Constructing Pakistan : foundational texts and the rise of Muslim national identity, 1857-1947 /
Masood Ashraf Raja.
- Karachi : Oxford University Press, 2010.
- xxv, 156 p. ;
The Indian rebellion of 1857 and Mirza Ghalib's narrative of survival -- Post-rebellion India and the rise of Muslim exceptionalism -- The Muslim literary renaissance : Muhammad Hussain Azad and Altaf Hussain Hali -- The early Urdu novel and Muslim exceptionalism -- The critique of loyalism and the neo-traditionalists : Shibli Naumani and Akbar Allahabadi -- Allama Muhammad Iqbal : challenging the master's narrative -- The politics of Muslim nationhood : Iqbal and Mawdudi.