Mumtaz Mufti

Mumtaz Mufti ممتاز مفتی
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Born	September 11, 1905 Batala, Punjab, British India
Died	October 27, 1995 (aged 90) Islamabad, Pakistan
Occupation	Writer
Nationality	Pakistani
Genre	Fiction, sufism
Subject	Literature, philosophy, psychology, socialism
Notable works	Ali Pur Ka Aeeli, Alakh Nagri, Labbaik, Un Kahi, Talash, Muftianey
Notable awards	Sitara-e-Imtiaz, 1986 Munshi Premchand Award, 1989
Website
www.mumtazmuftee.com

Mumtaz Mufti (Urdu: ممتاز مفتی) (September 11, 1905 – October 27, 1995), was a writer from Pakistan.

Early life

Mumtaz Mufti was born in Batala, Punjab (now in India). He was a son of Muhammad Hussain and his first wife Sughra Khannum. He became a civil servant under British rule and started career as a school teacher. Soon after partition, he migrated to Pakistan with his family.

Significance

Mumtaz Mufti started writing Urdu short stories while working as a school teacher before partition. In the beginning of his literary career, he was considered a non-conformist writer having liberal views, who appeared influenced by Freud. His transformation from Liberalism to Sufism was due to his inspiration from Qudrat Ullah Shahab. All the same, he did manage to retain his individual point of view and wrote on subjects which were frowned upon by the conservative elements in society.

The two phases of his life are witnessed by his autobiographies, Ali Pur Ka Aeeli and Alakh Nagri. According to forewords mentioned in his later autobiography, Ali Pur Ka Aeeli is an account of a lover who challenged the social taboos of his times, and Alakh Nagri is an account of an acolyte who greatly influenced by the mysticism of Qudrat Ullah Shahab.

Talaash ("Quest") was the last book written by Mumtaz Mufti.

Awards

• 1986: Sitara-e-Imtiaz
• 1989: Munshi Premchand Award

Works

• Ali Pur Ka Aeeli (Urdu: علی پور کا ایلی) is Mufti's 1961 autobiography describing the first phase of his life. Initially, this book was considered to be a novel but later it was revealed to be roman à clef.
• Alakh Nagri (Urdu: الکھ‍ نگری) is Mufti's autobiography describing the second phase of his life.
• Docter ka istemaal
• Ram Din
• Un Kahi
• Chup
• Guria Ghar
• Ismaraeen
• Kahi Na Jai
• Labbaik (Urdu: لبیک)
• Muftianey
• Nizam e Sakaa
• Roughani Putlay
• Samay Ka Bandhan
• Hind Yaatra
• Piyaaz Ke Chhilkay
• Okhay Awallay
• Aur Okhay Log
• Talash (Urdu: تلاش)

External links

• Listen to Books written by Mumtaz Mufti
• Obituary, Obituary of Mumtaz Mufti on Dawn newspaper, Karachi, Retrieved 11 Jan 2016
• Download Books by Mumtaz Mufti
• A link to his book