Ali Imran is a fictional

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 spymaster

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 and the protagonist of the Imran Series

Imran Series

Imran Series is one of the best-selling Urdu spy novels series created by Pakistani writer Ibn-e-Safi. The first novel, Khaufnaak Imarat , was published in October 1955. Early books in the series are complete novels...

of Urdu spy-comedy novel

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s by the Pakistan

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i author Ibn-e-Safi

Ibn-e-Safi

Ibn-e-Safi was the pen name of Asrar Ahmad , a best-selling and prolific fiction writer, novelist and poet of Urdu. The word Ibn-e-Safi is an Arabian expression which literally means Son of Safi, where the word Safi means chaste or righteous...

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Ali Imran's Family

Ali Imran enjoys living around a complete family. Members of his family include his father Karam Rahman, mother Amma Bi, and sister Surayya. Several of Imran's female cousins are often found making fun of him with Surayya.

Imran's dearly attachment with his family is evident in some of the books. For example, In the "Allama Dehshatnak" serial, he finds the only way to anger the villain is by getting personal with him and mocking his history and the fact that his family was very brutally destroyed. By doing so however, Imran provokes the villain to counter by bombing his family's house. At this point the reader sees how deeply Imran loves his family as he rushes to the scene forgetting even to use the car.

It is also often told that Imran's family is Pashtun

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 and descendant of Genghis Khan

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. Following is the list of the family members:

Mr. Karam-Rahman

He is Imran's father and the director general of Intelligence Bureau. He has a stern personality and a strict dictator. He is somewhat responsible for Imran's paradoxical personality. Initially wanting Imran to become a professor at a local university, he was very upset when Imran was appointed as a special officer in his own department. Later, he cancelled Imran's license by dismissing his roguery strategies that he employed for catching a smuggler in "Bhayanak Aadmi" (The Frightening Man - #4). Highly annoyed by Imran and his actions, he then ordered him to leave the house.

Rahman Sahib (Karram Rahman) is the Director General of the Central Intelligence Bureau, and a very strict person both at home and in the office. Although Imran solves a very mysterious case in "Bhayanak Aadmi", he does not like the way Imran handles the situation; so he fires Imran and also asks him to leave the family house. Underneath his tough exterior, he loves Imran and is internally pleased with his successes. However, his stubbornness does not allow him to reveal his sentiments.

Amma Bi

Imran's mother, Amma Bi, is an eastern style housewife. She is a victim of the strict nature of her husband, Karam Rahman. When Imran is forced to leave the house, she is against the decision but is helpless to do anything because of her husband. In some novels, it is shown that when Imran visits her, she gets emotional and starts crying, beating him with her slippers.

Surayya

Imran's younger sister Surayya is blessed with the strict nature of her father. She is also fed up with Imran's unserious behavior and lets no opportunity slide to show her anger towards her brother. Imran's love for his sister is shown in the novel "Aadha Teeter" in which Imran struggles to protect her Fiancee from a blackmailer.

See also

• Ibn-e-Safi
  Ibn-e-Safi
  Ibn-e-Safi was the pen name of Asrar Ahmad , a best-selling and prolific fiction writer, novelist and poet of Urdu. The word Ibn-e-Safi is an Arabian expression which literally means Son of Safi, where the word Safi means chaste or righteous...
  
  
• Imran Series
  Imran Series
  Imran Series is one of the best-selling Urdu spy novels series created by Pakistani writer Ibn-e-Safi. The first novel, Khaufnaak Imarat , was published in October 1955. Early books in the series are complete novels...
  
  
• Ali Imran
  Ali Imran
  Ali Imran is a fictional character in various Urdu language detective novels written by Asrar Ahmed under the pseudonym of Ibn-e-Safi. He serves as the titular protagonist in the Imran Series novels...
  
  
• Secret Service members in Imran Series
• Other Important Characters of Imran Series
  Other Important Characters of Imran Series
  This page lists important characters of the Imran Series of Urdu spy-comedy novels originally written by the Pakistani author Ibn-e-Safi and later continued by Mazhar Kaleem.-Secret Service members:...
  
  
• Villains of Imran Series