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R. Muhammad Ishaq has made a valu• able contribution to the history of the study of Traditions of Islam by the pub· lication of his book, "India's Contribution to the study of Hadith Literature.
" India has made a distinct and valuable contribution to every branch of Islamic literature-Tafsir, Hadith, history, philosophy, etc.
At a later period the two streams mingled together and one complete system of Hadith literature was re· cognised and folJowed throughout this sub• continent, In Part II, however, the author has dealt with such of the Indian Traditionists as mi• grated from India and settled down in other parts of the Islamic world and delivered lectures at the various centres of Hadith learn• ing from the 7th to the 9th century, In this part, after describing the transfer and settle• ment of Indian tribes either as captives of war or a11 slaves converted to Islam from Persian or Indian territories since the time of Umar I, the author gives accounts of more than a score of such of them as studied Tradi• tions in Arabia, Mesopotamia or Syria, attain.
mad Jalal-ud-din Rumi, the great Sufi poet of West Asia, The author has expressly set out to rescue the poet from the halo of the supernatural, which, in his opinion has gather• ed round his name in the course of history, and views him against the background of the hard realities of the history of his age, and appraises the worth of his poetic contribution to mystic thought.