Khuhro Hamida (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 2nd Edition.

Paperback. Condition: Used - Good. Stamped "Damaged" but the only damage I can see is blistering on the spine. Binding and the cover are fine and the contents are unmarked. No inscription. 301 pages.

Khuhro, Hamida. Mohammed Ayub Khuhro: a life of courage in politics. Lahore: Ferozsons, 1998, 576pp., very good dust-jacket, very good blue cloth, a few scratches on covers, rear endpaper bubbled in places, a few page corners lightly bumped. nicely INSCRIBED and SIGNED by Hamida Khuhro on front endpaper To Ambassador and Mrs. Simons (a must for understanding Pakistan). Thomas W. Simons was ambassador to Pakistan 1996-1998. - Khuhro, Mohammad Ayub, 1901-1980: "The creation of Pakistan in 1947 as a result of the partition of India and its subsequent turbulent history has been in world headlines for fifty years. Of all the five provinces which were to form Pakistan it was the strong and unquestioned support of the province of Sind that gave the backbone and the confidence to the demand for Pakistan." "The main leadership role in galvanizing Sind and putting it behind the Pakistan demand was performed by Mohammed Ayub Khuhro." "Khuhro dominated the politics of Sind for over thirty years from the late 'twenties to the imposition of the first Martial Law regime in Pakistan in 1958. He would continue to play a major role in politics well into the seventies when Pakistan was faced with most difficult and complex problems of struggle between democracy and dictatorship. Khuhro's unwavering and courageous stand on the many issues of politics and his fortitude in the face of adversity earned the popular sobriquet 'The iron man of Sind'." "This account of Khuhro's life and time is for anyone wishing to understand the course of the freedom movement and the reasons for the creation of Pakistan. It also explains the reasons for the tragic political history of Pakistan.". - CONTENTS: The ancient land of Sind -- Sindhi Zamindar -- Entry into politics -- Bombay legislator -- Confrontations -- Achieving autonomy for Sind -- Setting the framework -- Making autonomy work -- Establishing Muslim league in Sind -- Masjid Manzilgah -- The coalition government -- Political seesaw -- The Hur uprising -- In the sessions court at Sukkur -- Working for freedom -- Premier of Sind -- Under siege -- Disillusion -- Dealing with an over mighty centre -- Authoritarianism triumphant -- Targeted under dictatorships -- Intimations of disaster -- A revealing exchange of letters -- A test of endurance -- A quiet exit. 9789690014245 ISBN 9690014242.

orig. boards. Condition: Some wear. Corner bumps. Good. 23pp photoplates. (illustrator). 22x14cm, xvi,301,[23]pp Full title reads: "Sind Through the Centuries : Proceedings of an International Seminar held in Karachi in Spring 1975 / by the Department of Culture, Government of Sind". Contains 32 papers. Includes: Sindhu- Sauvira; The Pre-Muslim Antiquities of Sind; Sindh & the Sindhis in the Early Aryan Age; The Twin Ports of Daybul; Mahmud and Masud of Ghazna: Founders of Islam in Sind; Is the Chach Nama Intelligible to the Historian as Political Theory? The Role of Qadiri Sufis in the Religious Life of Sind; etc.