Faridi's Unofficial Aide
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The following fictional character
s are unofficial helpers to the spy and crime-fighter Colonel Faridi
in the Jasoosi Dunya
(The Spy World) series of Urdu spy novels by Ibn-e-Safi
.
, who respects only Faridi in law enforcement agencies
. During a discussion in the above book, Faridi
tries to explain to Hameed why Anwar is so bitter about life. Due to his harsh past life, Anwar changed into an angry, ruthless, but brave individual. He has a philosophy on life and he calls it “Revenge
”. To him, revenge is the driving force behind life.
Like Faridi
, Imran
, and Hameed
, Anwar has also been bitten by love
. Sajida was once involved with him but decided to leave Anwar for a businessman. Since then, Anwar desolated himself from the opposite sex and had been living in solitary
. Sajida and her husband show up in “Heeray ki Kaan” (The Diamond Mine - #13) – the first book entirely on Anwar and Rasheeda’s escapade.
Anwars’s character is another example of Ibn-e-Safi's
creativity
and innovation
for crafting personalities. Anwar’s character is developed such that the reader wants to love and hate him at the same time. He is a black mailer but only for evildoers. He insults Rasheeda on her idea of falling into love with her but loves her as a close friend. He can be an accomplice to a criminal on rare occasions but can also shoot them for committing crimes against humanity. He is a good guy acting like a bad one.
After “Maut ki Aandhee”, when Faridi
and Hameed
took a long vacation, Ibn-e-Safi
wrote four books based solely on Anwar and Rasheeda’s adventures. These four novels include “Heeray ki Kaan” (The Diamond Mine - #13), “Tijori ka Geet” (The Song of the Safe - #14), “Aatishi Parinda” (The Flaming Bird - #15), and “Khooni Patthar” (The Killing Stone – 16). By the time of “Khooni Patthar”, public demanded that Faridi and Hameed be brought back from their vacation. Ibn-e-Safi respected that demand and conjoined the talents of Anwar and Rasheeda with that of Faridi and Hameed in “Bhayanak Jazeera” (The Frightful Island - #17) that is actually a story on Rasheeda’s background.
Anwar and Rasheeda’s characters were introduced while Faridi and Hameed were away on vacation, touring Europe after solving the case of Vilman’s Mechanical Windstorm in Mot Ki Aandh. Ibne Safi wrote five consecutive novels on Anwar and Rasheeda – Heeray Ki Kaan, Tijoari Ka Geet, Aatishee Paranda, Khooni Patthar, and Bhayanak Jazeera. In the fifth novel, Faridi and Hameed return from their vacation and work together with Anwar and Rasheeda.
Anwar is a crime reporter in "The Daily Star". He belongs to a very respectable rich family but, due to some differences of opinion, he lives alone. Anwar is a genius, and works as a private investigator. He plays it smart and keeps himself away from the police. Inspector Asif, a crooked police officer, is always asking for his help. However, as Anwar knows a lot about Asif’s illegal tactics, he blackmails the inspector just to get free dinners or cover other expenses. In spite of his own intelligence, he respects Faridi and considers him as his Guru. Faridi obtains unofficial help from Anwar and Rasheeda in many cases.
. She returns back in "Neelam Ki Waapsi" (The Return of Neelam - #118).
Series. Whereas Hameed
's sense of humor is more mature, Qasim's is the opposite: in other words, simplistic, childish, and spontaneous
. Readers love and hate Qasim at the same time. On the one hand, Qasim deserves sympathy because he never had the freedom he needed as an adult and had a suppressed life before and after marriage. It is probably his suppressed upbringing that causes his speech irregularities. Qasim frequently switches some Urdu
alphabets while speaking. On the other hand, he seems to be cheating on his wife and appears to be extremely unintelligent on occasion. But it is these mixed characteristics and the spontaneity of his character that provide an extreme comic relief in Jasoosi Dunya
.
Qasim is the only son of Khan Bahadur Asim, an industrialist and owner of Asim Textiles. Qasim is first introduced in Burf Kay Bhoot (Snow Ghosts - #33). However, Hameed
meets Qasim for the first time in "Zahreela Aadmi" (The Venomous Man - #87) which is Faridi
's early days' story. Qasim is moving a motor-cycle rider along with his motor-cycle from one place to another. (Qasim's rider had accidentally hit Qasim.) Hameed found Qasim very entertaining, and since the time they met they never separated.
