Qaum, Mulk, Sultanat: Citizenship and National Belonging in Pakistan

by Ali Usman Qasmi

After the trauma of mass violence and massive population movements around the partition of India and Pakistan in 1947, both new nation states faced the enormous challenge of creating new national narratives, symbols, and histories, as well as a new framework for their political life. While leadership in India claimed the anti-colonial movement, Gandhi, and a civilizational legacy in the subcontinent, the new political elite in Pakistan were faced...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 150363728X
• ISBN13: 9781503637283
• Release Date: December 2023
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 444 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.1"