Book Review: The Story of Gilgit Baltistan and Chitral by F.M Khan

Being a veteran of war and later a successful businessman F.M Khan wrote the story of Gilgit Baltistan and Chitral. This was about the war of freedom of Northern Areas of Pakistan. Khan in his book has described the various events leading to the change of government in Gilgit. The night of Oct 31 and 1 Nov 1947 has been discussed in particular, which led to the overthrow and arrest of the Dogra governor at Gilgit. Quoting from various...

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Book Review: A Short History of the Ismailis by Farhad Daftary

Ismailis are one of the major Shia Muslim communities of the world. Currently they are present in 25 countries of the world in Asia, Africa, Europe and North America. Until recently the Ismailis were studied on the accounts of their enemies. In 1930’s the study of Ismailism started to revolutionize, as the recovery of a large number of Ismaili text in private collections proved to be a catalyst. Daftary’s book is part of the modern scholarship...

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