Karbala

By Munshi Premchand

In seventh-century Arabia, Prophet Muhammad's grandson, Imam Hussain,
sacrificed his life and his family members and companions in the desert of
Karbala, Iraq, to resist the debauched ruler Yazid. In twentieth-century India,
when the communal conflict was at its peak, Premchand wrote a play about this
pivotal event of Islamic history and transformed it into a nationalist narrative.
This first-ever English translation of Premchand's outstanding play Karbala
(1924) is an illuminating blend of historical facts and imagination. It reveals
Premchand's profound understanding of the communal conflict in early
twentieth-century India and his unique way of imagining the nation, in tune
with Gandhian principles of communal harmony and co-existence of religions.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190132639
• ISBN13: 9780190132637
• Release Date: January 2023
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 241 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.7"