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William Wolf.MareMagnum

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WILLIAM MUIRMareMagnum

THE MOHAMMEDAN CONTROVERSY BIOGRAPHIES OF MOHAMMED SPRENGER ON TRADITION THE INDIAN LITURGY AND THE PSALTER [Hardcover]

About the Book:- This Book contain five essays. These Essays are taken from the Calcutta Review. First essay, 1845 A. D. The Mohammedan Controvercy. Second Essay, 1852 A. D. Biographies of Mohammed. The Essay opens with a waening against the danger of publishing incorrect biographies of the prophet. Third Essay, 1868 A. D. Sprenger on the Sources and Growth of Moslem Tradition. This is Dr. Spenger’s monograph on Mohamedan tradition, being a preface of 180 pages to his great work. Fourth Essay, 1850 A. D. The Indian Liturgy. Our prayer Book is altogether inadequate to meet of the Indian Church. Fifth Essay, 1887 A. D. The Freer and more varied use of the psalms in our churches. Looking to the Eastern and Roman Churches, we find that the serial repetition of the psalter is modified by the psalter is modified by the use in its stead of the proper psalms appointed for the ferial and saints’ days constantly recurring in their services. About the Author:- Sir William Muir, Order of the Star of India (1819–1905) was a Scottish Orientalist, and colonial administrator, Principal of the University of Edinburgh and Lieutenant Governor of the North-West Provinces of British India. Muir was a scholar of Islam. His chief area of expertise was the history of the time of Muhammad and the early caliphate. His chief books are A Life of Mahomet and History of Islam to the Era of the Hegira; Annals of the Early Caliphate; The Caliphate: Its rise, decline and fall, an abridgment and continuation of the Annals, which brings the record down to the fall of the caliphate on the onset of the Mongols; The Koran: its Composition and Teaching; and The Mohammedan Controversy, a reprint of five essays published at intervals between 1885 and 1887. In 1888 he delivered the Rede lecture at Cambridge on The Early Caliphate and Rise of Islam. The Title 'THE MOHAMMEDAN CONTROVERSY BIOGRAPHIES OF MOHAMMED SPRENGER ON TRADITION THE INDIAN LITURGY AND THE PSALTER written/authored/edited by WILLIAM MUIR', published in the year 2022. The ISBN 9788121262156 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 246 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is Biography. Size of the book is 14.34 x 22.59 cms Vol:-

Gyan Books Pvt Ltd · New Delhi, IN13,98 €

WILLIAM MUIRMareMagnum

THE MOHAMMEDAN CONTROVERSY BIOGRAPHIES OF MOHAMMED SPRENGER ON TRADITION THE INDIAN LITURGY AND THE PSALTER

About the Book:- This Book contain five essays. These Essays are taken from the Calcutta Review. First essay, 1845 A. D. The Mohammedan Controvercy. Second Essay, 1852 A. D. Biographies of Mohammed. The Essay opens with a waening against the danger of publishing incorrect biographies of the prophet. Third Essay, 1868 A. D. Sprenger on the Sources and Growth of Moslem Tradition. This is Dr. Spenger’s monograph on Mohamedan tradition, being a preface of 180 pages to his great work. Fourth Essay, 1850 A. D. The Indian Liturgy. Our prayer Book is altogether inadequate to meet of the Indian Church. Fifth Essay, 1887 A. D. The Freer and more varied use of the psalms in our churches. Looking to the Eastern and Roman Churches, we find that the serial repetition of the psalter is modified by the psalter is modified by the use in its stead of the proper psalms appointed for the ferial and saints’ days constantly recurring in their services. About the Author:- Sir William Muir, Order of the Star of India (1819–1905) was a Scottish Orientalist, and colonial administrator, Principal of the University of Edinburgh and Lieutenant Governor of the North-West Provinces of British India. Muir was a scholar of Islam. His chief area of expertise was the history of the time of Muhammad and the early caliphate. His chief books are A Life of Mahomet and History of Islam to the Era of the Hegira; Annals of the Early Caliphate; The Caliphate: Its rise, decline and fall, an abridgment and continuation of the Annals, which brings the record down to the fall of the caliphate on the onset of the Mongols; The Koran: its Composition and Teaching; and The Mohammedan Controversy, a reprint of five essays published at intervals between 1885 and 1887. In 1888 he delivered the Rede lecture at Cambridge on The Early Caliphate and Rise of Islam. The Title 'THE MOHAMMEDAN CONTROVERSY BIOGRAPHIES OF MOHAMMED SPRENGER ON TRADITION THE INDIAN LITURGY AND THE PSALTER written/authored/edited by WILLIAM MUIR', published in the year 2022. The ISBN 9788121262149 is assigned to the Paperback version of this title. This book has total of pp. 246 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is Biography. Size of the book is 13.34 x 21.59 cms Vol:-

Gyan Books Pvt Ltd · New Delhi, IN9,27 €

William FrancklinMareMagnum

Military Memoirs of Mr. George Thomas : Who, by Extraordinary Talents and Enterprise, Rose From an Obscure Situation to the Rank of a General, in the Service of the Native Powers in the North-West of India [Hardcover]

About The Book : In the enlightened period of the nineteenth century, when the world abounds In characters, as distinguished for their abilities, in every branch of scientific and useful knowledge, as eminent for their courage and other personal qualifications, it may afford matter for surprise, that an obscure individual should merit the attention of the community. Yet,when it is considered that the singularity of character, exhibited in the subject of the present memoirs, is rendered still more interesting by his adventures, his talents, his successes, and his misfortunes, detailed in the following sheets, it may not only form the best apology for the compiler in submitting these memoirs, to the public view, but also afford some useful instruction to the reader. From the best information we could procure, it appears that Mr. George Thomas first came to India in a British ship of war, in 1781-2. His situation in the fleet was humble, having served as a quarter matter, or, as Is affirmed by some. In the capacity of a common fail or Shortly after landing in the vicinity of Madras, the activity of his mind, overcoming the lowliness of his situation, he determined to quit the ship, and embrace a life more suitable to his ardent disposition.His first; service was among the Polygars to the southward, where he resided a few years. But at length setting out over-land, he spiritedly traversed the central part of the Peninsula, and about the year 1787 arrived at Delhi. Here he received a commission in the service of the Begum Sumroo. This lady is well known in the history of the transactions of modern times. Soon after his arrival at Delhi, the Begum, with her usual judgment and discrimination of character, advanced him to a command in her army. From this period his military career in the north-west of India may be said to have commenced. About The Author : William Francklin (1763–1839) was an English orientalist and army officer. Francklin was the eldest son of Thomas Francklin, by his wife Miss Venables. He was admitted on the foundation at Westminster in 1777, whence he was elected to Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1781.Preferring to engage in the profession of arms, he was admitted a cadet in the service of the East India Company in 1782, appointed ensign of the 19th regiment of Bengal Native Infantry 31 Jan. 1783; lieutenant 20 Oct. 1789; captain in the army 7 June 1796; captain in his regiment 30 Sept. 1803; major in the army 25 April 1808; major in his regiment 29 March 1810; lieutenant-colonel in the army 4 June 1814, and in his regiment on 16 Dec. of the same year. On being invalided, 1 Oct. 1815, he was made regulating officer at Bhagalpur. He retired in India in December 1825, and died 12 April 1839, aged 76.