OBSERVATIONS ON THE MUSSULMAUNS OF INDIA DESCRIPTIVE OF THEIR MANNERS, CUSTOMS, HABITS AND RELIGIOUS OPINIONS MADE DURING A TWELVE YEARS RESIDENCE IN THEIR IMMEDIATE SOCIETY BY MRS. MEER HASSAN ALI INTRODUCTION VERY little is known about the authoress of this interesting book. She is reticent about the affairs of her husband and of herself, and inquiries recently made at Lucknow, at the India Office, and in other likely quarters in England, have added little to the scanty information we possess about her. The family of her husband claimed to be of Sayyid origin, that is to say, to be descended from the martyrs, Hasan and Husain, the sons of Fatimuh, daughter of the Prophet, by her marriage with her cousmniiunj All, The fatherinlaw of the authoress, Mir Haj Shah, of whom she speaks with affection and respect, was the son of the QazI, or Muhamrnadan lawofficer, of Ludhiana, in the Panjab. During his boyhood the Punjab was exposed to raids by the Mahrattas and incursions of the Sikhs, He...

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