Jamil Ahmad, The Wandering Falcon

Shazia Sadaf (Carleton University)

Ed. by Pavan Kumar Malreddy, J W Goethe University of Frankfurt
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 10.3.2: Pakistani and Bangladeshi Writing and Culture.
Vol. editors: Claire Gallien (Université Paul Valéry Montpellier 3), Sarker Hasan Al Zayed (Independent University Bangladesh), Pavan Kumar Malreddy (J W Goethe University of Frankfurt), Delphine Munos (Université de Liège), Muneeza Shamsie (Independent Scholar - Asia), Niaz Zaman (Independent University Bangladesh)

Dates

First circulation or publication 2011

Places

Pakistan (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Novel

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The Wandering Falcon

is Jamil Ahmad’s first and only work of fiction. It was published in 2011 when he was 79, only three years before he passed away in 2014, aged 83. This novel is an essence of the author’s experiences as a civil servant. Ahmad joined the Civil Services of Pakistan as an officer in 1954. During his long career, Ahmad held key posts in the tribal areas along Pakistan’s borders with Afghanistan and Iran. He was stationed in various regions, including Quetta in the south-west, Waziristan, Malakand and the Swat valley in the north-western province of Khyber Pukhtunkhwa. These areas have traditionally been inhabited by the ethnic Pashtun tribes that follow an ancient code of honour called

Pashtunwali

. In recent years there has been a heightened global interest in the…

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Citation: Sadaf, Shazia. "The Wandering Falcon". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 07 January 2019 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=38846, accessed 04 May 2024.]

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