Cultural Relics in Aziz Ahmed's Novel "Guraiz"

Abstract

Aziz Ahmed's cultural awareness is clearly reflected in his fictional and non-fictional writings. Especially the Indian Muslim culture becomes the focus of his attention. His intellectual breadth prompts him to cover the Indian as well as the international situation of his era. Apart from this, his keen eye and study on history brings him to the fore in the form of a historical novelist and sometimes an Islamic scholar by grasping the historical and cultural contexts of centuries. Aziz Ahmed's non-fiction writings, "Nasl aor Sultanat", "Bar-e-Sagheer main Islami Culture", Bar-e-Sagheer main Islami Jadediyat, "An "Intellectual History of Islam in India" and "A history of Islamic Sicily" give him an important position as a cultural historian. Apart from these books, he did many important works based on his interest in culture, which are his books and articles. When a scholar who is interested in extensive knowledge and history also has the ability to create, his subconscious creates many new horizons of imagination, examples of which are the legendary and poetic works of Aziz Ahmed can be seen in. In the writings of Aziz Ahmed, the concepts of history and civilization go hand in hand and make their place in the heart of the reader. From the point of view of chronological order, each of his legendary stories. brings out some aspect of historical and cultural perspective. Although Aziz Ahmad described these novels as a reminder of his period of Jahiliyyah, the cultural basis in 'Hus' cannot be ignored in which the echoes of the breakdown of the values of the average Muslim society were beginning to be heard. In spite of all its flaws, the novel contains such raw material that furthers the work of deconstructing and reconstructing the cultural elements of the period. The binding of the curtain, the mental and physical stifling of noble babies and the consequences of this highlight the cultural context of this period. Below, Aziz Ahmed's fictional works, in his novel “Guraiz”. his concept of civilization will be discussed in chronological order so that the stages of the author's mental journey can also be reviewed.