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Abstract
The Islamic Civilization is characterized as a profoundly enriched treasure of science, arts and literature. The historical traces affirm that beckon of knowledge transmitted to the far East and other corners of the world through the tunnel of Muslims' breakthrough innovations. Classic literary masterpieces like Arabian Nights and Kalila and Demna are still making hunger demands across the globe. Similarly, the historical accords of al-Biruni, Ibn Khaldun, al-Masudi and others still make a basement space in the field of historiography. The combined form of Islamic historical novel, though the spiraling appetite of contemporary readers, didn't achieve such a glorious height making a period of stagnation in modern times. However, the genre has set a rising signature in mainstream languages of Islamic proximity like Urdu and Persian less the readership quantity is not so exciting. A few pieces in the modern lingua franca i.e. English like Forty Rules of Love by Turkish writer Elif Shafak and The Moors’ Account of Laila Lalami are creating a new wave of attraction to the genre. Non-Muslims have also made an indispensable contribution to the development of Islamic historical novels. The research makes a sincere effort to explore the historical crack where this generic stagnation of literature occurred. Simultaneously, the work will delve into figuring out possibilities as an impetus for its once-for-again straightforwardness after making a substantial assessment of newly arrivals. Ultimately, historical novels on Islamic civilization are yet to be an indispensable study focus of current research.
Keywords: Historical novels, literature, Islamic civilization
- This abstract was submitted by the author for the National Academic Conference on Islamic-Arabic Literature in Modern Era in 2022, 18 Dec. organized by Darul Falah Islamic Academy, Kerala.
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