A Short History of Pakistan is an edited book published by University of Karachi Press and comprises four volumes. The book is edited by Prof Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi and provides a comprehensive account of the history of the Pakistan region and its people from the prehistory leading to the creation of Pakistan and East Pakistan which then became Bangladesh. Complete set of four volumes are sequentially titled as, "Book One: Pre-Muslim Period by Ahmad Hasan Dani"; "Book Two: Muslim Rule under the Sultans by M. Kabir"; "Book Three: The Mughul Empire by Sh. A. Rashid"; and, "Book Four: Alien Rule and the Rise of Muslim Nationalism by M. A. Rahim et al."