Muslim Women, Reform and Princely Patronage: Nawab Sultan Jahan Begam of Bhopal

Shedding new light on an important part of India's history, Lambert-Hurley skillfully examines the emergence of a Muslim women's movement in India.

Author: Siobhan Lambert-Hurley
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 12/19/2006
Pages: 276
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.16lbs
Size: 9.41h x 6.40w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780415401920

About the Author

Siobhan Lambert-Hurley is Senior Lecturer in Modern History at Nottingham Trent University. Her research focuses on women, gender and Islam in South Asia with a particular emphasis on education, social and political organizations, the culture of travel, missionaries, and personal narratives. Her other publications include Rhetoric and Reality: Gender and the Colonial Experience in South Asia (co-edited with Avril A. Powell) (2006).