▁Sh ind hu ▁( B eng ali : ▁ ব ি <0xE0> <0xA6> <0xB7> া দ - স ি ন ্ <0xE0> <0xA6> <0xA7> ু , ▁English : ▁Ocean ▁of ▁Sor row ) ▁is ▁a ▁Beng ali ▁ep ic ▁novel ▁by ▁Mir ▁Mos ar raf ▁H uss ain , ▁the ▁first ▁modern ▁Beng ali ▁Muslim ▁writer ▁and ▁novel ist . ▁Reg arded ▁as ▁a ▁central ▁work ▁of ▁Beng ali ▁literature , ▁and ▁H uss ain ' s ▁fin est ▁literary ▁achiev ement , ▁the ▁novel ▁chron icles ▁the ▁lives ▁of ▁Muhammad ' s ▁grands ons , ▁Has an ▁and ▁Hus ay n , ▁and ▁the ▁Battle ▁of ▁Kar b ala . ▁ ▁B ish ad ▁Sh ind hu ▁was ▁originally ▁published ▁in ▁three ▁parts ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 5 , ▁ 1 8 8 7 ▁and ▁ 1 8 9 1 ▁respectively . ▁The ▁novel ▁was ▁first ▁published ▁in ▁its ▁entire ty ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 1 . ▁However , ▁it ▁is ▁not ▁considered ▁an ▁authentic ▁source ▁for ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁Kar b ala , ▁the ▁location ▁of ▁Hus ay n ' s ▁war ▁front , ▁or ▁the ▁place ▁of ▁his ▁death . ▁ ▁It ▁contains ▁much ▁po etic ▁language , ▁and ▁many ▁dram atic ▁scenes . ▁At ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁its ▁composition , ▁there ▁were ▁few ▁published ▁nov els ▁in ▁the ▁Beng ali ▁language , ▁and ▁Mos har raf ▁H uss ain ▁was ▁part ▁of ▁a ▁community ▁of ▁writers ▁working ▁to ▁pione er ▁a ▁new ▁tradition ▁of ▁nov els ▁in