Changing World of a Bombay Muslim Community, 1870 - 1945

This book traces the evolving identity of a Bombay family and its changing social and political views in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, using three main sources: their family journals, an individual memoir/journal, and letters written home from Europe.

List of contents

• Preface


• List of characters in alphabetical order


• List of Illustrations


• Introduction


• 1: The Tyabjee Family and its 'Akhbar'


• 2: Currents of Change 1876- 1939, as revealed in the 'Akhbar'


• 3: Passages from the 'Akhbar'


• 4: A Modern Woman: The Journal of Safia Jabir Ali, 1926-1945


• 5: Letters from Europe: 1870


• Conclusion

About the author

Salima Tyabji (1939-2013), was a teacher and an editor, and was educated at the Universities of Bombay and Oxford. She taught at the Bombay International School and at the Anjuman-I-Islam's Saif Tyabji Girls' High School. She later became an Editor, initially with Tata McGraw-Hill, and subsequently with Oxford University Press. After retiring from OUP, Tyabji taught herself Urdu and researched at the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, both of which led to the manuscript which forms the basis of this book.

Summary

This book traces the evolving identity of a Bombay family and its changing social and political views in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, using three main sources: their family journals, an individual memoir/journal, and letters written home from Europe.

Product details

• Authors: Salima Tyabji, Tyabji Salima
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2023
• EAN: 9780192869746
• ISBN: 978-0-19-286974-6
• No. of pages: 358
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, HISTORY / Modern / General, HISTORY / Asia / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Social and cultural history, Asian History, Islamic Life & Practice, Islamic life and practice