Author: LONG, ROGER D. & STANLEY WOLPERT
Title: 'dear Mr. Jinnah' Selected Correspondence and Speeches of Liaquat Ali Khan, 1937 - 1947
Description: Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 2005. First Edition. First Printing; Hardcover. ISBN: 0195977092. 8.66 X 5.67 X 1.10 inches; xliv, 328 pages; Hard cover is blue with gold lettering on spine. Blue end papers. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY EDITOR ON TITLE PAGE ONTO COPYRIGHT PAGE. Long inscription to 'Bob' and the students of Eastern Michigan University [Ypsilanti, Michigan]. Covers have light bumping; DJ has light bumping, rubbing; in a mylar cover. Pages are clean and tight. Dr. Long studied under Prof. Wolpert [writer of the foreword], at UCLA. Nawabzada Liaquat Ali Khan (October 1895 – 16 October 1951) , often simply referred as Liaquat, was one of the leading Founding Fathers of modern Pakistan, statesman, lawyer, and political theorist who became the first Prime Minister of Pakistan. Additionally, he was also the first Defence Minister of Pakistan, the first Finance Minister of India, and the minister of Commonwealth and Kashmir Affairs from 1947 until his assassination in 1951. Ali Khan hailed from Karnal, East Punjab, Ali Khan was educated at the Aligarh Muslim University in India, and then the Oxford University in the United Kingdom. Well educated, he was an Islamic democracy political theorist who promoted the parliamentarism in India. After being invited by the Congress Party, he opted for the Muslim League led by influential Mohammad Ali Jinnah who was advocating and determining to eradicate the injustices and ill treatment meted out to the Indian Muslims by the British government. Conclusion; index. ; Signed by Editor. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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