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KEY. T. r. HUGHES. 

 Dictionary of Islam. Being a Cycloixx^dia „r the Doclrinus, Riles, 

 Cc-cmoiues and Cuslonis, toHotlier with the Teclinical and Theological 

 leims 1)1 the Muhaiumadan ReUgion. With nuineroiis Illustrations, 

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™,,fiLlVv i I T" '^''™ ":PP«'-"d. bayo proved decidedly uBotuI to hdndents 0/ lalim, 

 fX? ?!l^i i- "• '^•,'"','' ^'^ '"■'» fainiliarity with the tenets and customs of Moslems 

 i,nl' nno"™ '^/i".?"" ""'fV"" P°''^'"" f"'' """i'li'ig what is necessary and what 

 si,pe n lous ,n a ' Dictionary of Islau..' His usual method is to begin an article wilh 

 the tixt in the Koran relating to the subject, then to add the traditions bearing upon ii 

 anrtto conclude with the comments ot the Jlohammodan scholiasts and the oritioisms 

 ?h„ h .*■'" ^'■*°'?'^- .'^"'-''' "■ """bod, while Involving an infinity of labour, produces 

 ine best results in point ot accuracy and comprehensiveneBS. The dilllcult task ot 

 compiling a dictionary of so vast a bubjoct as Islam, with its many sects, its saints, 

 kualifs, ascetics, and dervishes, its festivals, ritual, and sacred places tho dress 

 planners, and customs of its professors, its commentators, technical terms, soionce of 

 tradition and interpretation, its superstitions, magic, and astrology, lis theoretical 

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 or Arabic ' Writing' by Dr Steingass, which contains a vast quantity of useful matter 

 and IS well illustrated by woodcuts of tho chief varieties of Arabic script. The other 

 article to which we refer with special emphasis is Mr P. Pincott on ' Sikhism.' There 

 IS something on nearly every page of the dictionary that will interest and instruct the 

 sludouta of Eastern religion, manners, and customs."— ^l(/icHai«m. 



Dictionary of Muhanii/iadatz Theology. 

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 Urge library of works on the subject. The book might well be called a ' Dictionary of 

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 high a degree as the little volume before us." — The Academy. 



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