#  Thinking about Dastan-e Amir Hamza 

 



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 **April 26, 2023** 

 12:00PM - 01:30PM EDT 

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 **CGIS South room S354, 1730 Cambridge Street**  



 

 



 

 *Tellings, Translations, and the Uncanny: Thinking about* Dastan-e Amir Hamza, featuring Mariam Zia (Lahore School of Economics; Fellow at the South Asia Institute) in conversation with Ali Asani (Harvard University). Sponsored by the Harvard University Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute; please RSVP [here](https://mittalsouthasiainstitute.harvard.edu/event/tellings-translations-and-the-uncanny-thinking-about-dastan-e-amir-hamza/).

 *Ostensibly based on the life and legendary exploits of Prophet Muhammad’s uncle, Hamza ibn Abd-al Muttalib (566-625 C.E.), the* Dastan-e Amir Hamza *depicts a fantastical world of talismans and jinn, war and jihad, treachery and trickery, and the mightiest force of them all: Fate. Spanning 46 volumes, this Indo-Persian epic rivals* The Arabian Nights*. Famed the world over through the Hamzanama miniature paintings (1562-1577), it speaks to art history, fairy-tale and fantasy studies, literary and critical theory, and translation studies.*



 

 



 

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