Dietrich Reetz

Hijrat: The Flight of the Faithful

A British file on the exodus of Muslim peasants from North India to Afghanistan in 1920

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktdetails

• Arbeitshefte 5
• Verlag: De Gruyter
• 1996.
• Seitenzahl: 140
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Januar 1996
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 210mm x 150mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 194g
• ISBN-13: 9783860930755
• ISBN-10: 3860930753
• Artikelnr.: 62281229

Inhaltsangabe

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of abbreviations -- Map 1: Events of the Hijrat and other local and Islamic resistance in the North-West Frontier Province and trans-border tribal territories of British India in 1920. -- Map 2: Peshawar District and Border Area of NWFP in 1920 -- Introduction -- Bibliographical background -- The Khilafat grievances and non-co-operation -- Afghan ambitions -- Conceiving Hijrat -- Getting into gear: the movement spreads its tentacles -- High tide and ebbing out -- Aftermath - disarray and frustration -- Evaluation attempt -- Notes -- Glossary -- Chronology -- Index -- Tab: Provincial Diary of the North-West Frontier Province on the number of muhajirin in 1920 -- Annex