Abstract
Detective Literature has big importance in the world literature. Detective Fiction is actually a sub -genre of crime fiction and mystery fiction in
which an investigator or a detective—either professional, amateur or retired—
investigates a crime, often murder. The detective genre began around the same
time as speculative fiction and other genre fiction in the mid-nineteenth century and has remained extremely popular, particularly in novels. Some of the
most famous heroes of detective fiction include C. Auguste Dupin, Sherlock
Holmes, and Hercule Poirot.
The British Period occupies very important place in the history of
Sindh. It was renaissance of Sindhi Literature, when a number new literary
branches included into Sindhi language, especially fiction writing. During this
period, Detective Literature into Sindhi was at is zenith and a number of magazines, newspapers, publishers were engaged in printing dramas, novels and
stories. However, the Detective Literature in Sindhi lost its importance after
independence and Movement of Nationalism in Literature during One Unit
completely kicked out Detective Literature from Sindhi. Only, Muhammad Bux
Johar and a few others tried their level best to survive this genre of literature.
Muhammad Bux Johar was a basically a Sindhi journalist
from Hyderabad, who worked in the media for more than 45 years. He worked
as editor of Hilal Pakistan, Daily Aftab of Sindh and other newspapers. He also
edited Sindhi Digest for three decades. He was a great writer and translator of
detective, scientific, fantasy and crime fiction in Sindhi language. He wrote
more than 120 books. He translated almost series of Sherlock Homes in Sindhi
language. After independence, he was the only writer who wrote detective
literature. In addition to detective literature, he also wrote many novels and
short stories on social and romantic topics. His works on Science Fiction in58
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Mr. Mukhtiar Ahmed Mallah. (2021) The Contribution of Muhammad Bux Johar with reference to Detective Literature in Sindhi Language, Kalachi, Volume 24, issue 2.
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