Qasim also comes up with these weird names for women. Since he is a huge man (seven feet tall and very fat), he likes healthy women and calls them full-falooties. Skinny, lightweight, and slim females on the other hand makes him very upset and hence deserve to be called "Yalayilee" in his opinion. This may have something to do with the fact that Qasim has never been able to develop a sexual relationship with his wife who belongs in the “Yalayilee” category. He detestfully calls her “Gilahri Begum” (Mrs. Squirrel
) because of her petite
figure.
Qasim's hunger is unimaginable. He can finish several goat
-legs and whole chickens without a single burp. In short, Qasim's appearance is more like that of a genie of Aladdin
's lamp.
. Tariq is an Arab
by race but can speak several languages fluently. He is a wanderer
. No one knows his sources of income and yet, Tariq never seem to have any monetary issues. Some think that Tariq is in search of old treasure
s.
Tariq first appears in “Purasraar Kunwaan” (The Mysterious Well - #6) as Nawab Rasheed-uz-Zaman’s close friend. His mysterious personality makes him a suspicious individual. But he comes clean at the end of the story. He is an expert hypnotist and has a brilliant shine in his eyes. Tariq carries a big, almost cat-sized mongoose
that is considered a sacred
animal in some South American tribes and called “Shaki” or “Shakaki”.
His actual talent is revealed in “Khooni Bagolay” (Bloody Fireballs - # 45) and “Zameen Ke Badal”(Clouds of the Earth - #75) where Tariq's linguistic as well as hypnotic abilities benefited Faridi
to travel through some primeval, barbaric tribes and catch criminals.
Fictional character
A character is the representation of a person in a narrative work of art . Derived from the ancient Greek word kharaktêr , the earliest use in English, in this sense, dates from the Restoration, although it became widely used after its appearance in Tom Jones in 1749. From this, the sense of...
s are unofficial helpers to the spy and crime-fighter Colonel Faridi
Ahmad Kamal Faridi
Ahmad Kamal Faridi is a fictional spy and crime-fighter, created by Ibn-e-Safi as the lead character of the of Urdu spy novel series Jasoosi Dunya ....
in the Jasoosi Dunya
Jasoosi Dunya
Jasoosi Dunya is a best-selling series of Urdu spy novels written by Ibn-e-Safi. The first novel, Dilaer Mujrim was published in March, 1952. The central idea and theme of this novel was taken from Victor Gunn’s novel Ironside's Lone Hand...
(The Spy World) series of Urdu spy novels by 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...
.
Anwar
Anwar fleetingly delivers an opening in “Maut ki Aandhee” (The Hurricane of Death - #12). He is an intelligent crime reporter, ex-lawyerLawyer
A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person who is practicing law." Law is the system of rules of conduct established by the sovereign government of a society to correct wrongs, maintain the stability of political...
, who respects only Faridi in law enforcement agencies
Law enforcement agency
In North American English, a law enforcement agency is a government agency responsible for the enforcement of the laws.Outside North America, such organizations are called police services. In North America, some of these services are called police while others have other names In North American...
. During a discussion in the above book, Faridi
Ahmad Kamal Faridi
Ahmad Kamal Faridi is a fictional spy and crime-fighter, created by Ibn-e-Safi as the lead character of the of Urdu spy novel series Jasoosi Dunya ....
tries to explain to Hameed why Anwar is so bitter about life. Due to his harsh past life, Anwar changed into an angry, ruthless, but brave individual. He has a philosophy on life and he calls it “Revenge
Revenge
Revenge is a harmful action against a person or group in response to a grievance, be it real or perceived. It is also called payback, retribution, retaliation or vengeance; it may be characterized, justly or unjustly, as a form of justice.-Function in society:Some societies believe that the...
”. To him, revenge is the driving force behind life.
Like Faridi
Ahmad Kamal Faridi
Ahmad Kamal Faridi is a fictional spy and crime-fighter, created by Ibn-e-Safi as the lead character of the of Urdu spy novel series Jasoosi Dunya ....
, 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...
, and Hameed
Sajid Hameed
Sajid Hameed is a fictional spy and crime-fighter, the chief assistant to Colonel Faridi in the Jasoosi Dunya series of Urdu spy novels by Ibn-e-Safi.-Personality:Hameed's character complements that of Faridi's...
, Anwar has also been bitten by love
Love
Love is an emotion of strong affection and personal attachment. In philosophical context, love is a virtue representing all of human kindness, compassion, and affection. Love is central to many religions, as in the Christian phrase, "God is love" or Agape in the Canonical gospels...
