Daughter of Nomads

by Rosanne Hawke

  My sincere thanks go to author Azhar Abidi who has given permission for me to use his idea of how a carpet flies, which I found in his creative essay, ‘The Secret History of the Flying Carpet’ in Meanjin 63:2, 2004, pp. 141–148. The story of Mustafah and his flying carpet also comes from this essay.

  Rumi excerpts from ‘To Take a Step Without Feet’ and ‘Song of the Reed’, translated by Kabir Helminski, from Love is a Stranger, © 1993 by Kabir Edmund Helminski. Reprinted by arrangement with The Permissions Company, Inc., on behalf of Shambhala Publications Inc., Boulder, CO. www.shambhala.com.

  Thank you to Michael Hawke for giving permission to use his poems, ‘Tales of Jahani’, ‘Gold Bangles’, ‘Anjuli’s Song’ and prophecies in Daughter of Nomads. Thank you for the workshopping and great advice with plotting and the character agency charts. To Makayla and Amelia for listening to drafts and wanting more. You inspired me to keep writing.

  Thank you, Lenore Penner, for your constant encouragement to write this story, brainstorming ideas and reading drafts. You’ve been waiting for this one a long time.

  Thank you, Catherine Wood, for your inspiring photographs of Hunza. And thank you to Jacinta di Mase, the best agent ever, and the delightful and clever team at UQP for your creative and happy work on this book: Kristina Schulz, Kristy Bushnell and designer Jo Hunt. You are brilliant! And special thanks to D.M. Cornish for his amazing artwork for this book.

  I also gained inspiration from the following:

  Ferdowsi, A, 2006, Trs Dick Davis, The Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings, Penguin, New York.

  Gascoigne, B, 1971, The Great Moghuls, B.I. Publications, New Delhi.

  Laird, E, 2012, The Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings, Frances Lincoln, London.

  Luchsinger, M & Obersteiner, M, 2003, Cooking in Hunza, Aga Khan Cultural Service, Pakistan.

  Manucci, N, n.d. pre 1950, Michael Edwards Ed., Memoirs of the Mughal Court, Folio Society, London.

  Shaw, I, 1989, Pakistan Handbook, The Guidebook Company, Hong Kong.

  Ullens de Schooten, M, 1956, Lords of the Mountains, The Travel Book Club, London.

  Willson, S R, 2002, A Look at Hunza Culture, National Institute of Pakistan Studies, Quaid-i-Azam University, Pakistan.

  First published 2016 by University of Queensland Press

  PO Box 6042, St Lucia, Queensland 4067 Australia

  www.uqp.com.au

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  © Rosanne Hawke 2016

  This book is copyright. Except for private study, research, criticism or reviews, as permitted under the Copyright Act, no part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means without prior written permission. Enquiries should be made to the publisher.

  Cover and text illustrations © D.M. Cornish 2016

  Map © D.M. Cornish 2016

  Cover design by Jo Hunt

  Typeset in 12.5/16.5 pt Perpetua MT Std by Post Pre-press Group, Brisbane

  The researching of Daughter of Nomads was assisted by an Asialink Fellowship to Pakistan and financed by Arts SA.

  Cataloguing-in-Publication Data

  National Library of Australia

  http://catalogue.nla.gov.au

  Hawke, Rosanne, author.

  Daughter of nomads / Rosanne Hawke.

  ISBN 978 0 7022 5393 5 (pbk)

  ISBN 978 0 7022 5636 3 (pdf)

  ISBN 978 0 7022 5637 0 (epub)

  ISBN 978 0 7022 5638 7 (kindle)

  For primary school age.

  Children of nomads – Juvenile fiction.

  Pakistan – History – Juvenile fiction.

  Adventure stories.

  A823.3

  University of Queensland Press uses papers that are natural, renewable and recyclable products made from wood grown in sustainable forests. The logging and manufacturing processes conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin.