Accessing Muslim Lives A Travel Account of Iraq and the Hijaz
Begum Hasrat Mohani, Nishat al-Nisa
1936
Baghdad, Iraq (Original Language: Urdu)
Urdu original text available.
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Begum Hasrat Mohani, Nishat al-Nisa
بیگم حسرت موہانی نشاط النساءUnnao, Uttar Pradesh, India
1885-1937
Nishat al-Nisa Begum, better known as Begum Hasrat Mohani, wasa major figure in the struggle for INdian Independance. She was also the wife of the poet, author and anti-colonial activist Hasrat Mohani. She regularly took control of her husbands social, political and publishing activities during his long stints in jail during the anti-colonial struggle. The couple traveled widely throughout India, and also went to Mecca and Medina together for four consecutive years.
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Further Reading
Siddiqi, Nafis Ahmad. Begam hasrat Mohani aur un ke khutut o safarnama. Maulana Hasrat Mohani Foundation, Delhi. 2015.
Siddiq, Muhammad. Hasrat Mohani. Journal of the Pakistan Historical Society, January 1st, 1984; 32, 1.
Sabri, S. Sardar Ali. “Sayyida Nishat Begum Hasrat Mohani.” Avaz-i Niswan 7, 12 (Dec. 1939), 35-40.
MInault, Gail. The Khilafat Movement. Religious Symbolism and Political Mobilization in India. Columbia University Press, New York, 1982.