Cambridge Prehistory of Partitions

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  Episode 2: Iqbal, Khilafat and the Idea of Pakistan 02.10.2026 10min

  In Episode 2 of The Cambridge Prehistory of Partitions, Waqas Mirza and historian Erin O’Halloran move from Palestine to British India through the life and political thought of Muhammad Iqbal. Beginning at Portugal Place in Cambridge, where Iqbal is commemorated as the “Poet-Philosopher of Pakistan”, they explore the Khilafat movement, the changing role of the Muslim League, and debates over Muslim political representation in colonial India. The episode also asks how the Iqbal remembered in P...
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  Episode 1: Balfour, Montagu and Zionism 17.09.2026 11min

  In the first episode of The Cambridge Prehistory of Partitions, Waqas Mirza and historian Erin O’Halloran begin with the First World War and the dismantling of the Ottoman Empire. They trace Britain’s overlapping wartime commitments, the 1917 Balfour Declaration, and the sharply opposing positions of two Trinity College alumni: Arthur Balfour and Edwin Montagu. Their disagreement brings Cambridge into a wider history linking Palestine, British imperial policy and its political repercussions i...
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  Trailer - The Cambridge Prehistory of Partitions 17.09.2026 1min

  What connects Cambridge to the partitions of India and Palestine? In The Cambridge Prehistory of Partitions, Dr Waqas Mirza and historian Dr Erin O’Halloran trace the people, institutions and political ideas that connect Cambridge to the intertwined histories of empire, nationalism and partition. Across seven episodes, the series moves from the First World War and the Balfour Declaration through Indian student politics, Muhammad Iqbal, Gandhi, the emergence of Pakistan, international law, and...