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'''Ibn-e-Safi''' (also spelled as '''Ibne Safi''') ({{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|ابنِ صفی}}}}) was the pen name of '''Asrar Ahmad''' ({{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|اسرار احمد}}}}), a best-selling and prolific [[Popular fiction|fiction]] writer, novelist and poet of [[Urdu language|Urdu]] from Pakistan. The word Ibn-e-Safi is an [[Arabian language|Arabian]] expression which literally means ''Son of Safi'', where the word Safi means ''chaste'' or ''righteous''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ibne-safi.info/biography.html |title=Ibne Safi |accessdate=4 June 2014 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120628142012/http://ibne-safi.info/biography.html |archivedate=28 June 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> He wrote from the 1940s in India, and later Pakistan after the [[Pakistan Movement|independence]] of British India in 1947.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pakistaniat.com/2010/03/28/ibn-e-safis-imran-series/ |title=Ibn-e-Safi's Imran Series: An English Translation : ALL THINGS PAKISTAN |publisher=Pakistaniat.com |date=23 October 2008 |accessdate=4 June 2014}}</ref>
His main works were the 125-book series ''[[Jasoosi Dunya]]'' (''The Spy World'') and the 120-book ''[[Imran Series]]'', with a small canon of satirical works and poetry. His novels were characterised by a blend of [[Mystery fiction|mystery]], [[Adventure novel|adventure]], suspense, violence, [[Romantic love|romance]] and comedy, achieving massive popularity across a broad readership in South Asia.<ref>[http://www.islamicboard.com/urdu/4844-ibne-safi.html ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090827124708/http://www.islamicboard.com/urdu/4844-ibne-safi.html |date=27 August 2009 }}</ref>
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==External links==
* [https://archive.is/20130906223204/http://jinnahpost.com/ibne-safi/ Ibn e Safi The Masters Craftman]
* [http://www.jang.net/jang_mag/detail_article.asp?id=7529 Ibne Safi – Eik Makalma (ابن صفی – ایک مکالمہ)] A report on a Program held in Karachi Arts Council on Ibne Safi on 7 August 2009
* [http://www.brecorder.com/weekend-magazine/single/654/0:/1214571:ibne-safi-beyond-the-borders/?date=2011-07-23 Ibne Safi – Beyond The Borders] Business Recorder-23 July 2011
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