Muslim Slave System in Medieval India c15.23

c15.23

⁴ We have depended on two versions of the *Hidayah*: 1. The Urdu translation done at Deoband by Maulana Jamil Ahmad Sukrodvi, Muddaris of Dar-ul-Ulum; it is entitled *Ashraful Hidayah*. It was published in 1980s, only vols. 1 to 5 and 8 to 9 were available to us. 2. The English translation of the work done by Charles Hamilton in 4 vols. in 1791; it is entitiled *The Hedaya* (or Guide) - A commentary on the Mussulman laws. Hamilton gives a valuable Discourse, iii-Lxxxviii, and an Introductory Address, ix-xii, at the beginning of vol. I.