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works nowadays, and rendering them profitable for our researches 

 has been a strong factor in the progress of the thorough and special 

 knowledge of the historical development of the doctrines and institu- 

 tions of Islam. 



That the scholars of the Orient may also profit from our critical 

 method, that they, to whom we owe so much splendid material, 

 may, by intelligent collaboration in our endeavors, contribute to the 

 promotion of scientific work about their own past and present, must 

 be our wish. 



