People's Mission to the Ottoman Empire
Subtitle: M. A. Ansari and the Indian Medical Mission 1912-13
Publisher: Oxford University Press India
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780198099574
Subjects: Missions, medical; Balkan peninsula, history; Panislamism; Turkey, history
Description: During the Balkan Wars of 1912-1913, concerned Muslims around India mobilised to dispatch three medical teams to treat wounded Ottoman soldiers. Among them, the one organised directed by Dr Ansari caught the limelight. The mission was an effort to heal the Muslims' pride, not the least back in India. This is their story, reconstructing their thoughts, voice, and the era that shaped them.