Contents: Preface. Introduction. 1. The formative years. 2. Breaking free. 3. Rise of the crescent: Al Hilal. 4. Guiding the Quom: Tazkirah. 5. Muslim politics: Khilafat. 6. Fatwa against the British: Quol-e-Faisal. 7. National politics. 8. Tarjuman -ul-Quran. 9. Hindu-Muslim unity. 10. The man within: Ghubar-i-Khatir. 11. President and negotiator. Epilogue. Select bibliography. Index.

"Maulana Abul Kalam Azad had hoped to lead not only the Muslims but all Indians to freedom. From 1903, when he picked up his pen to launch his first journal, till partition, he never lost sight of his larger constituency--all Indians, regardless of religion. Why then is one who aspired and worked for national leadership remembered only as the leader of the Muslims of India? Why then did he lose to Jinnah, an individual who generally stood for everything which ran contrary to his beliefs. In this thought-provoking work, Syeda S. Hameed takes a fresh look at the works, politics, and life of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. " (jacket)

[Syeda Saiyidain Hameed is a Senior Fellow at the Indian Council for Historical Research.]

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