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Welcome to the Pakistan History Bibliography-a curated collection of scholarly resources designed to support researchers, students, and history enthusiasts. This bibliography brings together books, articles, and digital curations on the histories of territories, cultures, societies, ideas, environment, and more relevant to the study of Pakistan.

Compiled by Dr. Sana Haroon (Professor of History and Asian Studies at UMass Boston) and Hosted by Habib University Library and Information Commons.

Rajani, Shayan. “Competing for Distinction: Lineage and Individual Recognition in Eighteenth-Century Sindh.” Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society 30, no. 3 (2020): 397–416.

Author: Rajani, Shayan

Subject: Biography, Class, Early Modern, Eighteenth Century, Elites, Historiography/History, Persianate/Persian, Sindh, Social History

Sabri, Zahra. “Karachi’s Tsunami.” The News on Sunday (Political Economy), August 19, 2018.

Author: Sabri, Zahra

Subject: City Studies, Class, Elections, Identity, Imran Khan, Muhajirs, Politics, Religio-Political Parties/Movements, Sindh

Nichols, Robert. “Class, State, and Power in Swat Conflict.” In Beyond Swat: History, Society and Economy along the Afghanistan-Pakistan Frontier, edited by Ben Hopkins, Magnus Marsden. London: Hurst and Co., 2012.

Author: Nichols, Robert

Subject: Class, Conflict/Violence, NWFP/Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pashtuns

Khan, Sanaullah. Discretionary Medicine in Pakistan: Poverty, Coloniality, and Health. New York: Routledge, 2024.

Author: Khan, Sanaullah

Subject: Class, Colonialism/Colonial State, Healthcare/Medicine