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    Atiya Fyzee (1 August 1877 – 4 January 1967; also known as Atiya Fyzee-Rahamin, Atiya Begum, Shahinda, Atiya Begum Fyzee Rahamin) was an Indian author and the first woman from South Asia to attend the University of Cambridge.

  2. Atiya Fyzee. 1906-7, 1908, 1914, perhaps mid-1920s, 1937-9. Born in Istanbul, Atiya Fyzee was the daughter of Hasanally Feyzhyder, an Indian merchant attached to the Ottoman Court, and his first wife, Amirunissa.

  3. Oct 28, 2010 · Atiya Fyzee became a key figure in the cultural and intellectual history of South Asia. Atiya’s legend, sometimes contradictory and often exoticized, was formed in the last years of her life when she lived in Karachi after the Partition.

  4. Atiya Fyzee (1877-1967) was an author, social reformer and patron of the arts in twentieth century India. She hailed from Bombay where she belonged to the renowned Tyabji clan of Sulaimani Bohra Muslims.

  5. On 1 September 1906, a young, unveiled Muslim woman, Atiya Fyzee (1877–1967), boarded a steamboat that began a historical travel from India to Britain. During her sojourn, Atiya recorded her experiences and observations in a diary. This book is about her life, writing, and travels.

  6. The Fyzee family was a branch of the extended Tyabji clan. Writer Atiya Fyzee (1877-1967) belonged to this illustrious family tree, and Badruddin Tyabji was her maternal great uncle. She was a great traveller and an iconoclastic woman worthy of note in the history of South Asian literature.

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  8. Atiya Fyzee is not been a popular figure in the literary or historical canon, which is somewhat surprising considering that she belonged to the prominent Tyabji clan of Bombay.