خلاصه ماشینی:
" Besides, the author states that the eighteen sun-worshipping "Mag Brahmins" came from Iran and settled in India and '' the first Kshatrapa ruler of Gujarat and Saurashtra was the Iranian Nahapana of the Kshaharata family.
In a few words the author has beautifully portrayed the history of the Parsis, and remarks, "The Light of Iran, dwindling during and after the Arab conquest was re-lit in India, where a miniature Iran arose ...
" The author mentions how Indian scholars were invited to Baghdad, how Indian books were translated into Arabic, how Indian numerals were introduced into Arabic and how Arabs were taught Algebra and Arithmetic by Indians.
In these and the earlier two sections, ene feels as if one is reading the history of medieval Indian culture, which was certainly influenced by Iran, but these elaborate descriptions do not fit well in this book.
In the same way, in the seventh section he is justified in saying that "Sufi mysticism has been rightly regarded the supreme manifestation of the Iranian mind in the spiritual sphere " and that "among the various influences that went to mould the Sufistic creed, two Indian forces only can be appropriately considered here, the Vedantic and the Budhistic.
H. ABIDl AL-GHAZZALI-THE BOOK OF KNOW• LEDGE, being the English Translation of Kitab-al-Ilm, by Dr. Nabih Amin Faris.
The book is based on original sources and throws light on various aspects of Aurangzeb's early life-military political and administrative.