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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Urdu autobiography by Qudrat Ullah Shahab}}<br />
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| name = Shahab Nama<br />
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| author = [[Qudrat Ullah Shahab]]<br />
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| country = Pakistan<br />
| language = Urdu<br />
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| publisher = [[Sang-e-Meel Publications]]<br />
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| pub_date = 1987<br />
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| set_in = 20th century [[British India]] and [[Pakistan]]<br />
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'''''Shahab Nama''''' ({{Langx|ur|{{Nastaliq|شہاب نامہ}}|lit=''Book of Shahab''}}; {{IPA|ur|ʃə'ɦaːb naːma|pron}}) is an Urdu autobiography by renowned Pakistani writer, civil servant and diplomat [[Qudrat Ullah Shahab]]. It is an eyewitness account of the background of [[Indian subcontinent|the subcontinent]]'s Muslims' [[Independence movement of Pakistan|independence movement]] and of the demand, establishment and history of Pakistan. The 1,248-page book was published posthumously in 1987, shortly after Shahab's death. It is his most notable publication and a bestselling Urdu autobiography.<ref>{{Cite web|date=21 July 2013|title=Mystic, writer, civil servant: Qudrat Ullah Shahab remembered|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/579856/mystic-writer-civil-servant-qudrat-ullah-shahab-remembered|access-date=31 July 2020|website=The Express Tribune|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=24 July 2020|title=Qudrat Ullah Shahab's death anniversary being observed today|url=https://www.bolnews.com/pakistan/2020/07/pakistan-remembers-eminent-urdu-writer-qudrat-ullah-shahab/|access-date=31 July 2020|website=BOL News|language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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It covers his childhood, education, work life, admission to [[Imperial Civil Service]], thoughts about Pakistan and his religious and spiritual experiences.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Mujtaba|first=Fatima|date=13 June 2013|title=The might of the metaphor|work=[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]]|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1017942|access-date=31 July 2020}}</ref> [[Mushfiq Khwaja]], a close friend of Shahab, was one of those who criticised the book for its exaggerations, inaccuracies and stretched truths.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Parekh|first=Rauf|date=26 March 2014|title=The 10 best Urdu autobiographies|url=https://www.milligazette.com/news/13-books/10184-the-10-best-urdu-autobiographies/|access-date=13 February 2021|website=The Milli Gazette|language=en}}</ref> Considering Shahab's reputation as a man of integrity and a [[Sufism|Sufi]], [[Dawn (newspaper)|''Dawn'']] wrote that "he mainly told the truth but there were things that he stretched."<ref>{{Cite web|date=20 July 2009|title=Shahabnama, its creator and critics|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/970096/shahabnama-its-creator-and-critics|access-date=31 July 2020|website=DAWN.COM|language=en}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Aangan (novel)|''Aangan'' (novel)]]<br />
* [[Bano Qudsia]]<br />
* [[Mumtaz Mufti]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://goodreads.com/en/book/show/2794815-shahabnama ''Shahab Nama''] at [[Goodreads]]<br />
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[[Category:Pakistani autobiographies]]<br />
[[Category:Urdu-language non-fiction literature]]<br />
[[Category:1987 non-fiction books]]<br />
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[[Category:Sang-e-Meel Publications books]]<br />
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