A Long way from Hyderabad: Diary of a Young Muslim Woman in 1930s Britain

by Muhammadi Begum

A young Muslim woman, Muhammadi Begum, arrived on English shores from the princely state of Hyderabad in the early 1930s. Her sharp intelligence had won her a scholarship to attend Oxford University, making her one of just a few Indian Muslim women to receive the opportunity. A keen observer, she kept a diary which records a time when competing political configurations to improve lives had seized public imagination in Europe. Away from mainland...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9355722737
• ISBN13: 9789355722737
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: Primus Books
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"