A History of Sindh

A History of Sindh
Author: Suhail Zaheer Lari
Publisher:
Total Pages: 256
Release: 1994
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN:

A readable one volume account of the history of Sindh, from the earliest times to the partition of the subcontinent. The book fills the need for a scholarly study of this troubled province of Pakistan and contributes to a more intelligent and meaningful discussion on the political problems ofSindh.

Sindh Through History and Representations

Sindh Through History and Representations
Author: Michel Boivin
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2008
Genre: History
ISBN:

The book aims to make available to English readers the world over the research studies carried out by French scholars and advanced students in the subject area. The topics cover the main periods of Sindh's (Pakistan) history, literature, architecture and anthropology.

Interpreting the Sindhi World

Interpreting the Sindhi World
Author: Michel Boivin
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780195477191

For more than thirty years, there has not been a project that consolidates international university-level scholarship on Sindh and Sindhis into a single forum. This book seeks to unite the wide community of scholars who work on Sindh and with Sindhis. The book's interdisciplinary focus is onhistory and society. It represents a 'snap shot' of contemporary research from different disciplines and locations. It combines interdisciplinary and multi-local approaches to describe the diversity of Sindh's 'voices' and to raise questions about how they are historically and socio-culturallydefined. Conventional studies of Sindh and Sindhis often bend the region and its people upon themselves to analyze society and history. This collection of essays treats Sindh and its people not as isolated regional entities, but rather entries in a wider socio-cultural and historical web. Sindhisare a global community and this collection generates new perspectives on them by integrating detailed studies on Pakistan with those from India and the diaspora. Such an approach contrasts with other writings by celebrating rather than erasing multi-cultural faces from Sindh's human tapestry. Byrethreading unheard socio-cultural and historical voices into understanding Sindh and its people, this collection disputes the vision of Sindhis as a monolithic Muslim population in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.

In Search of Lost Glory

In Search of Lost Glory
Author: Asma Faiz
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 238
Release: 2022-05-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 0197651089

Sindhi nationalism is one of the oldest yet least studied cases of identity politics in Pakistan. Ethnic discontent appeared in Sindh in opposition to the rule of the Bombay presidency; to the onslaught of Punjabi settlers in the wake of canal irrigation; and, most decisively, to the arrival of millions of Muhajirs (Urdu-speaking migrants) after Partition. Under Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Benazir Bhutto and Asif Zardari, the Pakistan People's Party has upheld the Sindhi nationalist cause, even while playing the game of federalist politics. On the other side for half a century have been hardcore Sindhi nationalist groups, led by Marxists, provincial autonomists, landlord pirs and liberal intelligentsia in pursuit of ethnic outbidding. This book narrates the story of the Bhutto dynasty, the Muhajir factor, nationalist ideologues, factional feuds amongst landed elites, and the role of violence as a maker and shaper of Sindhi nationalism. Moreover, it examines the role of the PPP as an ethnic entrepreneur through an analysis of its politics within the electoral arena and beyond. Bringing together extensive fieldwork and comparative studies of ethno-nationalism, both within and outside Pakistan, Asma Faiz uncovers the fascinating world of Sindhi nationalism.

A Book of Conquest

A Book of Conquest
Author: Manan Ahmed Asif
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 265
Release: 2016-09-19
Genre: History
ISBN: 0674660110

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Note on Transliteration and Translation -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Frontier with the House of Gold -- Chapter 2. A Foundation for History -- Chapter 3. Dear Son, What Is the Matter with You? -- Chapter 4. A Demon with Ruby Eyes -- Chapter 5. The Half Smile -- Chapter 6. A Conquest of Pasts -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Acknowledgments -- Index

Purifying the Land of the Pure

Purifying the Land of the Pure
Author: Farahnaz Ispahani
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2017
Genre: History
ISBN: 0190621656

In Purifying the Land of the Pure, Farahnaz Ispahani analyzes Pakistan's policies towards its religious minority populations, both Muslim and non-Muslim, since independence in 1947.

The Amils of Sindh

The Amils of Sindh
Author: Saaz Aggarwal
Publisher:
Total Pages: 732
Release: 2019
Genre: India
ISBN: 9789383465088

"The Amils of Sindh originated in a small group of families who migrated to Sindh through the seventeenth century, driven from neighbouring provinces by economic need, political forces and natural disasters. Through the centuries, the defining quality of the Amils was their commitment to education. They used their education to build careers for themselves, to lead comfortable lives and to create wealth for their families. As an elite layer of society, the Amils were inspiring role models and created a fervour of enthusiasm for education among the middle class in Sindh. The Partition of India and their subsequent dispersal cost them dearly, but they focussed on adapting with dignity to new lives in new places. This book honours the silent sacrifices of the generation that left so much behind. It provides the context for present and future generations to identify themselves with pride in family grids to which they belong"--Back cover.

Annexation and the Unhappy Valley

Annexation and the Unhappy Valley
Author: Matthew A. Cook
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 286
Release: 2015-11-16
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9004293671

Annexation and the Unhappy Valley: The Historical Anthropology of Sindh’s Colonization addresses the nineteenth century expansion and consolidation of British colonial power in the Sindh region of South Asia. It adopts an interdisciplinary approach and employs a fine-grained, nuanced and situated reading of multiple agents and their actions. It explores how the political and administrative incorporation of territory (i.e., annexation) by East India Company informs the conversion of intra-cultural distinctions into socio-historical conflicts among the colonized and colonizers. The book focuses on colonial direct rule, rather than the more commonly studied indirect rule, of South Asia. It socio-culturally explores how agents, perspectives and intentions vary—both within and across regions—to impact the actions and structures of colonial governance.

Discovering Sindh's Past

Discovering Sindh's Past
Author: Michel Boivin
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2018-01-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780199407804

This collection of thirteen articles from the Journal of the Sind Historical Society concentrates on precolonial and colonial Sind. These articles reveal much about Sindh's past and historically showcase the region's broad socio-cultural spectrum. Scholarship frequently overlooks the subjects and people in this collection. In part, this oversight is due to so few libraries (both in Pakistan and around the world) having copies of the Journal of the Sind Historical Society. There are no reprints of these articles in any other book, nor has anyone reprinted them in their entirety since the 1930s and 1940s. The articles in this book not only deepen knowledge about Sindh but also the history of Pakistan and the diversity of its people. They represent, like most research printed in the Journal of the Sind Historical Society, "forgotten" chapters in both Sindhi and Pakistani history. These chapters celebrate Pakistan's socio-cultural diversity and point toward how the histories of region and nation should be intertwined.