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REV. T. P. HUGHES. 

 A Dictionary of Islam, being a Cyclopaedia of the Doctrines, Rites, 



Ceremonies, and Customs, together with the Technical and Theological 



Terms of the Muhammadan Religion. With numerous Illustrations. 



Royal 8vo, £2, 2s. 

 " Such a work as this has long been needed, and it would be hard to find 

 any one better qualified to prepare it than Mr Hughes. His ' Notes on 

 Muhammadanism,' of which two editions have appeared, have proved de- 

 cidedly useful to students of Islam, especially in India, and his long familiarity 

 with the tenets and customs of Moslems has placed him in the beat possible 

 position for deciding what is necessary and what superfluous in a ' Dictionary 

 of Islam.' His usual method is to begin an article with the text in the 

 Koran relating to the subject, then to add the traditions bearing upon it, and 

 to conclude with the comments of the Mohammedan, scholiasts and the 

 criticisms of Western scholars. Such a method, while involving an infinity of 

 labour, produces the best results in point of accuracy and conlprehensiveness. 

 The difficult task of compiling a dictionary of so vast a subject as Islam, with 

 its many sects, its saints, khalifs, ascetics, and dervishes, its festivals, ritual, 

 and sacred places, the dress, manners, and customs of its professors, its com- 

 mentators, technical terms, science of tradition and interpretation, its super- 

 stitions, magic, and astrology, its theoretical doctrines and actual practices, 

 has been accomplished with singular success ; and the dictionary will have its 

 place among the standard works of reference in every library that professes 

 to take account of the religion which governs the lives of forty millions of 

 the Queen's subjects. The articles on 'Marriage,' 'Women,' 'Wives,' 

 'Slavery,' 'Tradition,' 'Sufi,' 'Muhammad,-' 'Da'wah' or Incantation, 

 'Burial,' and 'God,' are especially admirable. Two articles deserve special 

 notice. One is an elaborate account of Arabic ' Writing ' by Dr Steingass, 

 which contains a vast quantity of useful matter, and is well illustrated by 

 woodcuts of the chief varieties of Arabic script.' The other article to which 

 we refer with special emphasis is Mr F. Pincott on ' Sikhism.' There is some- 

 thing on nearl every page of the dictionary that will interest and instruct 

 the students of Eastern religion, manners, and customs." — Athenaium., 



Dictionaiy of Muhammadan Theology. 

 Notes on Muhammadanism. By Rev. T. P. Hughes. Third Edition, 



revised and enlarged. Fcap. 8vo, 6s. 

 " Altogether an admirable little book. It combines two excellent quali- 

 ties, abundance of facts and lack of theories. . . . On every one of the 

 numerous heads (over fifty) into which the book is divided, Mr Hughes 

 furnishes a large amount of very valuable information, which it would be 

 exceedingly ditfioult to collect from even a large library of works on the 

 subject. 'The book might well be called a ' Dictionary of Muhammadan 

 Theology,' for we know of no English work which combines a methodical 

 arrangement (and consequently facility of reference) with fulness of informa- 

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



" It contains multum in parvo, and is about the best outline of the 

 tenets of the Muslim faith which we have seen. It has, moreover, the rare 

 merit of being accurate ; and, although it contains a few passages which we 

 would gladly see expunged, it cannot fail to be useful to all Government 

 employes who have to deal with Muhammadans ; whilst to missionaries it 

 mil be invaluable. " — The Times of India. 



" The main object of the work is to reveal the real and practical character 

 of the Islam faith, and in this the author lias evideutly been successful." — 

 The Standard. 



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