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Islam in India or Qanun-i-Sharif

1921

But in the present instance at the kind request of a possessor of favour and kindness a man of great learning and magnanimity a mine of humanity a fountain of generosity a just appreciator of the worth of both high and low well versed in the mysteries of philosophy a Plato of the age in medicine a second Galen nay the Hippocrates of the day Dr. [...] The toils of the journey the uncongeniality of climate the savage character of the inhabitants have not been able to deter the progress of the former ; the labour of solitary study the scantiness of the materials or the dark mists of antiquity have failed to damp the ardour of the latter. [...] The adventurous foot of man has penetrated the dark forests of America crossed the burning deserts of Africa and ascended the lofty snow-clad summits of the Himalaya ; his ships have swept the ocean and visited the most sequestered shores from the dreary abodes of the torpid Esquimaux to the tepid isles of cheerful Otaheite and the inhospitable coast of the cannibals of New Zealand : and though [...] The account begins with the ceremonies at the seventh month of the mother's pregnancy details the various rites peformed by the parents during the several periods of the lives of their children as they grow to maturity and the almost endless ceremonies of matrimony. [...] Under Aurangzeb a fanatical Sunni Musaimam the policy of tolertion was abandoned and the destruction of Hindu temples and idols and the imposition of the Jizya or poll-tax on unbelievers alienated the Rajputs and led to the rise of the Maratha power in the Deccan.
philosophy religion
Pages
438
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.144812
Segment Pages Author Actions
Preface
i-xl Jafar Sharif view
Chapter I Ethnography
1-16 Jafar Sharif view
Chapter II Birth
17-34 Jafar Sharif view
Chapter III Rites After Birth
35-42 Jafar Sharif view
Chapter IV Initiation Birthdays
43-47 Jafar Sharif view
Chapter V Circumcision
48-50 Jafar Sharif view
Chapter VI Growth and Education
51-52 Jafar Sharif view
Chapter VII The Coming of Age of a Girl and a Boy
53-55 Jafar Sharif view
Chapter VIII Marriage
56-108 Jafar Sharif view
Chapter X The Foundations of Islam
109-124 Jafar Sharif view
Chapter XI Prayer
125-133 Jafar Sharif view
Chapter XII Vows and Oblations; Some Indo-Musalman Saints
134-143 Jafar Sharif view
Chapter XIII Religious Buildings and Other Appliances for Worship
144-150 Jafar Sharif view
Chapter XIV The Muharram Festival
151-185 Jafar Sharif view
Chapter XV The Terah Tezi and Akhiri Chaharshamba Festivals
186-187 Jafar Sharif view
Chapter XVI The Barah Wafat; New Year and Spring Festivals
188-191 Jafar Sharif view
Chapter XVII The Festival of Pir-I-Dastagir
192-194 Jafar Sharif view
Chapter XVIII The Festival of the Saint Zinda Shah Madar
195-196 Jafar Sharif view
Chapter XIX The Festival of the Saint Qadirwali Sahib
197-200 Jafar Sharif view
Chapter XX The Saints Rajab Salar and Sayyid Jalalu-D-Din of Bokhara; The Ascent of the Prophet to Heaven; Guga
201-202 Jafar Sharif view
Chapter XXI The Shab-I-Barat Festival
203-204 Jafar Sharif view
Chapter XXII The Ramazan Festival
205-209 Jafar Sharif view
Chapter XXIII The Lamp Festival of Banda Nawaz 1 Gesu Daraz
210-210 Jafar Sharif view
Chapter XXIV The Idu-L-Fitr Festival
211-213 Jafar Sharif view
Chapter XXV The Baqar Id Festival
214-217 Jafar Sharif view
Chapter XXVI Magic
218-x Jafar Sharif view
Chapter XXVII Amulets and Charms
247-263 Jafar Sharif view
Chapter XXVIII Magical Methods
264-273 Jafar Sharif view
Chapter XXIX The Magical Detection of Thieves
274-277 Jafar Sharif view
Chapter XXX Travelling; Lucky and Unlucky Days
278-282 Jafar Sharif view
Chapter XXXI Sufi Mysticism
283-299 Jafar Sharif view
Chapter XXXII Dress The Toilet
300-312 Jafar Sharif view
Chapter XXXIII Jewellery
313-314 Jafar Sharif view
Chapter XXXIV Food and Drink
315-324 Jafar Sharif view
Chapter XXXV Intoxicants Stimulants
325-330 Jafar Sharif view
Chapter XXXVI Games
331-338 Jafar Sharif view
Epilogue
339-340 Jafar Sharif view
Index-Vocabulari
341-374 Jafar Sharif view

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