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Author Deen, Hanifa, author

Title Ali Abdul v The King : Muslim stories from the dark days of white Australia / Hanifa Deen
Published Crawley, W.A. : UWA, 2011
Crawley, Western Australia : UWA Publishing, 2011
©2011

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Description xii, 164 pages ; 24 cm
Contents "The Afghan problem' - an introduction -- The incident at Afghan Rock -- The descendants -- The gifted physician of Kandahar -- Din, Dean, Deen? -- Ali Abdul v The King -- The pearl diver -- The caravanserai
Summary Award winning author Hanifa Deen enters the wonderful world of the archives and discovers a tribe of men with a hidden history. Men whose stories are rarely told: the Ghans, Cameleers, Sepoys, hawkers, herbalists, and pearl divers, known collectively as Mohammedans in early Australian history
Analysis Australia - economic & social conditions & customs
Biography
History
Mohammedans
Muslim Australians
Muslims
Religious discrimination
Social conditions
White Australia policy
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 164)
Audience Tertiary/Undergraduate, General
Subject Muslim men -- Australia -- History.
Muslims -- Australia -- History.
SUBJECT Australia -- Social conditions http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114311 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024
Australia -- Social conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114311
ISBN 9781742582580 (paperback)
Other Titles Ali Abdul versus The King