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Safed Khoon or Safed Khun is an Urdu play by Agha Hashar Kashmiri, based on Shakespeare's King Lear . It was published in 1907. [1] [2] [3]

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References

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  2. "Salaam Knowledge". Salaam.co.uk. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  3. Stanley Hochman (1984). McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama: An International Reference Work in ... p. 484. ISBN   9780070791695 . Retrieved 5 May 2016.