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As with his pre• vious publication the little book has a portrait of Bashshar, designed by the author's brother Mustafa F arrukh, which, though imaginary,.
THE FOUNDATION OF MUSLIM RULE IN INDIA; by Dr. Ijabibullah; publisher, Shaikh Muhammad Ashraf, Kashmiri Bazar, Lahore; 354 pages; Rs. 15.
dynamic inrush of a foreign culture which chose · to make India its · home and as the author rightly says " th; rude horsemen of the Steppes became the patrons of Firdausi and Khusrau in less than a hundred years.
and one reads with profound interest how the author has dealt with such topics as the composition of Muslim society, the so• cial and religious groups, Hindu in• fluences on popular Islam, literature, education and arts, trade and commerce and other topics of a kindred nature.
Certain topics are discussed very fully i~ the body of the book such as the ques• tion of Sultana Razia's alleged moral lapse, with full and free reference to authorities, and there is a good discussion of the question of the Turk versus the Indian Muslim at the capital.
" By raising Hypnotism to a mystico• spiritual status the author has made too high a bid for Hypnotism, which is difficult to · justify and likely to prove derogatory to the prestige and value of mysticism.
Aftab-ud-Din Ahmad; publishers: the Woking Muslim Mission and Literary Trust, Azeez Manzil, Brandreth Road, Lahore; annual Indian subscription Rs. 7-8-0.
A Nosegay of Islamic Flowers ; publishers : the Muslim Book Society, Azeez Manzil, Brandreth Road, Lahore.