Mastūr, Khadīja

by Oesterheld, Christina

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Khadīja Mastūr (Khadija Mastoor), a pre-eminent social-realist Urdu writer of the 1950s through the 1980s, was born on 11 December 1927 in Bareilly, India. Her father, Sayyid Ṭahūr Aḥmad Khān, died in 1937, followed a year later by her maternal uncle, leaving the family without financial support. Under these circumstances, Khadīja was unable to attend college, but she did receive a thorough Urdu-language education at home. After Partition, the family moved to Lahore. The experiences of personal…

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Khadīja Mastūr (Khadija Mastoor), a pre-eminent social-realist Urdu writer of the 1950s through the 1980s, was born on 11 December 1927 in Bareilly, India. Her father, Sayyid Ṭahūr Aḥmad Khān, died in 1937, followed a year later by her maternal uncle, leaving the family without financial support. Under these circumstances, Khadīja was unable to attend college, but she did receive a thorough Urdu-language education at home. After Partition, the family moved to Lahore. The experiences of personal loss, displacement, economic hardship, and existential crisis were important in

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  • Publisher(s):Brill
  • Language:eng

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  • wc:ALei3093

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eng Islam

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Oesterheld, Christina

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