. Sajida was once involved with him but decided to leave Anwar for a businessman. Since then, Anwar desolated himself from the opposite sex and had been living in solitary
Celibacy
Celibacy is a personal commitment to avoiding sexual relations, in particular a vow from marriage. Typically celibacy involves avoiding all romantic relationships of any kind. An individual may choose celibacy for religious reasons, such as is the case for priests in some religions, for reasons of...
. Sajida and her husband show up in “Heeray ki Kaan” (The Diamond Mine - #13) – the first book entirely on Anwar and Rasheeda’s escapade.
Anwars’s character is another example of Ibn-e-Safi's
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...
creativity
Creativity
Creativity refers to the phenomenon whereby a person creates something new that has some kind of value. What counts as "new" may be in reference to the individual creator, or to the society or domain within which the novelty occurs...
and innovation
Innovation
Innovation is the creation of better or more effective products, processes, technologies, or ideas that are accepted by markets, governments, and society...
for crafting personalities. Anwar’s character is developed such that the reader wants to love and hate him at the same time. He is a black mailer but only for evildoers. He insults Rasheeda on her idea of falling into love with her but loves her as a close friend. He can be an accomplice to a criminal on rare occasions but can also shoot them for committing crimes against humanity. He is a good guy acting like a bad one.
After “Maut ki Aandhee”, when Faridi
Ahmad Kamal Faridi
Ahmad Kamal Faridi is a fictional spy and crime-fighter, created by Ibn-e-Safi as the lead character of the of Urdu spy novel series Jasoosi Dunya ....
and Hameed
Sajid Hameed
Sajid Hameed is a fictional spy and crime-fighter, the chief assistant to Colonel Faridi in the Jasoosi Dunya series of Urdu spy novels by Ibn-e-Safi.-Personality:Hameed's character complements that of Faridi's...
took a long vacation, 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...
wrote four books based solely on Anwar and Rasheeda’s adventures. These four novels include “Heeray ki Kaan” (The Diamond Mine - #13), “Tijori ka Geet” (The Song of the Safe - #14), “Aatishi Parinda” (The Flaming Bird - #15), and “Khooni Patthar” (The Killing Stone – 16). By the time of “Khooni Patthar”, public demanded that Faridi and Hameed be brought back from their vacation. Ibn-e-Safi respected that demand and conjoined the talents of Anwar and Rasheeda with that of Faridi and Hameed in “Bhayanak Jazeera” (The Frightful Island - #17) that is actually a story on Rasheeda’s background.
Anwar and Rasheeda’s characters were introduced while Faridi and Hameed were away on vacation, touring Europe after solving the case of Vilman’s Mechanical Windstorm in Mot Ki Aandh. Ibne Safi wrote five consecutive novels on Anwar and Rasheeda – Heeray Ki Kaan, Tijoari Ka Geet, Aatishee Paranda, Khooni Patthar, and Bhayanak Jazeera. In the fifth novel, Faridi and Hameed return from their vacation and work together with Anwar and Rasheeda.
Anwar is a crime reporter in "The Daily Star". He belongs to a very respectable rich family but, due to some differences of opinion, he lives alone. Anwar is a genius, and works as a private investigator. He plays it smart and keeps himself away from the police. Inspector Asif, a crooked police officer, is always asking for his help. However, as Anwar knows a lot about Asif’s illegal tactics, he blackmails the inspector just to get free dinners or cover other expenses. In spite of his own intelligence, he respects Faridi and considers him as his Guru. Faridi obtains unofficial help from Anwar and Rasheeda in many cases.
Rasheeda
Rasheeda, lives in apartment next to Anwar’s, and is his colleague and a close friend. Anwar is always in debt with Rasheeda because of his heavy spending, especially on cigarettes, books, and dining out. They are in a love-hate relationship. Rasheeda is a courageous young woman who can fight bravely against the criminals. Her character is portrayed in a very mysterious manner, until her actual identity is revealed in "Bhayanak Jazeera" (The Terrifying Island #17). Readers discover that she is the crown princess of a secret place called “Baron Island”, raised outside her state because of the risk to her life from opponents. However, for the sake of Anwar, she does not accept the crown. Withdrawing herself in favour of another girl, she returns back.Neelam
Neelam’s character is introduced in "Toofaan Ka Aghwaa" (The Abduction of a Storm - #67). Her father, a smuggler, was killed by one of his fellow gangsters. The same murderer also killed her mother when Neelam was only one year old. She often imagines herself in that rainy night when she was crying beside her mother’s dead body on a street. She has a strong urge to get revenge for her parents’ killing, which she eventually achieves. She has been raised by the leader of the smuggler’s gang. In spite of living with criminals, she keeps herself away from crime and wants to get rid of their circle. When Faridi and Hameed searched for the smugglers, she finally got her chance, helping them break up the gang. Faridi then adopted her as a child. She usually calls Faridi ‘Uncle’ and Hameed ‘Baba’ (father). Initially, she assisted Faridi in "Rifle Ka Naghmaa" (The Song of the Rifle - #68), but is then sent abroad for higher studies in CriminologyCriminology
Criminology is the scientific study of the nature, extent, causes, and control of criminal behavior in both the individual and in society...
