Book of Donmon Teith

When thinking of intrepid travelers from past centuries, we don't usually put Muslim women at the top of the list. And yet, the stunning firsthand accounts in t

A literary and historical analysis of Urdu travel writing during the nineteenth century.

Descended from Mughal nobility, Akhtar al-Nisa Begum Nawab Sarbuland Jung grew up in Hyderabad in southern India, where she lived a quiet, private, and privileg

The history of British Islam and British Muslims is a growing area of interest among historians and the general public. But, whilst Muslim women have featured i

This collection brings together nine essays, accompanied by nine short translations that expand the assumptions that have typically framed literary histories, a