History of Islamic People By S. Khuda Bukhs

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History of Islamic People By S. Khuda Bukhs. This is neither the place nor the occasion for a review of the great services rendered by Sir Asutosh Mookerjee to the cause of learning in Bengal. Suffice it to say that his eight years’ tenure of office as Vice-Chancellor of the Calcutta University is a land-mark which will defy the storm and stress of time. In every sphere of learning his influence will be felt, his services acknowledged ; and, as time goes by, his figure will loom larger and larger on the intellectual horizon of his country. The severance of his connection with the University would have been a misfortune at any time ; but more than ever is it so at this juncture, when so many things call for his activity and sympathetic guidance. The Mohamedan Community has special reason to be thankful to him. It was he who introduced Islamic History as a subject of higher study in the University of Calcutta. Hitherto that subject had been neglected, and shockingly so, where it should have attracted special care and interest. Even forsooth in pure centres of Islamic Study Islamic History has been at a discount.