A princess's pilgrimage : Nawab Sikandar Begum's A pilgrimage to Mecca

Author(s)

• Sikandar Begum, Nawab of Bhopal
• Lambert-Hurley, Siobhan
• Willoughby-Osborne, E. L., Mrs
• Willoughby-Osborne, C. B.
• Wilkinson, William

Bibliographic Information

A princess's pilgrimage : Nawab Sikandar Begum's A pilgrimage to Mecca

edited, introduced, and with an afterword by Siobhan Lambert-Hurley

Indiana University Press, c2008

• : pbk

Other Title

A pilgrimage to Mecca

Note

"First published in 2007 by Women Unlimited (an associate of Kali for Women)"--T.p. verso

Includes original text of "A pilgrimage to Mecca" (1870 ed.)

"A pilgrimage to Mecca, by the Nawab Sikandar Begum of Bhopal, G.C.S.I., translated from the original Urdú, and edited by Mrs. Willoughby-Osborne. Followed by a historical sketch of the reigning family of Bhopal, by Lieut.-Col. Willoughby-Osborne, C.B., political Agent in Bhopál. And an appendix translated by The Rev. William Wilkinson, Chaplain of Sebore"--Original t.p

Summary: Account of a former ruling nawab from Bhopal, princely state in India

Bibliography: p. [172]-180

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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.

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments An Introduction to Nawab Sikander Begum's Account of Hajj, by Siobhan Lambert-Hurley A Pilgrimage to Mecca: The Nawab Sikandar Begum of Bhopal Preface Translator's Preface Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Appendices Afterword: Muslim Women Write Their Journeys Abroad, by Siobhan Lambert-Hurley Bibliography

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• NCID: BB10824760
• ISBN:
  • 9780253220035
• LCCN: 2008274133
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: urd
• Place of Publication: Bloomington
• Pages/Volumes: lxii, vi, 180 p.
• Size: 21 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : BP187.3
  • DC22 : 297.3/52092
  • DC22 : B
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Sikandar Begum, Nawab of Bhopal, 1816-1868 -- Travel -- Saudi Arabia -- Mecca
  • LCSH : Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages -- Saudi Arabia -- Mecca
  • LCSH : Bhopal (Princely State) -- History