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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.

Sabri, Zahra. “Mystics, Kings, and ‘Ulama: Why ‘Sufism’ Is Not What It Is Made Out to Be.” Herald, April 2018.

Author: Sabri, Zahra

Subject: Elections, Fiqh, Inter-Asian, Iran, Islamic Mysticism, Middle East, Mughal Empire, Pan-Islam, Poetry/Literature, Politics, Power, Religious Policies, South Asia, Turkey, Ulama

Sabri, Zahra. “Ṣūfī-izm wuh nahīṅ jo ham samajhte haiṅ.” (translated from English to Urdu by Bilal Karim Mughal) Dawn News Urdu, August 25, 2018. [Urdu]

Author: Sabri, Zahra

Subject: Elections, Fiqh, Inter-Asian, Iran, Islamic Mysticism, Middle East, Mughal Empire, Pan-Islam, Poetry/Literature, Politics, Power, Religious Policies, South Asia, Texts in Translation, Turkey, Ulama

Qasmi, Ali Usman. “God’s Kingdom on Earth? Politics of Islam in Pakistan, 1947-1969.” Modern Asian Studies 44, no. 6 (June 2010): 1197-1253.

Author: Qasmi, Ali Usman

Subject: Ayub Khan, Modernism, Nation/Nationalism, Religio-Political Parties/Movements, Religious Policies

Ahmad, Mujeeb. “Reevaluating the Religio-Political Policies of Aurangzeb Alamgir: A Critique Insight from Indian Historians,” Journal of Islamic Thought and Civilization 13,No. 2, (2023): 120-133.

Author: Ahmad, Mujeeb

Subject: Mughal Empire, Religious Policies