Collection of Great Islamic Urdu Novels

Urdu Adab includes versatile writings from great writers of Urdu language. Urdu poetry, novels, stories and Islamic novels by professional writers are famous around the globe. As Urdu language was evolved with advent of Islam in sub-continent. So you can find many historic Islamic novels in Urdu. Here is the list of some Islamic historic novels:

•           Palay Khan

This novel is about life and struggle of Palay Shah Khosti. It is written by Gulshan Nanda, a famous Urdu writer. Palay Shah belonged to Khosti Syed Tribe of Zhob, which was later migrated to Pakistan Baluchistan. He fought against British rule in 1930 and never gave up in agreement with British. So Gulshan wrote this novel as an auto biography of Palay Khan. Later on PTV Quetta center produces a drama serial on this novel.

•           Dastan Iman Faroshon Ki

Dastan Iman Faroshon ki is a series of stories written about Sultan Salahuddin. This series is written by Inayatullah Altamash, known to be one of the best writers of Urdu Adab. Salahuddin Ayubi was the man who fought for twenty years against Crusaders.

•           Ek Qatra Khoon

Ek Qatra khoon is a great novel written by Ismat Chugtai. The novel describes the battle of Karbala, a significant event of Islamic history. The story highlights the struggle of Imam Hussein for truth and Islam.

•           Rajkumari

Rajkumari is a beautiful piece of writing by Karam Haasain. The story is about battle against dictator King of Assam Raja Krishan. It basically represents brutality of Hindu Pandits. It also includes story of a Princess ChandraKant who was the daughter of King of Assam. The novel overall is quite informative and interesting.

•           Ahmad Shah Abdali

Ahmad Shah Abdali is basically an autobiography of great Muslim ruler Ahmad Shah Abdali. The novel is written by Aslam Rahi, famous Urdu writer. The short historic story shows hoe Ahmad Shah Abdali became ruler of Afghanistan from a prisoner.

These are some novels from huge list of Islamic Urdu novels, but they are really worth reading. Such great writings are contributing towards popularity of Urdu Adab all over the world. Many of the Urdu novels are being translated to different languages also. So we hope that our writer will keep on coming up with such great writing stuff in future as well.