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منٹو کے افسانوں کا اختتامیہ

  • Dr. Jamil Hayat/
  • June 30, 2026
The finishing lines of Minto’s short stories
Keywords
Sadat Hassan Minto, Short story, Urdu language, Russian and French literature, Fiction, Guy de Maupassant, Finishing lines.
Abstract

Sadsat Hassan Minto was the greatest short story writer of Urdu language. He wrote many short stories. The main feature of Minto’s short stories is suspense, and surprise. Minto took interest in Russian and French literature. He translate books and short stories from Russian language in to Urdu. This was a great task of Minto. Minto was the legendary fiction writer of his era. He was also the most famous Urdu fiction writer forever. Minto took inspiration from Mopsaa, and put his experience in to Urdu literature. This article deals with Minto’s extream style. It also shows the real face of that society. It throws light on the finishing lines of Minto's short stories.  

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Footnotes

1. Afzala Shaheen, Tareena-e-Adab, (Attock, Sarmad Academy, 2011), p. 95

2. Ibid  p. 95

3. Ibid, p. 30

4. Saadat Hasan Manto, Manto kay behtreen Afsanay, Compilted by Athar Pervaiz, (Lahore: Maktaba-e-Shair-o-Adab, n. d.), p. 371

5. Qasim Yaqoob, Ghaleez badan aur fohosh Zehn say bana Manto, in magazine Zeest, Karachi, Issue 9, Dec. 2015, Idara-e-Ramooz, p. 154

6. Ibid, p. 653

7. Saadat Hasan Manto, Manto Nama, (Lahore: Sang-e-Meel Publications, 2011), p. 553

8. Saadat Hasan Manto, Manto kay behtreen Afsanay, Compilted by Tariq Mehmood, (Lahore: Book Talk, 2010), p. 441

9. Saadat Hasan Manto, Manto kay behtreen Afsanay, Compilted by Athar Pervaiz, p24

10. Ibid, p. 101

11. Ibid, p. 34

12. Ibid, p. 722

13. Ibid, p. 5

14. Ibid, p. 97

15. Ibid, p. 36

16. Saadat Hasan Manto, Manto Nama, p. 114

17. Saadat Hasan Manto, Manto Baqiyaat, (Lahore: Sang-e-Meel Publications, 2004), p. 113

18. Ibid, p. 312

19. Ibid, p. 233

20. Saadat Hasan Manto, Manto Nama,  p. 517

21. Ibid, p. 127

22. Ibid, p. 757

23. Balwant Gaargi, Haseen Chehray, in Manto kay behtreen Afsanay, Compilted by Athar Pervaiz, p. 15

24. Saadat Hasan Manto, Manto kay behtreen Afsanay, Compilted by Tariq Mehmood, p. 25

25. Saadat Hasan Manto, Manto Nama, p. 75

 

Bibliography

1. Manto, Saadat Hasan, Manto kay behtreen Afsanay, Compilted by Athar Pervaiz, Lahore: Maktaba-e-Shair-o-Adab, n. d.

2. ____, Manto kay behtreen Afsanay, Compiled by Tariq Mehmood, Lahore: Book Talk, 2010

3. ____, Manto Baqiyaat, Lahore: Sang-e-Meel, Publications, 2004

4. ____, Manto Nama, ____, ____,, 2011

5. Shaheen, Afzala, Tareena-e-Adab, Attock: Sarmad Academy, 2011

 

Magazines:

1. Kitabi Silsila Zeesat, Karachi, Issue no. 9, Dec. 2015, Idara-e-Ramooz

 

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Dr. Jamil Hayat

Assistant professor ,Urdu,

Govt. College, Attock

Pakistan

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Type: Article
Volume: 25
Issue: 25
Language: Urdu
Id: 6a43465f1e2ee
Pages 7 - 27
Discipline: Language and Literature
Published June 30, 2026

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