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There is no question that this book is a product of meticulous scholarship. The new perspective from which Ayesha Jalal evaluates the role of Muhammad Ali Jinnah in creating Pakistan comes not only from a painstaking distillation of documents but also from the disenchantment with Pakistan that liber...

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Published in:The Journal of Asian Studies (1986-1998) 1987, Vol.46 (3), p.683
Main Author: KHALID BIN SAYEED
Format: Review
Language:English
Subjects:
Ali, Muhammad (1942-2016)
Bargaining
Mountbatten, Louis (1900-79)
Muslims
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Summary:There is no question that this book is a product of meticulous scholarship. The new perspective from which Ayesha Jalal evaluates the role of Muhammad Ali Jinnah in creating Pakistan comes not only from a painstaking distillation of documents but also from the disenchantment with Pakistan that liberal scholars feel as a result of its grave problems of social and regional injustice. She asks, "How did a Pakistan come about which fitted the interests of most Muslims so poorly?" (p. 4). Jalal is clearly suggesting that since Pakistan's polity is not functioning smoothly, there was something basically wrong in the nature of its creation.
ISSN:0021-9118
1752-0401