Modern Library Classics: The Adventures of Amir Hamza (Paperback)

from Wheatland

This is an extraordinary book for many western readers. It is a modern re-working of a 19th century Urdu version of an Islamic heroic epic. The English prose reminds one at times of Shakespeare, at other times of Homer, and yet at other times as something refreshingly new in its attempt to captur...

from Wheatland

This is an extraordinary book for many western readers. It is a modern re-working of a 19th century Urdu version of an Islamic heroic epic. The English prose reminds one at times of Shakespeare, at other times of Homer, and yet at other times as something refreshingly new in its attempt to captur...

from RajivC

This is a glorious tale, and if you want to go on a romp through a magical world, then this is the place to start. Set in the early times of Islam. it does indeed also talk oh how Amir Hamza, the uncle of Muhammed, through his adventures, helped to spread Islam. If you ignore this aspect and focu...

from RajivC

This is a glorious tale, and if you want to go on a romp through a magical world, then this is the place to start. Set in the early times of Islam. it does indeed also talk oh how Amir Hamza, the uncle of Muhammed, through his adventures, helped to spread Islam. If you ignore this aspect and focu...