More Articles on Ibne Safi

Ibne Safi's sad demise on 27th July 1980 was a shock for his fans and readers. He was a great writer but more importantly he was a great human being. Here is how his fans and readers presented their tribute to the departing soul. May God place his soul in peace. Amen!

Ibne Safi is truly the only real best-selling author in Urdu literature. His novels have been translated into six Indian regional languages, and have sold more copies than any others. Out of a borrowed genre, he created new cultural heroes, building his own microcosm of fiction that readers willingly accepted. He introduced humour into the formerly serious world of detective fiction. Above all, he wrote with an Urdu style that was rare in popular commercial fiction.

There are countless published writings about Ibne Safi and his work. Here are some of the articles that describe his personality and his work in detail: