Archive for November 2013
TYNDALE – BISCOE OF KASHMIR – AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY - INTRODUCTION BY SHAFI AHMAD QADRI
Last two hundred years or so the British Isles have been famous for producing outstanding missionaries. The great men are Cecil Tyndale – Biscoe of Kashmir. Tyndale- Biscoe and about his remarkable work and influence as a Schoolmaster in Kashmir. Kashmir that beautiful country of mountains and lakes, of valleys and rivers.
This book, carrying as it does the impress of his personality, many who never had the privilege of knowing him, will be able to see for them what the secret of that achievement was.
Biscoe came here at a time when Kashmiris were steeped in ignorance and apathy which is generally attributes of a backward community. Biscoe is out to kindle a spark of enlightenment and liberal knowledge and immediately came up against prejudice, superstition and social taboos.
Tyndale –Biscoe in Kashmir is a rewarding treatise on Canon Tyndale Biscoe’s ambitions and activities in Kashmir, on his bold confrontations and distinct successes, on the sustained metamorphosis Kashmir had under his influence.
Today Canon Tyndale- Biscoe is no more amongst us but his memory lives enshrined in our hearts and traditions of selfless service that he has created will never die.
Also you will find in references to lance Cecil Tyndale- Biscoe’s wife.
INTRODUCTION BY SHAFI AHMAD QADRI
Shafi Ahmad Qadri passed his matriculation from CMS Tyndale Biscoe School and passed his B.Sc (Hons) from Pratap College, Srinagar. Afterwards he joined CMS School as in charge Biology Section. Then, he left for Dehradun and did his training in Forestry in Northern Forest College. On his return he was appointed as Range Officer in J&K Forest department. Currently he is working as Assistant conservator of Forests, Jammu and Kashmir Govt.
Book: Tyndale – Biscoe of Kashmir –An Autobiography
Introduction by Shafi Ahmad Qadri
ISBN: 81-86714-62-6
Language: English
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THE HISTORY OF MEDIEVAL KASHMIR BY MOHAMMAD SALEEM KHAN
This book has been studied in chapters.
1. Spread of Islam
2. Foundation of the Sultanate
3. Sultan Zain-Ul-Abidin
4. Rise and Fall of Chak Dynasty
5. The Mughal Role in Kashmir
6. Kashmir Under the Afghans
7. Kashmir under the Sikhs including bibliography
Dr. Mohd. Saleem Khan, born in Srinagar, Kashmir, obtained his doctorate in Kashmir history in 1985 from the University of Kashmir. As a prolific writer, he has published a number of research papers and articles in leading national and International Journals.
Book: The History of Medieval Kashmir
Author: Mohammad Saleem Khan
ISBN: 81-86714-97-9
Language: English
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1. Spread of Islam
2. Foundation of the Sultanate
3. Sultan Zain-Ul-Abidin
4. Rise and Fall of Chak Dynasty
5. The Mughal Role in Kashmir
6. Kashmir Under the Afghans
7. Kashmir under the Sikhs including bibliography
His recent book “The history of Jammu & Kashmir” (published in 2003) dealt with Dogra rule in J&K State: presently working as principle, Govt. Degree Collage, Kulgam, Kashmir.
Book: The History of Medieval Kashmir
Author: Mohammad Saleem Khan
ISBN: 81-86714-97-9
Language: English
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THE ROAD TO KASHMIR (WITH A GALLERY OF SPECIAL PICTURES) BY JAMES MILNE
James Milne who visited Kashmir via Punjab has narrated his experiences about the roads and transportation system of the times. The author has also preserved the special pictures of the route and the surroundings which are worth seeing. The book contains useful information about the geography of the lands and can be a guide through which one can have a peep in the past of the area.
Author: James Milne
ISBN: 81-8339-046-3
Language: English
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MEMORIES OF THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF KASHMIR (ANTIQUITIES OF MAREV – WADWAN) BY R. C KAK)
The bridle path from Kashmir to Wadwan starts from Achhabal, where the cart road from Srinagar terminates. A little above Sangas, a large prosperous village situated at a distance of about four miles from Achhabal, the road takes a shot turn round the spur and enters the Kutahar valley. At this point, a few feet to the right side of the road, are four small rounds – headed niches carved on the face of a rock. Below the road on the left side is the Dathing spring. It is held sacred to Siva, and was formerly the scene of a popular pilgrimage on the Purnima (full moon night) of Sravana.
Ram Chandra Kak (05 June 1893) – 10 February 1983) was Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir during 1945- 47. He was also a pioneering archaeologist who excavated the leading sites of antiquities in Kashmir and wrote the definite text on them.
He served at various keys positions in Maharaja Hari Singh’s administration. Beginning ass the superintendent of archaeology, he was appointed to the post of chief secretary in 1937. He was made minister of military affairs in 1941 and the chief minister in Hari Singh’s government from 1942- 1945. Kak cated as the Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir from June 1946- 11 August 1947 during the key transitional period when the British prepared for departure from India
Ram Chandra Kak, a Kashmiri Pandit was considered by Dr Vreese to be in possession of Sarada script copy of the Nilamat Puran Pandit RC Kak worked in London and produced his book Ancient monuments of Kashmir in 1933.
Book: Memories of the Archaeology of Kashmir (Antiquities of Marev – Wadwan)
Author: R. C. Kak
ISBN: 978-81-8339-152-8
Language: English
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