خلاصه ماشینی:
The first chapter is called' the Movement in favour of Contemporary British Cul- ture' and there are discussed the works of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan and his co-ad• jutors · and followers, beginning with Chiragh 'Ali, Muhsinu'l-Mulk, Hali, Shibli and Zakau'Ilah, followed by such late authors as $ala}:tu'd-Din Khuda Bakhsh, 'Abdu'llah Yusuf 'Ali and .
also speak of their contents, such as ' the Movement in favour of the IslamicCulture of the Present' with Ameer 'Ali as the outstanding personality; ' The Movement in favour of the Islamic Culture of the Future-Progressive,' with Iqbal as the pivot; 'The Movement in favour of the Islamic Culture of the Future-Reactionary,' again with Iqbal as the leading character ; 'Introductory Essay on Communism' ; ' The pan• Islarnic,Khilafatand related Movements'; 'Islam and Indian Nationalism'; 'Islamic Nationalism-the Khaksar Movement'; 'Islamic Nationalism-the Muslim League, ' Some Theological Groups.
the author regards movements in favour of Indian National Congress as progressive and those against as reactionary.
e from the' pen of a non• Indian and a non-Muslim, and however we m~y differ from the purely subjective: opinions of the author' the work should be read by every student of the present d~a.
In the second and third chapters of the book the author has given a detailed account regarding the dispute on the Arakan Frontier ( 1785-1795 ), the commercial missions to Burma (1745- 1748) and the part played by Captain Symes as the chief agent of the British Government.