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Description edit
Naipaul's controversial account of his travels through the Islamic world was hailed by The New Republic as "the most notable work on contemporary Islam to have appeared in a very long time."
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
- Behzad: Add a description of this character.
- Masood
- Shafi
- Muslim
- Ayatollah Khomeini
- Ahmed
- Mr. Bhutto
- Prasojo
- Nusrat
- Imaduddin
- Khairul
- Sukarno
- Shah
- Mr. Deen
- Barbara
- Taufiq
- Mr. Jaffrey
- Linus
- Mohammed
- Khalid Ishaq
- Mr. Sherwani
- Shirazi
- Umar Kayam
- Abdullah
- Allah
- Iqbal
- Razak
- Agha Babur
- Shariatmadari
- Ahmadis
- Mr. Mirza
- Mr. Parvez
- Suryadi
- Taufig
- Khalkha Ili
- Mr. Wahid
- Anwar Ibrahim
- Hajjaj
- Idrees
- Hameed Sagher
- Kota Bharu
- Bin Qasim
- Feri
- Suzuki
- Ghauri
- Rahman
Setting & Locations edit
- Islam
- Pakistan Times
- Iran
- Karachi
- Tehran
- Indonesia
- India
- Jakarta
- Sind
- Malaysia
- United States
- Ramadan
- Europe
- Kuala Lumpur
- England
- London
- Rawalpindi
- Mecca
- Saudi Arabia
- Sumatra
- Malacca
- America
- Mashhad
- Persia
- Borobudur
- Bangladesh
- Punjab
- Pabelan
- Russia
- Hyderabad
- Trinidad
- Lahore
- Bombay
- Yogyakarta
- Balakot
- Iraq
- Spain
- Afghanistan
- Debal
- Banbhore
- Koran
- Urdu
- Arizona
- Prambanam
- Hinduism
- Syria
- Surabaya
- Singapore
First Sentence edit
Sadeq was to go with me from Tehran to the holy city of Qom, a hundred miles to the south.
Table of Contents edit
Iran The twin revolution
Pakistan The salt hills of a Dream
Conversions in Malaysia
Indonesia
Reprise
Authors & Contributors edit
- V. S. Naipaul (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1981
ISBN: 0394509692
Page Count: 430
Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1981
ISBN: 0394509692
Page Count: 430
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 909.0976710827
Subjects edit
- Books › Travel › Reference & Tips › Essays & Travelogues
- Books › Travel › Middle East
- Books › History › Asia
- Books › Travel › Asia
- Books › Biographies & Memoirs
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