Sufi Women of South Asia: Veiled Friends of God

In Sufi Women of South Asia. Veiled Friends of God, Tahera Aftab, drawing upon various sources, offers the first unique and comprehensive account of South Asian Sufi women, from the eleventh to the twentieth century.

Tahera Aftab, Ph.D. (1986) in History, University of Karachi, is Professor of History and Founding Director of Women’s Studies (retired) at the University of Karachi, Pakistan. She has also taught at Gettysburg College, Gettysburg (PA, USA) She is the Founding Editor and publisher of Pakistan Journal of Women’s Studies: Alam-e-Niswan and has published monographs and articles on south Asia, including Inscribing South Asian Muslim Women: An Annotated Bibliography & Research Guide (Brill, 2007) and A Story of Days Gone by: A Translation of Bītī Kahānī An Autobiography of Princess Shahr Bano Begam of Pataudi (OUP, 2012).