Imran Series (Mazhar Kaleem)
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Mazhar Kaleem's Imran Series is a series of Urdu spy
novels written by Pakistani author Mazhar Kaleem
within the classic Imran Series
mythos created by Ibn-e-Safi
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His first novel was Makazounka in which Kaleem first introduced the character of Captain Shakeel, who was transferred from Military Intelligence. It was published in the late 1960s. Each book in the series was a complete novel but some stories spanned over two or more books (for instance, Kaghzi Qayamat, Imran Ka Aghwa and others).
The character of Ali Imran is a playful yet deceiving personality. He is a bright young Oxford graduate with M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in chemistry. His comical and apparently incompetent persona hides his identity as head of a secret service. The Imran Series explains the workings of a country's Secret Service that operates from the capital of an imaginary country called Pakasia. The Secret Service is administered by the Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Sir Sultan, who offers Imran the position as the Secret Service's head after getting personal help from him.
These novels are currently published by "Yousuf Brothers", whose press is located in Pak Gate Multan.
Imran Series has a range of diverse, colorful, and sentient characters.Some of the members of the secret service include
X 2 (played by Ali Imran and Tahir, aka Black Zero),
Juliana Fitzwater
Safdar
Tanveer
Capt. Shakeel
Sualeha
But Other Secret Service Members Of Imran Series ,Mazhar Kaleem Given Them A New Status and characteristics.They are known as ‘Four Stars’.
Siddeequi is the head of these members.other members are:
Khawar
Choohan
Nomani
Some of the other foreighn agents in imran series are
Natran
Faisal Jan
True Man and others.
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Spy fiction
Spy fiction, literature concerning the forms of espionage, was a sub-genre derived from the novel during the nineteenth century, which then evolved into a discrete genre before the First World War , when governments established modern intelligence agencies in the early twentieth century...
novels written by Pakistani author Mazhar Kaleem
Mazhar Kaleem
Mazhar Kaleem is a Pakistani novelist chiefly famous for his Imran Series novels, Urdu spy fiction written within Imran Series mythos created by the late Ibn-e-Safi....
within the classic Imran Series
Imran Series
Imran Series is one of the best-selling Urdu spy novels series created by Pakistani writer Ibn-e-Safi. The first novel, Khaufnaak Imarat , was published in October 1955. Early books in the series are complete novels...
mythos created by Ibn-e-Safi
Ibn-e-Safi
Ibn-e-Safi was the pen name of Asrar Ahmad , a best-selling and prolific fiction writer, novelist and poet of Urdu. The word Ibn-e-Safi is an Arabian expression which literally means Son of Safi, where the word Safi means chaste or righteous...
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His first novel was Makazounka in which Kaleem first introduced the character of Captain Shakeel, who was transferred from Military Intelligence. It was published in the late 1960s. Each book in the series was a complete novel but some stories spanned over two or more books (for instance, Kaghzi Qayamat, Imran Ka Aghwa and others).
The character of Ali Imran is a playful yet deceiving personality. He is a bright young Oxford graduate with M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in chemistry. His comical and apparently incompetent persona hides his identity as head of a secret service. The Imran Series explains the workings of a country's Secret Service that operates from the capital of an imaginary country called Pakasia. The Secret Service is administered by the Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Sir Sultan, who offers Imran the position as the Secret Service's head after getting personal help from him.
These novels are currently published by "Yousuf Brothers", whose press is located in Pak Gate Multan.
Characters Created By Mazhar Kaleem
Mazhar Kaleem acquired fame through writing about Ibn-e-Safi's famous character in the Imran Series in the late 1960s. After Ibn-e-Safi many writers tried to write within the Imran series but few have lasted beyond a few novels except Kaleem. He has now written over five hundred novels. He has brought many new characters to the Imran Series and introduced various new topics like mystic crimes (Misaale Dunya) and economic crimes (Kaghazee Qiyamat).Imran Series has a range of diverse, colorful, and sentient characters.Some of the members of the secret service include
X 2 (played by Ali Imran and Tahir, aka Black Zero),
Juliana Fitzwater
Safdar
Tanveer
Capt. Shakeel
Sualeha
But Other Secret Service Members Of Imran Series ,Mazhar Kaleem Given Them A New Status and characteristics.They are known as ‘Four Stars’.
Siddeequi is the head of these members.other members are:
Khawar
Choohan
Nomani
Some of the other foreighn agents in imran series are
Natran
Faisal Jan
True Man and others.
See also
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