Sultana’s Dream (Farsi)
Publication Author:
Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hussain, translated by Behdokht Roshdiyeh
Date:
2000
number of pages:
40 
The first Feminist utopia to be published in the sub-continent this novel, which was first published in 1905 in Bangla by Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hussain, a Bengali Muslim novelist and social reformer, uses gender role reversal to highlight the absurdity of the position of women in society. This is the translation into Farsi of the classic work.
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