The first translation into English of a beloved medieval Indo-Persian epic, The Adventures of Amir Hamza is the gripping account of the exploits of Amir Hamza, the greatest warrior of his time, defender of the True Faith, lover of blindingly beautiful women, and scourge of infidels, demons, trolls, devs and assorted evil-doers. In Musharraf Ali Farooqi’s brilliant new translation, the magic and colour of the masterpiece created by Ghalib Lakhnavi and Abdullah Bilgrami, comes thrillingly alive.
Musharraf Ali Farooqi is the author of Between Clay and Dust (finalist, Man Asia Literary Prize 2012), The Story of a Widow (finalist, DSC Prize for South Asian Literature, 2008; longlisted for IMPAC/Dublin Literary Prize) and other novels. He is the translator, among other works, of the epic, The Adventures of Amir Hamza (Modern Library Classic) and Hoshruba. Farooqi is the editor of the Online Urdu Thesaurus and founder of the Storykit Program. He is a Harvard University Fellow.
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