. She returns back in "Neelam Ki Waapsi" (The Return of Neelam - #118).
Qasim
Qasim's character is the comic spirit of the Jasoosi DunyaJasoosi Dunya
Jasoosi Dunya is a best-selling series of Urdu spy novels written by Ibn-e-Safi. The first novel, Dilaer Mujrim was published in March, 1952. The central idea and theme of this novel was taken from Victor Gunn’s novel Ironside's Lone Hand...
Series. Whereas Hameed
Sajid Hameed
Sajid Hameed is a fictional spy and crime-fighter, the chief assistant to Colonel Faridi in the Jasoosi Dunya series of Urdu spy novels by Ibn-e-Safi.-Personality:Hameed's character complements that of Faridi's...
's sense of humor is more mature, Qasim's is the opposite: in other words, simplistic, childish, and spontaneous
Spontaneous
Spontaneous* Spontaneous abortion* Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis* Spontaneous combustion* Spontaneous emission* Spontaneous fission* Spontaneous generation* Spontaneous human combustion* Spontaneous Music Ensemble* Spontaneous order...
. Readers love and hate Qasim at the same time. On the one hand, Qasim deserves sympathy because he never had the freedom he needed as an adult and had a suppressed life before and after marriage. It is probably his suppressed upbringing that causes his speech irregularities. Qasim frequently switches some Urdu
Urdu
Urdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...
alphabets while speaking. On the other hand, he seems to be cheating on his wife and appears to be extremely unintelligent on occasion. But it is these mixed characteristics and the spontaneity of his character that provide an extreme comic relief in Jasoosi Dunya
Jasoosi Dunya
Jasoosi Dunya is a best-selling series of Urdu spy novels written by Ibn-e-Safi. The first novel, Dilaer Mujrim was published in March, 1952. The central idea and theme of this novel was taken from Victor Gunn’s novel Ironside's Lone Hand...
.
Qasim is the only son of Khan Bahadur Asim, an industrialist and owner of Asim Textiles. Qasim is first introduced in Burf Kay Bhoot (Snow Ghosts - #33). However, Hameed
Sajid Hameed
Sajid Hameed is a fictional spy and crime-fighter, the chief assistant to Colonel Faridi in the Jasoosi Dunya series of Urdu spy novels by Ibn-e-Safi.-Personality:Hameed's character complements that of Faridi's...
meets Qasim for the first time in "Zahreela Aadmi" (The Venomous Man - #87) which is Faridi
Ahmad Kamal Faridi
Ahmad Kamal Faridi is a fictional spy and crime-fighter, created by Ibn-e-Safi as the lead character of the of Urdu spy novel series Jasoosi Dunya ....
's early days' story. Qasim is moving a motor-cycle rider along with his motor-cycle from one place to another. (Qasim's rider had accidentally hit Qasim.) Hameed found Qasim very entertaining, and since the time they met they never separated.
Qasim also comes up with these weird names for women. Since he is a huge man (seven feet tall and very fat), he likes healthy women and calls them full-falooties. Skinny, lightweight, and slim females on the other hand makes him very upset and hence deserve to be called "Yalayilee" in his opinion. This may have something to do with the fact that Qasim has never been able to develop a sexual relationship with his wife who belongs in the “Yalayilee” category. He detestfully calls her “Gilahri Begum” (Mrs. Squirrel
Squirrel
Squirrels belong to a large family of small or medium-sized rodents called the Sciuridae. The family includes tree squirrels, ground squirrels, chipmunks, marmots , flying squirrels, and prairie dogs. Squirrels are indigenous to the Americas, Eurasia, and Africa and have been introduced to Australia...
) because of her petite
Petite sizes
In fashion and clothing, a petite size is a standard clothing size designed to fit women of shorter height, typically or less.-Changes in pattern measurements and design:...
figure.
