... Uttar Pradesh. The town is primarily inhabited by traditional merchant castes, among whom the Umar are the largest single group. 17 For convenience, I shall hereafter refer to the association as the “Umar” Sabha. 16 Nandi also presents data on the “Omar” Sabha, although on many points...

...Muhammad Umar Memon Iqbal: Post-Philosopher of Pakistan . Edited by Hafeez Malik . New York and London : Columbia University Press , 1971 . xv, 441 pp. Appendix, Notes and Bibliography, Index. $12.50. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1972 1972 982 JOURNAL...

...Muhammad Umar Memon Abstract In 1947, when Pakistan was created, scarcely any attention was paid to resolving the problems inherent in a culturally plural society. Existing institutions proved inflexible and new ones did not evolve to respond to the aspirations of the Bengali people. As a result...

...Muhammad Umar Memon BOOK REVIEWS SOUTH ASIA 627 Vajli), and his role in creating and destroying misfortune, at both the personal and cosmic levels of existence. In addition, there are other symbolic forms representing his divine nature that emerge from the historical materials: the number six...

...Geeta Patel The Tale of the Old Fisherman: Contemporary Urdu Short Stories . Edited by Muhammad Umar Memon . Washington, D.C. : Three Continents Press , 1991 . 197 pp. $11.00. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1993 1993 BOOK REVIEWS SOUTH ASIA 1061 dangerous...

... The Third Notch and Other Stories. By SHAHNON AHMAD. Translated by HARRY AVELING. Kuala Lumpur: Heinemann Educational Books (Asia), 1980. xiv, 102 pp. $5.50 (paper). Sri Sumarah and Other Stories. By UMAR KAYAM. Translated by HARRY AVELING. Kuala Lumpur: Heinemann Educational Books (Asia), 1980. Writing...

... represents Abdulkahar's henchmen as rude and arrogant, and Abdulkahar himself as economically corrupt, stealing from the state's treasury, and as an enslaver of others. Contrasted with Abdulkahar is the new caliph, Umar, one of Muhammad's companions. Unlike his overseer, Umar does not desire ostentatious...

...Munibur Rahman Studies in the Urdu Ġazal and Prose Fiction . Edited by Muhammad Umar Memon . Madison : University of Wisconsin (Center for South Asian Studies, No. 5), 1979 . xiv, 284 pp. $5. Copyright © Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1982 1982 BOOK REVIEWS SOUTH ASIA 389...

... Stories. By SHAHNON AHMAD. Translated by HARRY AVELING. Kuala Lumpur: Heinemann Educational Books (Asia), 1980. xiv, 102 pp. $5.50 (paper). Sri Sumarah and Other Stories. By UMAR KAYAM. Translated by HARRY AVELING. Kuala Lumpur: Heinemann Educational Books (Asia), 1980. Writing in Asia Series, xii, 191 pp...

... for the hard work of the reviewers of articles and books, the workers and staff, and the editorial and production teams who ensure that the JAS continues to be published in this very challenging time. The second part of this issue includes four articles. P rakash K umar examines the importance of US...

... Writing on National Disintegration: The Case of Bangladesh MUHAMMAD UMAR MEMON Pages 105-127 In 1947, when Pakistan was created, scarcely any attention was paid to resolving the problems inherent in a culturally plural society. Existing institutions proved inflexible and new ones did not evolve to respond...

...’ celebrations in which the death of Husayn is commemorated. These and other practices were brought to various parts of Southeast Asia by South Indian Muslims who had migrated to this part of the world. The two contributions (by Umar Faruk Assegaf and Formichi) in part four, “Contemporary Developments,” deal...

... is followed by “Mapping a Colonial Borderland: Objectifying the Geo-Body of India's Northeast,” which looks at how cartographic practices supplemented and shaped British imperial discourses about a specific section of South Asia. The authors, D avid V umlallian Z ou and M. S atish K umar , understand...

... to an understanding of the philosophical debates in nineteenth-century England and their impact on texts that became important in colonial contexts. INDERPAL GREWAL San Francisco State University The Tale of the Old Fisherman: Contemporary Urdu Short Stories. Edited by MUHAMMAD UMAR MEMON. Washington, D.C.: Three...

... of Indonesia. The other two stories, Umar Kayam's "Bawuk" and "Sri Sumarah" (both translated by McGlynn) are set in the Indonesia of the mid-1960s, centered around the struggle between pro- and antiCommunist groups which exploded in the bloody disturbances of 1965. As Frederick Copyright © The Association...

... patronage of radical Islamism. Islamist radicals such as Jafar Umar Thalib of the Laskar Jihad have close ties to some military factions even while being bitterly opposed by others. This ambivalent relationship bears more than a passing resemblance to the corrupted chain of military command that Robinson so...

...Robert A. Hueckstedt Domains of Fear and Desire: Urdu Stories . Edited by Muhammad Umar Memon . Translated by M. U. Memon , Faruq Hassan , C. M. Naim , and others. Toronto : tsar Publications , 1992 . vii, 264 pp. $15.95. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1993...

... valence of the visionary/fantastic ("The Seventh Door" by Intizar Husain) and the darker transformations associated with the uncanny or horrific ("The Dark Alley" by Muhammad Umar Memon, "Wood Chopped in the Jungle" by Surendar Parkash, and the post-nuclear fairy tale "The Wagon" by Khalida Asghar...

... at the end of World War II, when a number of political factions were battling for control of Indonesia. The other two stories, Umar Kayam's "Bawuk" and "Sri Sumarah" (both translated by McGlynn) are set in the Indonesia of the mid-1960s, centered around the struggle between pro- and antiCommunist groups...

... is the guard” (p. 8). Kuru traces that pronouncement to the pre-Islamic Persian Sasanian Empire. Other Muslim scholars—Nizam al-Mulk in the eleventh century, Fakh al-Din al-Razi in the twelfth century, Umar Suhrawardi and Nasir al-Din al-Tusi in the thirteenth century—all use it to promote the cleric-state...