Muhammad Mustafa Khan Aafat

Biography

Muhammad Mustafa Khan Aafat was an Urdu writer. The title Munshi in his name marks him as a secretary, scribe or teacher of letters. Aafat, a common Urdu word meaning calamity or misfortune, is most likely the pen-name he wrote under, as many Urdu writers did. No Wikipedia article was found for him, and the sources available to this page give neither his dates nor his place of work, so the details of his life must be treated as unknown.

His book on this site is Rashid o Zohra (رشید و زہرہ), whose title names its two lovers, Rashid and Zohra. The title alone suggests a love story. Readers who want to know its setting, its form or its place in Urdu writing should check the book itself, its preface and its edition details, since this page does not confirm them.

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Books

1. رشید و زہرہ

   by منشی محمد مصطفیٰ خاں آفت

   Muhammad Mustafa Khan Aafat's Rashid o Zohra is a short nineteenth-century romance in eight chapters, each headed by its number in words and opened with a verse. It tells of the love of Rashid and Zohra and the troubles that bring Zohra to grief.

   Summary written by Claude Sonnet 5.5.