In a land far from home : a Bengali in Afghanistan
Ālī, Saiẏada Mujatabā, 1904-19742022
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Syed Mujtaba Ali travelled from colonial India to take up a teaching post in Afghanistan in 1927. He lived for two years in Kabul, documenting the life of the city, and befriended everyone from his loyal manservant Abdur Rahman to the king's brother. But peace didn't last long: in 1929 a tribal uprising forced the king from power, and Kabul fell to bandits and conservative mullahs from the mountains. The brutal siege that Ali endured has uncanny historical parallels to the events of 2021, but through the deprivation of war he never lost his characteristic humour or compassion.
Main title:
In a land far from home : a Bengali in Afghanistan / Syed Mujtaba Ali ; introduced by Taran Khan ; translated from the Bengali by Nazes Afroz.
Author:
Ālī, Saiẏada Mujatabā, 1904-1974, authorKhan, Taran, writer of introductionAfroz, Nazes, translator
Imprint:
London : John Murray, [2022]©2015
Collation:
xxii, 314 pages ; 20 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Translated from the Bengali.
ISBN:
9781399802505 (pbk)9781399802505 (paperback)
Dewey class:
915.81958.1042
Language:
EnglishBengali
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Subject:
Ālī, Saiẏada Mujatabā, 1904-1974 -- Travel -- AfghanistanBengali (South Asian people) -- Afghanistan -- Kabul -- BiographyTeachers -- Afghanistan -- Kabul -- BiographyKabul (Afghanistan)Afghanistan -- Social life and customs -- 20th centuryAfghanistan -- History -- 20th centuryAfghanistan -- Description and travel
BRN:
779889
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| narrm ngarrgu Library and Family Services | -History | HISTORY 958.1042 ALI | Mending (Set: 23 Mar 2026) |