A Princess's Pilgrimage
Nawab Sikandar Begum's a Pilgrimage to Mecca
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2008
Indiana University Press (Verlag)
978-0-253-35194-4 (ISBN)
Indiana University Press (Verlag)
978-0-253-35194-4 (ISBN)
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Politics, colonialism, and empire in Indiaa Muslim rulers journey to Mecca and back
In 1863, the Nawab Sikandar Begum, a Muslim woman and hereditary ruler of the princely state of Bhopal in colonial India, traveled to Mecca with a retinue of a thousand people. On returning, she wrote this witty, acerbic account of her journey. In it, we glimpse a process by which notions of the self could be redefined against a Muslim "other" in the colonial environment. Sikandar Begum emerges as a genuinely complex individual, crafting an image of herself as an effective administrator, a loyal subject, and a good Muslim. Siobhan Lambert-Hurley's critical introduction and afterword make this edition a comprehensive resource on travel writing by South Asian Muslim women, colonialism, and world history.
In 1863, the Nawab Sikandar Begum, a Muslim woman and hereditary ruler of the princely state of Bhopal in colonial India, traveled to Mecca with a retinue of a thousand people. On returning, she wrote this witty, acerbic account of her journey. In it, we glimpse a process by which notions of the self could be redefined against a Muslim "other" in the colonial environment. Sikandar Begum emerges as a genuinely complex individual, crafting an image of herself as an effective administrator, a loyal subject, and a good Muslim. Siobhan Lambert-Hurley's critical introduction and afterword make this edition a comprehensive resource on travel writing by South Asian Muslim women, colonialism, and world history.
Siobhan Lambert-Hurley is Senior Lecturer in Modern History at Nottingham Trent University, UK. She is author of Muslim Women, Reform and Princely Patronage: Nawab Sultan Jahan Begam of Bhopal and Rhetoric and Reality: Gender and the Colonial Experience in South Asia.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.5.2008 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Bloomington, IN |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 148 x 216 mm |
| Gewicht | 445 g |
| Themenwelt | Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Naher Osten |
| Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Asien | |
| Reisen ► Reiseführer ► Naher Osten | |
| Reiseführer ► Asien ► Indien | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-253-35194-4 / 0253351944 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-253-35194-4 / 9780253351944 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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