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Indian Studies

1918

In former days the share of the produce of the village fields assigned to the ruler varied in amount according to the cupidity or power of the diwan of its over-lord ; previous to the days of British rule it varied in the crown lands of the Delhi emperors from one-third to one-half of the produce ; but on the estates of their nobles there were no fixed rules each took what he thought fit. [...] The devotion of the various peoples of India is not to the State but to their religion and in the case of the agricultural population to their village home and the ruler who protects it and gives them justice. [...] After the break-up of the Arabian empire and the division of its territories into many different kingdoms the ruler of each proclaimed himself Commander of the Faithful in his own kingdoms ; the Moghul rulers of the Delhi empire were the Commanders of the Faithful in India as the King of Afghanistan is in his kingdom to-day. [...] Sheias call the lawful successors of Muhamad the Twelve Imams and they hold the title of Commander of the Faithful to be in abeyance till the Mahadi reappears ; the title taken by Sheia rulers is Shah or Imam but the latter word also denotes a leader at prayers among both sects ; Muhamad propagated his religion by the sword ; the Koran says the sword is the key of Paradise and Hell. [...] The Sunni belief or Kalima is as follows : " There is no God but the God and Muhamad is the prophet of God ; " that of the greatest"42 INDIAN STUDIES number of Sheia sects is the same with the addition and Ali is the friend of God." In Sheia masjids the tragic story of the death of Hossim which occurred in A. D. 68o at the hand of Shomar a name hated by all Musalmans is recited by some vene
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Pages
315
Published in
United Kingdom
SARF Document ID
sarf.147063
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Frontmatter
i-iii O’moore Creagh view
Chapter I Brief General Description of India
9-14 O’moore Creagh view
Chapter II Hindus
15-27 O’moore Creagh view
Chapter III Musalmans
28-43 O’moore Creagh view
Chapter IV Sikhs
44-73 O’moore Creagh view
Chapter V Other Races
74-83 O’moore Creagh view
Chapter VI The India Office
84-91 O’moore Creagh view
Chapter VII The Government of India
92-121 O’moore Creagh view
Chapter VIII Local Government
122-135 O’moore Creagh view
Chapter IX Local Government
136-155 O’moore Creagh view
Chapter X The Land
156-172 O’moore Creagh view
Chapter XI The Land Tax
173-187 O’moore Creagh view
Chapter XII The Village
188-216 O’moore Creagh view
Chapter XIII Feudatory States
217-232 O’moore Creagh view
Chapter XIV The Army in India
233-283 O’moore Creagh view
Chapter XV The Intelligentsia
284-292 O’moore Creagh view
Chapter XVI The Montagu-Chelmsford Report
293-309 O’moore Creagh view
Chapter XVII The Montagu-Chelmsford Report
310-320 O’moore Creagh view

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