Memoirs of a Rebel PrincessWritten shortly before her death and based on the diaries that she kept throughout her life, this book documents the activities of a Muslim princess who rebelled against societal conventions to take an active public role, first, as heir-apparent and chief secretary to an Indian princely state, then as diplomat and dissident in independent Pakistan. |
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| Title | Memoirs of a Rebel Princess Oxford Pakistan paperbacks |
| Author | Abida Sultaan |
| Contributors | Sahabzada Yaqub-Khan, Siobhan Lambert-Hurley |
| Edition | 2, illustrated |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 2004 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Sep 2, 2008 |
| ISBN | 0195799585, 9780195799583 |
| Length | 315 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / Asia / General |
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