![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Unlike H Iqbal or others who wrote novels, copying the characters of Ibn-e-Safi, viz. He married a woman who had African ancestry. A prolific writer, his novels were sell-outs. After his graduation, Akram Allahabadi took to journalism and joined an Urdu daily in Allahabad, in 1946.Īkram Allahabadi started several daily newspapers and magazines, edited journals and later shifted to Mumbai. He was sent to Bhopal for studies but fell in love with a girl and was later sent to Kanpur. Syed Mohammad Akram, who was born in 1922, was born in a zamindar family in Allahabad. I still recall how elders would talk about Ibn-e-Safi’s ‘Deo Paikar Darinda’ or ‘Zamin ke Badal’ in the same breath as Allahabadi’s ‘Junction Bilara’ and ‘Salazar series’ or Sputnik which were all immensely popular novels. In my childhood, I remember, almost every AH Wheeler bookstall across India, had his novels on display along with Jasoosi Duniya. Unfortunately, Akram Allahabadi is not remembered as much, as he ought to be. His characters, particularly, Inspector Khan and sergeant Baley, also have a secured place in the history of Urdu literature. Akram Allahabadi was a writer who attained immense popularity in the genre of Urdu detective fiction in the sub-continent.Īlmost a near contemporary of the legendary Ibn-e-Safi, Akram Allahabadi also had a huge fan following. ![]()
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