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12 Aziz Ahmad and Urdu Sources on South Asian History: 1983
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Published:October 2022
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Aziz Ahmad was Russell’s colleague at the School of Oriental & African Studies, London, during which time Russell translated his novel Aisi Bulandi, Aisi Pasti, set in Hyderabad (loosely fictionalised as Farkhundanagar) where Aziz Ahmad had spent much of his life. His novels shocked readers of the time by their frankness about sexual attraction. For Russell their power lies in giving true-to-life portraits of the city’s noble families pre-Independence. His novel Ag similarly provides a picture of Kashmiri politics in the 1930s–1940s. Much other writing in Urdu that provides similar insights for social historians is still untranslated, so western historians who do not read Urdu have not benefited from their insights. Another limitation is that writers on South Asian Islam are often anxious not to give offence by stating unwelcome truths. Aziz Ahmad is a welcome exception to this.
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