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Another important feature in the intellectual life of the Osrnani University was that it witnessed lively scenes of fresh activities in th last week of December 1941 as the Eleventh Session of the All-lndi Oriental Conference and the Fifth Session of the Indian History Congres selected Hyderabad, an acknowledged centre of culture and learning, as venue for their deliberations.
" Itis a matter of deep gratification to me that the All-India Orien• tal Conference is holding its Eleventh Session in the historic city of Hyderabad under the auspices of my Government, and that eminent oriental scholars have assembled here to further the aim and objects of an organisation which has gained a great reputation for the promotion of oriental studies.
II My Dominions possess a unique historical and cultural import• ance in the history of India, and I hope the delegates to this Confer• ence who arc all great students and scholars of the languages and literatures of our countrY.
The President of the Conference, Mr. Ghulam Yazdani, read his 'esidential address and gave a detailed review of the contributions ade by various oriental institutes, journals and research works which e being conducted all over India.
" The author said that, though tl Arabs worshipped many idols in the pre-Islamic period, yet they nev ceased to believe in the oneness of God. Another paper read in Urdu language was on the "Nature of Evil" ~ Dr. Mir Valluddin of the Osmania University.