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An Alternative Reading Since 2003 Based in Calicut, Kerala, Other Books sells and publishes books that mainstream publishers and distributors don’t cater. Started in 2003 by a collective of university students, academics and social activists, Other Books pursues to widen contemporary discourses on subaltern studies, caste, gender, mysticism, Islam and arts in India and elsewhere by distrib- uting and publishing books in these rapidly evolving fields of humanities. As a publisher, our focus has been to bring out quality titles on South Indian history, particularly Mappila history and other areas where at- tention is quantitatively less. Caste, Gender, West-Asian Politics and Islam are also areas that matter for us. Catalogue 2017-’18 Title : Fat’h Al-Mubin A Manifest Victory Author : Qadi Muhammad ISBN : 9789380081175 | 1st Edition | Published Year : 2015 Price : ` 200/ €15 / $20 | Dimensions : 215 X 140 mm Binding : Paperback | Pages : 128 | Weight :140 gm Manifest Victory A narrative in verse about the Portuguese invasion of Malabar, Fat’h al Mubin is an eye witness account of the colonial rampage. With the destruction by the Mappila forces of the Chaliyam fort, the narrative ends, saying that resolution of a people always breaks open (Mubin) the doors of victory (Fat’h) Title : Tahrid Author : Zainuddin Makhdoom | Translator : Dr. K M Muhammed ISBN : 9789380081403 | 1st Edition | Published Year : 2013 Price : ` 120/ €10/ $12.50 | Dimensions : 215 X 140 mm Binding : Paperback | Pages : 77 | Weight : 100 gm This is arguably the first written history about Kerala. Written in the context of thePortuguese Invasion of Malabar, Tahrid is a verse narrative expressing anger against colonialism using es- chatological references and expressing the tone and concern of a pamphlet. Title : Tuhfat Al-Mujahidin - A Historical Epic of the Sixteenth Century Author : Shaykh Zainuddin Makhdum ISBN : 9789839154801 | 1st Edition | Published Year : 2006 Price : ` 320 / €16 / $20 | Dimensions : 210 X 145 X 10 mm Binding : Paperback | Pages : 139 | Weight : 280 gm First written in Arabic in the late sixteenth century, Tuhfath Al-Mujahidin is a pioneering historical work on the struggles of the Malabar Muslims against the Portuguese colonisers’ encroachment in India, and the rise of Malabar as a medieval naval force under the Zamorin of Calicut. Based on the author’s own first hand information of events and what he could gather from reliable sources, it was written to motivate Muslims for the struggle against the invad- ing Portuguese. This translation is extensively annotated with more than 200 notes explaining local backgrounds and clearly identifying the names men- tioned in the original Arabic work. 3 Catalogue 2017-’18 Title : Mappila Leader In Exile: A Political Biography of Syed Fazl Tangal Author : K.K. Muhammad Abdul Sathar ISBN : 9789380081120 | 1st Edition | Published Year : 2012 Price : ` 340 /€15/ $19 | Dimensions : 215 X 140 mm Binding : Paperback | Pages : 205 | Weight : 234 gm In the biography of Syed Fazl, Dr K.K. Muhammad Abdul Sathar traces the political outlook and disposition of Mamburam Syed Fazal Tangal (1824-1900) from his roots among Ba alwis in Yemen to the Malabar of the 19th century. There are references to Syed Fazal as a religious scholar, reformer, and spiritual guide, all these roles buttress- ing his political stance against the British and the feudal aristocracy. Title : Mappila Muslims: A Study on Society and Anti Colonial Struggles Author : Dr. Hussain Randathani ISBN : 9789380081342 | 2nd Edition | Published Year : 2007 Price : ` 180/€18/$22 | Dimensions : 213 X 140 mm Binding : Paperback | Pages : 182 | Weight : 216 gm A primer on the evolution of the Mappila Muslims and the milieu of Mal- abar through various struggles and contestations against the Portuguese and British empires as well as the feudal landlords, the book will help the students as well as readers of Malabar and Mappila studies to understand a set a perspective on many events that defined this land and the people here. Title : am¸nf apkvenwIÄ Author : Rolland E. Miller | Translator : Thomas Karthikapuram ISBN : 9789380081113 | 2nd Edition | Published Year : 2017 Price : ` 400 / €16/ $20 | Dimensions : 210 X 140 mm Binding : Paperback | Pages : 408 | Weight : 442 gm {]-ap-J I-t\-Un-b³ ]-Þn-X-\m-b tdm-f-ïv C. an-Ã-dp-sS Cu {K-Ùw C-´y-¡-I-¯pw ]p-d-¯p-ap-Å A-t\-Iw N-cn-{Xm-t\z- jn-I-fpw K-th-j-I-cpw am-¸n-f-am-sc-¡p-dn-¨p-Å ]T-\-¯n-sâ {]-ap-J t{km-X-kp-I-fn-sem-¶m-bn D-]-tbm-Kn-¡p-¶p. 4 Catalogue 2017-’18 Title : Kerala Muslim History: A Revisit Author : K. M. Bahauddin ISBN : 9789380081236 | 1st Edition | Published Year : 2013 Price : ` 290/ €12/$15 | Dimensions : 215 X 140 mm Binding : Paperback | Pages : 253 | Weight : 278 gm This work is the result of his extensive study about Kerala’s Muslims by educationist, historian and activist the late Prof. K.M. Bahauddin. The book travels back to six eventful centuries in the history of Kerala Muslims. Title : Origin and Early History of The Muslims of Keralam Author : JBPMore ISBN : 9789380081199 | 1st Edition | Published Year : 2011 Price : ` 360 / €16 / $20 | Dimensions : 215 X 140 mm Binding : Paperback | Pages : 248 | Weight : 208 gm The book has many issues in its focus; the historical background of Malabar be- fore the advent of Islam, the origin and evolution of Islam in Malabar from 700 AD to 1500 AD, the legend Cheraman Perumal and finally Vasco Da Gama’s arrival on the Malabar Coast and its consequences in various quarters. The sec- ond part of the book contains a short, edited reproduction of the account on the Muslims Keralam by Mahomed Kasim Feristha of the Bijapur Sultanate in his Gulshan-i-Ibrahimi. Title : Arab Geographers’ Knowledge of Southern Indian Author : Dr. Syed Muhammed Husayn Nainar ISBN : 9789380081106 | 1st Edition | Published Year : 2011 Price : ` 450 /€25 / $31 | Dimensions : 238 X 180 mm Binding : Paperback | Pages : 183 | Weight : 294 gm Among the sources that throw light on the history, evolution and culture of southern India, the accounts of Arab navigators like Al Biruni are numbered as having prime significance. Dr. Syed Muhammed Husayn Nainar, renowned academicion and author, analyzes these accounts and brings to fore the ma- ny-faceted lives of people in southern India. The author has to his credit among notable books and monographes on Arabic, Tamil, Hindi and Urdu linguistics, the translation of Tuhfat al-Mujahidin, which Other Books brought out in 2006 5 Catalogue 2017-’18 Title : {]mNo\ ae_mÀ Author : Dr. Shamsullah Qadiri ISBN : 9789380081267 | 2nd Edition | Published Year : 2012 Price : ` 70/ €4/ $5 | Dimensions : 215 X 140 mm Binding : Paperback | Pages : 79 | Weight : 102 gm _-lp-`m-jm ]-Þn-X-\m-bn-cp-¶ tUm. iw-kp-à Jm-Zn-cn ]p-cm-X-\ tI-c- f-¯n-sâ N-cn-{Xw e-`y-am-b \n-c-h-[n tc-J-I-sf A-h-ew-_n-¨v DÀ-Zp-hn X-¿m-dm-¡n 1930- A-en-K-Un- h-¨v {]-kn-²o-I-cn-¨ ]p-kv-X-I-am-Wn-Xv. t]-cv a-e-_mÀ F-¶m-sW-¦n-epw I-\ym-Ip-am-cn ap-X Im-kÀ-tIm-Sv h-sc-bp-Å ]-g-b tI-c-f-am-Wv {K-Ù-¯n-sâ {]-Xn-]m-Zy hn-j-bw. Title : ]ctZin: kn\nabpw cm{ãobhpw Editor : Dr. Umar Taramel ISBN : 9788190601979 | 1st Edition | Published Year : 2008 Price : ` 100 / €4 / $5 | Dimensions : 215 X 140 mm Binding : Paperback | Pages : 118 | Weight : 180 gm C´-ymh-n`P\ Nc-n{X¯-n-se N-mc-w a-qS-n¡-nS¶ Hc-p I\e-mW-v "] c-tZi-nb-ne-q-sS' Ne¨-n{Xc-q]-w -s-sIhc-n¨-nc-n¡-p¶X-v. Nc-n{X¯-n-sâ -t\c-n-s\ hf-sc Bg-¯-n h-y-mJ-y-m\-n¡-p¶-p F¶X-mW-v ]-n.S-n b-p-sS kn\- n-a-b- p- sS- {]tX- y-IX.- ]mI- v- ]ucX- z- w- ASn- t¨Â¸- n¡- s¸«- Gd\m«- n- se- -tZik-v-t\l-nIf-mb a\-pj-yc-p-sS BÀ{Za-mb Hc-p Z-ri-y-mJ-y-m\-s¯ c-m{ã-oba-mb-n ]T-n¡-p¶ Hc-p ]-pk-vXIa-mW-nX-v. "]c-tZi-n' Ne¨-n{X-w {]i-v\he-v¡c-n¡-p¶ CS§-sf -teJI³ A-t\-zj-n¡-p¶-p Title : ]IbpsS tcmjmKv\n Author : Dr. Sultan Bin Muhammed Al Qasimi Translator : Abdurahman Adrusseri ISBN : 9789380081205 | 1st Edition | Published Year : 2013 Price : ` 70 / €4 / $5 | Dimensions : 215 X 140 mm Binding : Paperback | Pages : 55 | Weight : 78 gm A-d-_-n-¡-S-e-n-sâ X-o-c-§-f-n a-e-_-m-d-n-\-¸-p-d-¯-p-w -t]-m-À¨-p-K-o-k-p- I-m-c-p--sS -tI-m-f-\-o-I-c-W {i-a-§Ä h-n-]-p-e-a-m-b-n-c-p-¶-p. A-X-n-sâ -t\- X-r-Ø-m-\-¯-p-ï-m-b-n-c-p-¶ A-Â_-p-¡-À-¡-n-sâ a-\-p-j-y-X-z-c-l-n-X-a-m-b ]-S-\-o-¡-§-f-p--sS N-c-n-{X-a-m-W-o ]-p-k-v-X-I-w. 6 Catalogue 2017-’18 Title : Ipdpt§m«p\mSv Author : K P Abdul Majeed ISBN : 9789380081502 | 1st Edition | Published Year : 2015 Price : ` 100/€5 /$7 | Dimensions : 215 X 140 mm Binding : Paperback | Pages : 95 | Weight: 120gm a-m-l-n-¡-p-w X-e-tÈ-c-n-¡-p-a-n-S-b-n-se H-c-p -sN-d-n-b `-q-h-n-`-m-K-a-m-W-v I-p-d-p- t§-m-«-p\-m-S-v.