A Most Noble Life

31 January, 2023

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By Muhammadi Begum (1877-1908)

Translated, with additional material, by CM Naim

A translation of Hayat-e Ashraf—the editor and writer Muhammadi Begum’s biography of the nineteenth-century teacher Ashrafunnisa Begum. It explores her life in Bijnor and teaching in Lahore, how she taught herself to read and write in secret, and more.

Orient Blackswan, Rs 630, 188 pages

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