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

Lambert-Hurley, Siobhan (EDT)

Indiana University Press（2008/05発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 250 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780253220035
• DDC分類 B

Full 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.

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