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{{Infobox character
| name = Umro Ayyar
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| nickname = Umro
| first = ''[[Hamzanama]]''
| weapon = Suleimani
| title =
| creator =
| voice =
| species =
| gender = Male
| home = [[Hamzanama#Tilism-e hoshruba|Tilism-e-Hoshruba]]
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'''Umro Ayyar''' or '''Amar Ayyar''' is a fictional character, an [[ayyār]],{{efn|A class warriors and outlaws in the [[medieval Islamic world]].}} in ''Tilism-e-Hoshruba'', an [[Urdu]] recension of the Islamic epic ''[[Hamzanama]]'' (originally in Persian). He was first written about during the time of [[Mughal Emperor]] [[Akbar]] and many stories and novels have been written about him since.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldcat.org/identities/ns-ayyar%20umro%20fictitious%20character/|title=Ayyar, Ê»Umro (Fictitious character) [WorldCat Identities]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|url=http://ojs.lgu.edu.pk/index.php/nooretahqeeq/article/view/138|title=عمر و عیار۔ داستانِ امیر حمزہ کا ایک دلچسپ کردار|first1=Dr Saeed|last1=Ahmad|first2=Ambar|last2=Fatima|date=1 March 2020|journal=Noor e Tahqeeq|volume=4|issue=13|pages=49–55|via=ojs.lgu.edu.pk|archive-date=21 December 2024|access-date=8 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241221073342/https://ojs.lgu.edu.pk/index.php/nooretahqeeq/article/view/138|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Modern Urdu authors like Zaheer Ahmed,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://urdu-novels.org/umro-aur-botal-ka-jin-by-zaheer-ahmed-download-pdf.html|title=Umro Aur Botal Ka Jin by Zaheer Ahmed]|date=7 July 2019|access-date=17 March 2022|archive-date=25 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240725041824/https://urdu-novels.org/umro-aur-botal-ka-jin-by-zaheer-ahmed-download-pdf.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Mazhar Kaleem]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bookspk.site/2017/03/umro-aur-veran-qila.html|title=Umro Aur Veran Qila by Mazhar Kaleem M.A]}}</ref> Safdar Shaheen and Akhter Rizvi<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goodreads.com/series/129512-tilism-i-hoshruba-umro-ayyar-collection|title=Tilism-i-Hoshruba: Umro Ayyar Collection Series}}</ref> have written various different stories about the character.

==Summary==
Umro Ayyar is a thief and the most famous character of the ''Hamzanama'' after [[Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib|Amir Hamza]], the titular hero of the epic. He is known for his cleverness and theft in the city 'Tilism-e-Hoshruba'. His life is full of adventure. It is his habit to travel around the world and take on evils and bad spirits. Umro has a magical ''zambeel (''bag)<ref>{{cite web |title=Zambeel – The legendary bag of tricks |url=https://zambeeldramaticreadings.wordpress.com/2013/04/28/zambeel-the-legendary-bag-of-tricks/ |website=Zambeel Dramatic Readings |language=en |date=28 April 2013}}</ref> from which he can extract whatever he wants. He mostly uses it to show off and to kill evil. He steals from the rich and gives to the poor.

== Legacy ==
{{Excerpt|Hamzanama|Cultural influence}}

==In fiction==
===Films===
{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="1" | Film
! colspan="1" | Director
! colspan="1" | Played by
|-
|''Chandrakanta'' (1956)<ref>{{cite web |title=Chandrakanta (1956) |url=https://cinemaazi.com/film/Chandrakanta-1956 |website=Cinemaazi |language=en}}</ref>
|align="center" | [[G. P. Sippy]]
|
|-
| ''[[Umro Ayyar - A New Beginning]]'' (2024)
| align="center" | [[Azfar Jafri]]
| align="center" | [[Usman Mukhtar]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/382619-usman-mukhtar-brings-back-the-legend-with-promising-first-look-of-umro-ayyar|title=Umro Ayyar: Usman Mukhtar revives the Persian legend of magic, adventure|website=[[Geo News]]|date=17 November 2021}}</ref>
|-
|''[[Chandrakanta (novel)|Taalismaan]]'' (unreleased)
|align="center" | [[Ram Madhvani]]
|align="center" | [[Amitabh Bachchan]]
|}

