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OverviewWhen thinking of intrepid travelers from past centuries, we don't usually put Muslim women at the top of the list. And yet, the stunning firsthand accounts in this collection completely upend preconceived notions of who was exploring the world. Editors Siobhan Lambert-Hurley, Daniel Majchrowicz, and Sunil Sharma recover, translate, annotate, and provide historical and cultural context for the 17th- to 20th-century writings of Muslim women travelers in ten different languages. Queens and captives, pilgrims and provocateurs, these women are diverse. Their connection to Islam is wide-ranging as well, from the devout to those who distanced themselves from religion. What unites these adventurers is a concern for other women they encounter, their willingness to record their experiences, and the constant thoughts they cast homeward even as they traveled a world that was not always prepared to welcome them. Perfect for readers interested in gender, Islam, travel writing, and global history, Three Centuries of Travel Writing by Muslim Women provides invaluable insight into how these daring women experienced the world-in their own voices. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Siobhan Lambert-Hurley , Daniel Majchrowicz , Sunil Sharma , Asiya AlamPublisher: Indiana University Press Imprint: Indiana University Press Weight: 1.134kg ISBN: 9780253062048ISBN 10: 0253062047 Pages: 532 Publication Date: 02 August 2022 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments A Note on Translation, Transliteration and Syntax Introduction: Muslim Women, Travel Writing and Cultures of Mobility, by Siobhan Lambert-Hurley and Daniel Majchrowicz Part I: Travel as Pilgrimage 1. The Widow of Mirza Khalil: A Bereaved Wife Seeks Solace 2. Nawab Sikander Begum: A Queen's Impressions of Mecca 3. Mehrmah Khanom: Adventures on the Road to Iraq 4. Hajiyeh Khanom Alaviya Kermani: Iran to Mecca by Way of Bombay 5. Sakineh Soltan Khanom Esfahani Kuchak: Iraq Diary 6. Nawab Sultan Jahan Begum: The Long March to Medina 7. Ummat al-Ghani Nur al-Nisa: Notes from Mecca and the Levant 8. Begum Sarbuland Jang: Seeking Sisterhood in Damascus 9. Rahil Begum Shervaniya: Life Aboard a Pilgrim Ship 10. Nur Begum: Poems from a Punjabi Pilgrim 11. Zainab Cobbold: At Home in the Hijaz with a British Convert 12. Fatima Begum: An Indian Haji Observes her Fellow Pilgrims 13. Qaisari Begum: The Long Road to Mecca 14. Begum Hasrat Mohani: Letters from a Pilgrimage to Iraq 15. Mahmooda Rizvi: Three Months in Iraq Part II: Travel as Emancipation and Politics 16. Melek Hanim: A Turk among the Greeks 17. Huda Shaarawi: A European Summer on the Eve of War 18. Zeyneb Hanoum: A Turkish Désenchantée in Europe 19. Selma Ekrem: Alone in New York City 20. Şükûfe Nihal Başar: Three Days in Finland 21. Halide Édib: A Turkish Nationalist in Colonial India 22. Amina Said: An Egyptian Feminist at an Indian Conference 23. Shareefah Hamid Ali: Representing India at the United Nations 24. Suharti Suwarto: Ten Indonesian Women in the Soviet Union Part III: Travel as Education 25. Atiya Fyzee: Living and Learning in London 26. Maimoona Sultan: To Turkey by Train through a Child's Eyes 27. Sediqeh Dowlatabadi: An Iranian Feminist Travails in France 28. Begum Habibullah: With Three Boys at an English Boarding School 29. Iqbalunnisa Hussain: At the University of Leeds 30. Muhammadi Begum: Oxford Diary 31. Herawati Diah: A Journalist in the Making 32. Mehr al-Nisa: An Indian Nurse in Ohio 33. Zaib-un-nissa Hamidullah: Sixty Days in America Part IV: Travel as Obligation and Pleasure 34. Princess Jahanara: Mystical Meetings in Kashmir 35. Dilshad: A Prisoner is Taken to Khoqand 36. Sayyida Salamah bint Said/Emily Ruete: A Lover's Flight from Zanzibar 37. Taj al-Saltanah: Life and Death in Qajar Iran 38. Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain: A Pleasure Trip to the Himalaya 39. Nazli Begum: On Grand Tour with the Nawab of Janjira 40. Safia Jabir Ali: Touring Europe on Business 41. Sughra Humayun Mirza: Meeting the Caliph in Switzerland 42. Sughra Sabzvari: An Indian Family in Iran 43. Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah: Life in England on the Brink of War 44. Shams Pahlavi: A Shah's Daughter in Exile 45. Nyonya Aulia-Salim: An Indonesian Tours America by Motor Glossary Contributors IndexReviewsCompiled by editors Siobhan Lambert-Hurley, Daniel Majchrowicz and Sunil Sharma, Three Centuries of Travel Writing by Muslim Women showcases writings from 45 Muslim women - acquired through an extensive selection of writings in 10 languages, including Arabic, Turkish, Urdu, Punjabi, Indonesian, English and others. . . . What emerges is a group of women writers who were not afraid to voice their thoughts in the presence of authority figures and unfavourable circumstances. Three Centuries of Travel Writing by Muslim Women Writers is an enduring testament to just a few of the countless fascinating stories documented by women travellers throughout the ages. -- Fehmida Zakeer * The National News * Compiled by editors Siobhan Lambert-Hurley, Daniel Majchrowicz and Sunil Sharma, Three Centuries of Travel Writing by Muslim Women showcases writings from 45 Muslim women — acquired through an extensive selection of writings in 10 languages, including Arabic, Turkish, Urdu, Punjabi, Indonesian, English and others. . . . What emerges is a group of women writers who were not afraid to voice their thoughts in the presence of authority figures and unfavourable circumstances. Three Centuries of Travel Writing by Muslim Women Writers is an enduring testament to just a few of the countless fascinating stories documented by women travellers throughout the ages. -- Fehmida Zakeer * The National News * This anthology will be of interest to anyone working on travel, colonial history, Muslim women, and comparative literature, Islamic Studies. It will also be an excellent resource in many courses that cover a range of topics be it religious piety, feminism, travel, travel writing, and much more. -- Shobhana Xavier * New Books Network * Author InformationSiobhan Lambert-Hurley is Professor of Global History at the University of Sheffield. She is author of Elusive Lives: Gender, Autobiography, and the Self in Muslim South Asia; (with Sunil Sharma) Atiya's Journeys: A Muslim Woman from Colonial Bombay to Edwardian Britain; and Muslim Women, Reform and Princely Patronage: Nawab Sultan Jahan Begam of Bhopal. She is editor (with Anshu Malhotra) of Speaking of the Self: Gender, Performance, and Autobiography in South Asia and of A Princess's Pilgrimage: Nawab Sikandar Begum's A Pilgrimage to Mecca. Daniel Majchrowicz is Assistant Professor of South Asian Literature and Culture at Northwestern University. His work appears in South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies and Journal of Urdu Studies, as well as several edited volumes. He is author of a forthcoming book on the history of travel writing in South Asia. Sunil Sharma is Professor of Persianate and Comparative Literature at Boston University. He is author of Mughal Arcadia: Persian Literature in an Indian Court; Amir Khusraw: The Poet of Sultans and Sufis; Persian Poetry at the Indian Frontier: Mas'ud Sa'd Salman of Lahore, and (with Siobhan Lambert-Hurley) Atiya's Journeys: A Muslim Woman from Colonial Bombay to Edwardian Britain. He is editor (with Roberta Micallef) of On the Wonders of Land and Sea: Persianate Travel Writing. 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