور فرہنگ۔

Contents

6 chapters
  1. 1About This Edition and Introductionاس اشاعت کے بارے میں اور تعارفPublic sample
  2. 2Praise of God and the Prophet, and the Reason for Writingحمد و نعت اور وجہِ تالیفPublic sample
  3. 3The Tale of Wondersداستان عجوبہ بیان Membership
  4. 4The Tale of Rare Thingsداستان نادر بیان Membership
  5. 5The Last Taleاخیر داستان Membership
  6. 6Glossaryفرہنگ Membership

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