Interview with Maskhoor Hussein [sound recording]

Maskhoor Hussein interviewed about surviving massacre during Partition.


Order number: OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
Date(s) of creation: April 1997
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Maskhoor Hussein (b c 1925); Professor of Urdu
Other authors: Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
URL: https://digital.soas.ac.uk/oa3/all

Order number: OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
Summary: Maskhoor Hussein interviewed about surviving massacre during Partition.
Main author: Maskhoor Hussein (b c 1925); Professor of Urdu
Other authors: Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
Extent: 00:33:45
Admin history: Maskhoor Hussein was born in around 1925. He grew up in Hissar, Punjab. He survived violent attack during Partition, which killed many members of his family. He left for Pakistan. He became a Professor of Urdu at Government College, Lahore. Maskhoor Hussein wrote a book about his experience of Partition.
Custodial history: Interview by Andrew Whitehead
Access status: Open
Access conditions: MP3 audio file can be accessed on DVD-R in Special Collections Reading Room, SOAS Library. Users must bring their own headphones and computer to consult material.
Copyright: Copyright held by Andrew Whitehead
User restrictions: The recording is available for consultation without restriction, and short extracts (up to 200 words) can be published with an appropriate acknowledgement. Any publication of longer extracts or use of interviews for broadcast requires the prior written permission of Andrew Whitehead.
Language: English
Urdu
Originals: MP3 audio datafile digitised from original recording on cassette tape. Original: OA3 Tape 62, Side A + B
Copies: Digital version of sound recording is available via SOAS Digital Collections.
Related material: Partial transcript and notes compiled by Andrew Whitehead available at SOAS Library. Reference: OA3/02/01
Publications: Research for broadcast of the BBC World Service radio series 'India: A People Partitioned' (1997)
Format: Archive