Shaheen (novel)

Shaheen (Urdu: شاہین) is a 1948 historical novel written in Urdu by Pakistani Islamic historian and novelist Naseem Hijazi.

It details the situation of the Muslims in Granada in 1492 when they were about to be expelled from Spain. The novel also depicts the reasons of the destruction of Muslim power in Granada.

Chapters

 * Baghi (the rebel)
 * Sarhadi Uqaab (the frontier eagle)
 * Millat Firoush (nation seller; a traitor)
 * In Ka Maizbaan (their host)
 * Rabia ka Izteraab (disquiet of Rabia)
 * Rabia kay Khuwab ki Tabeer (enunciation of Rabia's dream)
 * Qoum aur us ka Sipahi (Nation and her soldier)
 * Naye 'Azm (renewed resolves)
 * Baap aur Beta (father and son)
 * Taar-e-'Ankaboot (the spider's web)
 * Mujahid aur Ghadaar (the mujahid and the traitor)
 * Siyah Posh (the one donned in black)

Characters

 * Moughera: a mulism military commander who controlled a limited mountainous and forested area (some sixty kilometers long and 40 kilometers wide) somewhere in the Emirate of Granada (exact location is not mentioned)
 * Badar bin Moughera: a military commander; the central figure of the book
 * Musa ibn Abi al-Ghassan: a Granadan military commander
 * Muhammad XII: the last muslim ruler of Gharnata
 * Ferdinand II of Aragon: King of Aragon from 1479 until his death in 1516 and husband of Isabella I
 * Isabella I of Castile: Queen of Aragon from 1479 until her death as the wife of King Ferdinand II
 * Muhammad XIII of Granada: Abu Abdallah Muhammad az-Zaghal
 * Rabia: wife of Badar bin Moughera (mentioned in few instances)
 * Bashir bin Hassan: a physician / companion of Badar bin Moughera
 * Count Santiago: a fictional character maybe based on the Legend of Saint Santiago (Saint James) in the medieval Spain?
 * Abu'l-Hasan Ali of Granada: father of Muhammad XII
 * Mansour bin Ahmad: adjutant or second in command to Badar bin Moughera
 * Abu Dawud: the traitor (father of Rabia and Angela, husband of Miriya)
 * Miriya: christian (second) wife of abu Dawud and mother of Angela / from Murcia
 * Naeem bin Rizwan: a commander in Badar's army
 * al-Zaighri: a high-ranking commander in Granadan army

Other notable people mentioned

 * Tariq bin Ziyad
 * Musa bin Nusayr