Qasim's hunger is unimaginable. He can finish several goat
Goat
The domestic goat is a subspecies of goat domesticated from the wild goat of southwest Asia and Eastern Europe. The goat is a member of the Bovidae family and is closely related to the sheep as both are in the goat-antelope subfamily Caprinae. There are over three hundred distinct breeds of...
-legs and whole chickens without a single burp. In short, Qasim's appearance is more like that of a genie of Aladdin
Aladdin
Aladdin is a Middle Eastern folk tale. It is one of the tales in The Book of One Thousand and One Nights , and one of the most famous, although it was actually added to the collection by Antoine Galland ....
's lamp.
Tariq
Tariq is another interesting character created by Ibn-e-SafiIbn-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...
. Tariq is an Arab
Arab
Arab people, also known as Arabs , are a panethnicity primarily living in the Arab world, which is located in Western Asia and North Africa. They are identified as such on one or more of genealogical, linguistic, or cultural grounds, with tribal affiliations, and intra-tribal relationships playing...
by race but can speak several languages fluently. He is a wanderer
Travel
Travel is the movement of people or objects between relatively distant geographical locations. 'Travel' can also include relatively short stays between successive movements.-Etymology:...
. No one knows his sources of income and yet, Tariq never seem to have any monetary issues. Some think that Tariq is in search of old treasure
Treasure
Treasure is a concentration of riches, often one which is considered lost or forgotten until being rediscovered...
s.
Tariq first appears in “Purasraar Kunwaan” (The Mysterious Well - #6) as Nawab Rasheed-uz-Zaman’s close friend. His mysterious personality makes him a suspicious individual. But he comes clean at the end of the story. He is an expert hypnotist and has a brilliant shine in his eyes. Tariq carries a big, almost cat-sized mongoose
Mongoose
Mongoose are a family of 33 living species of small carnivorans from southern Eurasia and mainland Africa. Four additional species from Madagascar in the subfamily Galidiinae, which were previously classified in this family, are also referred to as "mongooses" or "mongoose-like"...
that is considered a sacred
Sacred
Holiness, or sanctity, is in general the state of being holy or sacred...
animal in some South American tribes and called “Shaki” or “Shakaki”.
His actual talent is revealed in “Khooni Bagolay” (Bloody Fireballs - # 45) and “Zameen Ke Badal”(Clouds of the Earth - #75) where Tariq's linguistic as well as hypnotic abilities benefited Faridi
Ahmad Kamal Faridi
Ahmad Kamal Faridi is a fictional spy and crime-fighter, created by Ibn-e-Safi as the lead character of the of Urdu spy novel series Jasoosi Dunya ....
to travel through some primeval, barbaric tribes and catch criminals.
See also
- Ibn-e-SafiIbn-e-SafiIbn-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...
- Jasoosi DunyaJasoosi DunyaJasoosi Dunya is a best-selling series of Urdu spy novels written by Ibn-e-Safi. The first novel, Dilaer Mujrim was published in March, 1952. The central idea and theme of this novel was taken from Victor Gunn’s novel Ironside's Lone Hand...
- Ahmad Kamal FaridiAhmad Kamal FaridiAhmad Kamal Faridi is a fictional spy and crime-fighter, created by Ibn-e-Safi as the lead character of the of Urdu spy novel series Jasoosi Dunya ....
- Sajid HameedSajid HameedSajid Hameed is a fictional spy and crime-fighter, the chief assistant to Colonel Faridi in the Jasoosi Dunya series of Urdu spy novels by Ibn-e-Safi.-Personality:Hameed's character complements that of Faridi's...
- Villains of Jasoosi DunyaVillains of Jasoosi DunyaA number of villains appear in Ibn-e-Safi's Jasoosi Dunya series.-Jabar:Jabar first appears in "Khatarnaak Boodha" and "Masnoo-ee Naak" . Jabar has an Indo-Germanic background and becomes a criminal to take revenge from the society. He used to be made fun of when he was a kid...
- Faridi's Official Aide
- Complete List of Jasoosi Dunya (Old)Complete List of Jasoosi Dunya (Old)Jasoosi Dunya is a best-selling series of Urdu spy novels written from 1952 by Ibn-e-Safi....
- Complete List of Jasoosi Dunya (New)Complete List of Jasoosi Dunya (New)Jasoosi Dunya is a best-selling series of Urdu spy novels written from 1952 by Ibn-e-Safi.These novels have been republished as 42 volumes such that each volume now combines multiple books from previous publication....