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A Princess's Pilgrimage

A Princess's Pilgrimage Nawab Sikandar Begum's A Pilgrimage to Mecca

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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.

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Indiana University Press

Book information

ISBN: 9780253351944
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Imprint: Indiana University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 297.352092
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 180
Weight: 445g
Height: 216mm
Width: 148mm
Spine width: 21mm