tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15324170.post114374840204152637..comments2023-11-05T02:43:12.011-05:00Comments on Qalandar: Khizr TiwanaQalandarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08822440676942755461noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15324170.post-68113666767069093792014-10-06T08:10:42.654-04:002014-10-06T08:10:42.654-04:00Farrukh: I had bought the book from an Oxford Univ...Farrukh: I had bought the book from an Oxford University Press bookshop in Pakistan (I believe it was the one in Clifton, Karachi) some years ago. You might also want to check the OUP Pakistan website.Qalandarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08822440676942755461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15324170.post-21192593571304072012014-09-24T06:20:29.422-04:002014-09-24T06:20:29.422-04:00Hi, I have been looking for this book for a long t...Hi, I have been looking for this book for a long time. Any ideas where I could buy it in Pakistan? <br /><br />Thanks,<br />FarrukhFarrukh Mehboob Khanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00519045619020885655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15324170.post-66506730792094084232009-08-21T01:44:23.344-04:002009-08-21T01:44:23.344-04:00The speech is quoted in the Talbot book itself...The speech is quoted in the Talbot book itself...Qalandarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08822440676942755461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15324170.post-37530085964127074852009-08-20T14:29:03.075-04:002009-08-20T14:29:03.075-04:00I don’t quite recall that “shameful” speech. I wou...I don’t quite recall that “shameful” speech. I would like to see more of it because it seems to be totally out of character and I have never seen it in any primary sources.<br /><br />I love how apologists for the Congress turn around and champion the Unionists when such propaganda was in both directions and Jinnah himself had nothing to do with it.<br /><br />Here is th other side of the story:<br /><br />the Muslim supporters of the Unionist party were trickling towards the Muslim League. Some leading Sajjada Nasheens and Pirs 34 joined the Muslim League and later on they appealed to the Muslims to support the Muslim League’s Pakistan Movement 35 because by doing so they will be supporting the cause of Islam. 36 The Punjabi Muslims were advised not to have a division on the basis of tribal or Biradari networking (David Gilmartin and Ian Talbot have mentioned religious appeals of the Muslim League in details). In some cases, while preaching in mosques, some Imams had gone to the extent of branding those Muslims who will not vote for Muslim League as Kafirs and<br />Traitors. Some Fatwas were also issued. It was not only the Muslim League, the Unionist party also used religious appeals in their propaganda against the PML candidates also implying that the Unionist party candidates were in fact better Muslims. The Unionist party hired some Ulama from anti-Muslim League parties like JUI, Ahrar and Khaksars who were openly opposing the creation of<br />Pakistan. In fact, Chhotu Ram had made a comprehensive plan before his death to employ religious preachers to campaign for the election of Unionist Party’s candidates. Even Khizr Hayat Tiwana was using verses from the Holy Qur’an to support his party’s election campaign. <br /><br />http://pakistanblogzine.blogspot.com/<br /><br />Ofcourse hatemongers would not tell you this Stuka. Also if you read Ayesha Jalal’s book you would know that she discusses Muslim League’s use of Pirs and Barelvi Muslims in detail. What is important to realize that even here there was the high church and low church divide.<br /><br />High Church was the JUH…. low church were the pir fakirs and sufi mystics … the popular Islam if you will. Muslim League managed to outwit the Unionists because Unionists used the High Church mostlyYasser Latif Hamdani, Barrister https://www.blogger.com/profile/07894003154407546758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15324170.post-54444966327492634072007-04-28T17:33:00.000-04:002007-04-28T17:33:00.000-04:00Joya Chatterjee provides good background. A detail...Joya Chatterjee provides good background. A detailed but rather plodding read is Jahanara Begum's, The Last Decade of Undivided Bengal (1994). There is also a recent book by Haroun al Rashid, {not the caliph but a Bangladeshi historian} called the Foreshadowing of Bangladesh: Bengal Muslim League and Muslim Politics (1906-1947). Again detailed but simplistic.Rohit Dehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10974780088015911428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15324170.post-28921327930299523232007-03-06T08:34:00.000-05:002007-03-06T08:34:00.000-05:00You have an outstanding good and well structured s...You have an outstanding good and well structured site. I enjoyed browsing through it <A HREF="http://www.businesscreditcards1.info/surveillancecameralens100mm12inch.html" REL="nofollow">»</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15324170.post-1143899322514729002006-04-01T08:48:00.000-05:002006-04-01T08:48:00.000-05:00Possibly Sucheta Mahajan's book on Partition may h...Possibly Sucheta Mahajan's book on Partition may have dealt with this theme. I haven't touched Indian history for past many years though and don't recollect any other work that would have extensively researched this topic.readerswordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05536082441634566406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15324170.post-1143766204356785732006-03-30T19:50:00.000-05:002006-03-30T19:50:00.000-05:00You make an excellent point about the Unionists vi...You make an excellent point about the Unionists vis-a-vis the Krishak Praja Party...I'd love any reading suggestions on the subject if you have any in mind, thanks!Qalandarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08822440676942755461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15324170.post-1143765659885534562006-03-30T19:40:00.000-05:002006-03-30T19:40:00.000-05:00Thanks for focussing on a somewhat ignored aspect ...Thanks for focussing on a somewhat ignored aspect of developments surrounding the Partition years. You are absolutely correct that Tiwana (and indeed the Unionist Party itself), happened to be on the wrong side of history.<BR/><BR/>The Partition of Punjab and Bengal is one of the ironies of modern South Asian history. The Muslim League's demand for Pakistan found strong support in the Indian heartland (modern UP/Bihar) but it affected the provinces where it was actually weak.<BR/><BR/>It would also be a good idea to study the contrast between the Unionist Party and the Krishak Praja Party (a peasant organization with an anti- zamindari agenda in contrast to the Unionist Party) in Bengal and how, despite its non- communal approach to politics, both Punjab and Bengal fell victim to the Partition and its associated violence.readerswordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05536082441634566406noreply@blogger.com