Пәкістан жазушысы, ақын және романшысы Ибн е Сафи

Pakistani writer, poet and novelist

Ibn e Safi (26 July 1928 – 26 July 1980) (also spelled as Ibne Safi) was the pen name of Asrar Ahmad , a fiction writer, novelist and poet of Urdu from Pakistan. The word Ibn e Safi is a Persian expression which literally means Son of Safi, where the word Safi means chaste or righteous. He first wrote from the British India of the 1940s, and later Pakistan after the independence of British India in 1947. His main works were the 125 book series Jasoosi Dunya (The Spy World) and the 120 book Imran Series, with a small canon of satirical works and poetry. His novels were characterised by a blend of mystery, adventure, suspense, violence, romance and comedy, achieving massive popularity across a broad readership in South Asia.

Asrar Ahmad was born on 26 July 1928 in the town 'Nara' of district Allahabad, India. His father's name was Safiullah and mother's name was Naziran Bibi. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Agra University. In fact, he wrote 36 novels of 'Jasoosi Duniya' and 79 novels of 'Imran Series' after his recovery from depression. In the 1970s, he informally advised the Inter Services Intelligence of Pakistan on methods of detection.

Ibne Safi died on 26 July 1980 of pancreatic cancer at age 52. He was buried in Paposhnagar graveyard in Karachi. Akhtar said that Ibn e Safi's novels taught him the importance of larger than life characters, inspiring famous Bollywood characters such as Gabbar Singh in film Sholay (1975) and Mogambo in Mr. India (1987).