Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Note on Transliteration ix
4. Introduction. Who Is a Muslim? 1
5. 1 Mahometan/Muslim: The Chronotope of the Oriental Tale 21
6. 2 Hindustani/Urdu: The Oriental Tale in the Colony 53
7. 3 Nation/Qaum: The “Musalmans” of India 87
8. 4 Martyr/Mujāhid: Muslim Origins and the Modern Urdu Novel 126
9. 5 Modern/Mecca: Populist Piety in the Con temporary Urdu Novel 165
10. Epilogue. Us, People / People Like Us: Fehmida Riaz and a Secular Subjectivity in Urdu 209
11. Acknowledgments 221
12. Notes 225
13. Index 255