Download or read book Catalogue of the Arabic and Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the Calcutta Madrasah (Classic Reprint) written by Kamalu 'D. -Dîn Ahmad and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-11 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Catalogue of the Arabic and Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the Calcutta Madrasah The Musulmans of India need new ideals of scholarship, if the name of maulavi is to regain the respect it once enjoyed. I look forward to the day when India will boast of scholars in no way inferior to those of Europe. Too little encouragement has been given to the maulavis by European scholars resident in India. They have indeed been made use of, but more as literary hacks than as scholars, and no effort has hitherto been made to acquaint the learned with the ideals of European scholarship. The result is that learning is confined within the narrowest limits, while original research is athing unheard of. One essential step in advance is the mastery of one or more European languages. For, until the learned Muhammadan can ascertain for himself what European scholarship is, and what European scholars have achieved, he must remain what he is at present, the master of a few famous books - complete master of them it is true, but devoid of all ambition to know others. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.