Book Summary
This book brings to life Victorian Britain's conceptions and misconceptions of the Muslim World using a thorough investigation of varied cultural sources of the period. She discovers the prevailing representation of Muslims and Islam in the two major spheres of British influence - India and the Ottoman Empire - was reinforced by reoccurring themes: through literature and entertainment the public saw "the Mahomedan" as the "noble savage," a perception reinforced through travel writing and fiction of the "exotic east" and the "Arabian Nights."
Book Details
| Book Name | Islam And The Victorians |
| Author | Shahin Kuli Khan Khattak |
| Publisher | I. B. Tauris & Company (Feb 2008) |
| ISBN | 9781845114299 |
| Pages | 208 |
| Language | English |
| Price | 3558 |
