Ibn-e-safi

Ibn-e-safi

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Ibn-e-safi Profile

  • Name:
  • Ibn-e-safi
  • Born:
  • July 26, 1928
  • Died:
  • July 25, 1980
  • Spouse:
  • Farhat Ara

Ibn-e-safi Biography

Ibn-e-Safi was an Urdu fictional writer who lived in undivided India, and later moved to Pakistan in the 1950s. This prolific Urdu writer of 20th century owns many bestselling books to his credit. He wrote poetry, fiction, novels etc. Born in Allahabad, he started writing in 1940s while in India and after moving Pakistan, he continued with his literal career. He lived during the period, 26 July 1928 - 25 July 1980. He died at a comparatively young age of 52 in Lahore. He is best known for detective novels, and other works in spy, thrillers, mystery, adventure etc. Jasoosi Dunya and Imran Series are his notable works.

 

Ibne Safi was born on 26 July 1928 in Allahabad, present-day Uttar Pradesh into a Muslim family. His name literally means Son of Safi in Arabic language. Safiullah and Naziran Bibi were his parents. He graduated from Agra University. He also studied at Allahabad University. His writing career began in the early 1940s when he was in India. He began writing novels in the early 1950s. In those days he was working as a teacher in a higher secondary school. He was also doing his part-time studies. He migrated to Karachi in August 1952, and started his career as a publisher as well. He started 'Israr Publications' in Karachi.

 

The following year he married Ume Salma Khatoon. Later he married Farhat Ara from North Nazimabad. In the early 1960s, for a few years he suffered from depression and took a break from his writing career as well. Once recovered, he returned in a bang and published Imran Series novel, Dairrh Matwaalay, which was a bestseller. He wrote 36 novels of 'Jasoosi Duniya' and 79 novels of 'Imran Series' after his recovery from depression. He died of pancreatic cancer on 25 July 1980 in Karachi, just one day before his birthday. He was survived by his second wife and 7 children.

Published: February 18, 2019

Updated: February 18, 2019

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