- Author Name : Ayesha Jalal
- Subject : Biography, Dissertation
- Language : English
- Cover : Hard Binding
- No of Pages : 310
- Publish Year : 2010
In 1940 the All-India Muslim League orchestrated the demand for independent Muslim states in India. Seven years later Pakistan was created amidst a communal holocaust of unprecedented proportions. Concentrating on the All-India Muslim League and its leader, Mohammed Ali Jinnah, The Sole Spokesman assesses the role of religious communalism and provincialism in shaping the movement for Pakistan.