The Sole Spokesman: Jinnah, the Muslim League and the Demand for Pakistan

by Ayesha Jalal

Book Overview

In 1940 the All-India Muslim League orchestrated the demand for independent Muslim states in India. Seven years later Pakistan was created amidst a communal holocaust of unprecedented proportions. Concentrating on the All-India Muslim League and its leader, Mohammed Ali Jinnah, The Sole Spokesman assesses the role of religious communalism and provincialism in shaping the movement for Pakistan.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0340811668
• ISBN13: 9780521458504
• Release Date: May 1994
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.7"