Karbala

A Historical Play by Premchand

By: Nishat Zaidi (Editor, Translator), Premchand

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Hardcover | 2 January 2023

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241 Pages

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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.

Industry Reviews

A marvel of Urdu-Hindi literary spheres, Premchand's Karbala serves both as a brilliant historical imaginaire and a captivating devotional treatise on martyrdom and Indian nationalism. (It) is complemented further by a remarkable flair for highlighting and elevating cross-linguistic conversations within and around the text." - Syed Akbar Hyder, Associate Professor
Nishat Zaidi's expert translation brings Premchand's unique Indian version of the tragic killing of Hussain in the Karbala battle to the Englishreading public." - Hans Harder, Professor of Modern South Asian Languages and Literatures, Heidelberg University.

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