===Animated films===
{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="1" | Film
! colspan="1" | Director
! colspan="1" | Played by
|-
|''The Chronicles of Umro Ayyar'' (unreleased)
| align="center" | Syed Arsalan Ali <br /> Haris Basharat<ref>{{cite web |title=The Chronicles of Umro Ayyar |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt16966542/ |website=IMDb |date=21 April 2023}}</ref>
| align="center" | Afraz Rasool
|-
|}

===Dramas===
{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="1" | Drama
! colspan="1" | Writer
! colspan="1" | Played by
|-
|''[[Ainak Wala Jin]]'' (1993)
| align="center" | [[Abdul Hameed (writer)|Abdul Hameed]]
| align="center" | Nisar Butt<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://fun4all.com.pk/actor/nisar-butt/|title=NISAR BUTT in Ainak Wala Jin|website=FUN4ALL|access-date=17 March 2022|archive-date=12 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220512134134/http://fun4all.com.pk/actor/nisar-butt/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|[[Chandrakanta (1994 TV series)|''Chandrakanta'']] (1994)<ref>{{cite web |title=Chandrakanta (1994) |url=https://indiancine.ma/CMMG/info |website=Indiancine.ma}}</ref>
|align="center" | [[Devaki Nandan Khatri]]
|align="center" | Brahmachari
|-
|''[[Kahani Chandrakanta Ki]]'' (2011)
|align="center" |Shrikant Vishvakarma
|align="center" |Sparsh Sharma
|-
|[[Chandrakanta (2017 TV series)|''Chandrakanta'']] (2017)<ref>{{cite web |title=Chandrakanta (2017) |url=https://indiancine.ma/BZRB/info |website=Indiancine.ma}}</ref>
|align="center" | Devaki Nandan Khatri<br/>[[Ekta Kapoor]]
|align="center" | [[Punit Talreja]]
|-
|''[[Prem Ya Paheli – Chandrakanta]]'' (2017)<ref>{{cite web |title=Prem Ya Paheli: Chandrakanta (2017) |url=https://indiancine.ma/CBTQ/info |website=Indiancine.ma}}</ref>
|align="center" | Devaki Nandan Khatri
|align="center" | [[Chandan K Anand]]
|}

===Other books===
{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="1" | No.
! rowspan="1" | Book
! colspan="1" | Writer(s)
! colspan="1" | Publisher
|-
| 1
|''[[Hamzanama]]''
| align="center" | Ghalib Lakhnavi
| align="center" | [[Modern Library]]
|-
| 2
| ''[[Chandrakanta (novel)|Chandrakanta]]''
| align="center" | [[Devaki Nandan Khatri]]
| align="center" | Lehri Book Depot
|-
| 3
|''Umru Ayar'' (comic series)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/539908/comic-review-umru-ayar-the-rebirth-of-a-hero|title=Comic review: Umru Ayar, the rebirth of a hero|website=[[The Express Tribune]]|date=28 April 2013}}</ref>
| align="center" | Hasan Ansari
| align="center" | Kachee Goliyan
|-
| 4
|''Tilism-e-Hoshruba''<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F-b9pMGqD1QC|title=Tilism-e-Hoshruba|website=[[Google Books]]|date=30 October 2009|publisher=Penguin UK |isbn=9788184758245}}</ref>
| align="center" | Shahnaz Aijazuddin
| align="center" | [[Penguin Books Ltd]]
|-
| 5
|''Hoshruba: The Land and the Tilism''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://asiasociety.org/magical-tale-hoshruba-dastangoi-classic|title=The Magical Tale of Hoshruba, a Dastangoi Classic|website=Asia Society}}</ref>
| align="center" | [[Musharraf Ali Farooqi]]
| align="center" | [[Penguin Random House India Private Ltd|Penguin Random House Pvt. Ltd]]
|-
|}

==References==
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[[Category:Fictional thieves]]
[[Category:Islamic literature]]
[[Category:Fictional Iranian people]]
[[Category:Fictional Indian people]]
[[Category:Indian film characters]]
[[Category:Dastangos]]

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