Historical Dictionary of Pakistan

Shahid Javed Burki

doi:10.5771/9781442241480

Summary

Pakistan is unlike most other countries in the emerging world. It is one of the two nations – the other being the state of Israel – founded on the basis of religion. Although it was created to provide a homeland for the Muslim community of British India, in its original form it was able to accommodate only about half of the people of Islamic faith who lived in the subcontinent. Pakistan’s birth in 1947 resulted in one of the largest movements of people in human history when some 14 million people left their homes, with 8 million Muslims leaving India for what is now Pakistan and 6 million Hindus and Sikhs moving in the opposite direction. This was the first large-scale incidence of ethnic cleansing the world was to witness.

This fourth edition of Historical Dictionary of Pakistan covers its history through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 700 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Pakistan.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2015
ISBN-Print: 978-1-4422-4147-3
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4422-4148-0
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 657
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
2. Editor’s Foreword No access
3. Acknowledgments No access
4. Reader’s Note No access
5. Acronyms and Abbreviations No access
6. Chronology No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 36
Map No access Pages 37 - 38
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Appendix: Important Personalities No access Pages 599 - 602
Bibliography No access Pages 603 - 656
About the Author No access Pages 657 - 657