Book Reviews Paradise of the Assassins by Abdul Halim Sharar [a translation of Firdaus-e-bareen]

Abstract

This book is a new translation of Firdaus-e-bareen [‘paradise on earth’] by the famous multi-faceted intellectual, Abdul Halim Sharar [1860-1920] – well-known for his historical novels in addition to other literary activities. An earlier translation by Masud-ul-Hasan [n.d.] has preceded it with the result that the same novel now has two English translations – the one under review has the advantage of an apparatus criticus of sorts.