Ayesha Jalal's " The Sole Spokesman " (1985) offers a revisionist account, arguing that Muhammad Ali Jinnah used the demand for Pakistan as a bargaining tool to secure Muslim rights within a united India. It maintains that partition was an unforeseen outcome, resulting from Congress's actions rather than Jinnah's original intent. The book is a foundational, academic analysis of high-level negotiations, examining how Jinnah tried to represent all Muslims during the end of British rule.
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