{"product_id":"a-princesss-pilgrimage","title":"A PRINCESS'S PILGRIMAGE","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1870, Nawab Sikander Begum of Bhopal became the first South-Asian Muslim woman to publish an account of her pilgrimage to Mecca. She travelled with a retinue of a thousand, visited Jeddah and Mecca. In 1870, Nawab Sikander Begum of Bhopal became the first South-Asian Muslim woman to publish an account of her pilgrimage to Mecca. She travelled with a retinue of a thousand, visited Jeddah and Mecca, performed the requisite rituals and observances, then returned to India and wrote her witty and acerbic impressions of her visit. Reproduced here, A Princess’s Pilgrimage to Mecca is the original English translation by the wife of British colonial officer of an unpublished Urdu manuscript. It is accompanied by a critical Introduction and Afterword that make this offering a comprehensive resource on trvael writing by South-Asian Muslim women, and encourage the reader- whether scholar, student or enthusiast – to rethink established understandings relating to travel writing colonialism and world history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kube","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32115857227889,"sku":"9781847740014","price":24.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0075\/3290\/4561\/products\/a_princesss_pilgrimage_dsbooks_darussalam_australia_c35deaa8-c218-4187-9f93-71a0f8694f39.jpg?v=1602566861","url":"https:\/\/www.dsbooks.com.au\/products\/a-princesss-pilgrimage","provider":"Darussalam Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}