Constructing Pakistan
Subtitle: foundational texts and the rise of Muslim national identity, 1857-1947
By: Masood Ashraf Raja
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Karachi
Language: eng
Number of pages: 156
ISBN-13: 9780195478112
Subjects: Nationalism; Muslims; India; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [142]-145) and index.
Table of contents: title: The Indian rebellion of 1857 and Mirza Ghalib's narrative of survival; title: Post-rebellion India and the rise of Muslim exceptionalism; title: The Muslim literary renaissance : Muhammad Hussain Azad and Altaf Hussain Hali; title: The early Urdu novel and Muslim exceptionalism; title: The critique of loyalism and the neo-traditionalists : Shibli Naumani and Akbar Allahabadi; title: Allama Muhammad Iqbal : challenging the master's narrative; title: The politics of Muslim nationhood : Iqbal and Mawdudi.