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Spectacles of Dispossession: Representations of Indian Muslims in British Colonial Discourse, 1857-1905
No full textPhDThis thesis analyses some of the changing features by which Indian Muslims were
identified in British colonialist discourse between the outbreak of revolt in 1857 and
the partition of Bengal in 1905. Most of the texts examined emanate out of the
relatively circumscribed Anglo-Indian official community, and range from personal
correspondence, to 'Mutiny' memoirs, travel guides, and socio-political essays. The
argument takes as its starting point David Washbrook's description of the selfconstitution
of the Raj as a centralised, secular and neutral state arbitrating the claims
of competing ascriptive racial and ethnic communities. Drawing on recent Lacanian
analyses of the formation and maintenance of ideologies, as well as on the
sociological schema of Zygmant Bauman, the thesis argues that in the post-1857
period the preservation of this official identity became dangerously reliant on a
discourse of power centred on representations of Indian Muslims. Chapter One reads
the stereotype of the Indian Muslim in 1905 for its most salient features - debased
foreign origins, religious incontinence, isolation within Indian society, and secret
ambitions towards temporal power. It then traces them back to their first marked
appearance in colonial discourse in 1857. Chapter Two begins with a reassessment of
the historiography with regard to Muslim 'conspiracy' during the revolt, as well as a
reconsideration of official praxis towards Indian Muslims in the half-century before
its outbreak. Proceeding to a detailed analysis of' Mutiny' texts, it concludes that the
unprecedented, widespread British misperception of 'conspiracy' stemmed in part
from an irrational colonialist attempt to re-possess their own fractured secular
ideology through tropes of Christian persecution. Chapter Three compares the highly
ambivalent post-'Mutiny' representations of Indo-Muslim 'fanaticism' that resulted
with a secularised late eighteenth-century discourse on Mughal figures of authority. It
argues that the strikingly similar discourses of alienation and lack of self-command
structuring both forms of representation derived from crises in the colonialist inability
to command their own self-presentation as rulers within the Indian environment. In
the later discourse, in particular, these instabilities issued in a disastrous process of
representational stigmatisation and segregation
Music, media and mysticism : the pop-proheticism of Bob Marley and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
No full textIncludes abstract.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 213-222).This dissertation examines the recent emergence of popular recording artists who explicitly invoke the prophetic voices of their religious traditions in their music. In doing so, they situate their music within a pre-existing prophetic lineage. These musicians selfconsciously view their music as vehicle to spread a divine message, and they recognize that their lyrical voice can either become or echo a prophetic voice
Fort William College\u27s Transformative Influence on Urdu Prose Literature
Get PDFThis research delves into the roots of Urdu prose, identifying significant influences from Sufi traditions and tracing the evolution through key figures such as Banda Nawaz Gesu Daraz, Syed Muhammad Abdullah, Shah Mereji, Burhan-ud-din Janam, Mulla Wajhi, Meeran Ji Hussain Khudanama, and others. The study extends to the Deccan region, highlighting the contributions of Afzal Ali Fazli and Avi Khan. Mirza Ghalib\u27s role in shaping simple and conversational prose is acknowledged, while Fort William College\u27s emphasis on public expression is explored. Notable figures like Meer Amman, Mir Shairr Ali Afsoos, Hydar Bakhsh Hydari, Mirza Kazem Ali Khan Jawan, Lalu Lal Ji, Bahal Chand, Ikram Ali, Madari Lal Gujarati, and Syed Muhammad Matro are recognized for their remarkable contributions and standard books in Urdu and Hindi Prose. This study aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the evolutionary journey of Urdu prose, with a focus on Fort William College\u27s significant role.
 
First evidence of the analgesic activity of govaniadine, an alkaloid isolated from Corydalis govaniana Wall
No full textIn this work, govaniadine, an alkaloid isolated from Corydalis govaniana Wall. was evaluated for its analgesic activity by writhing and hot-plate tests. Govaniadine did not display any toxic effects in mice up to 20mg/kg during 24h assessment study. The acetic acid-induced writhing was significantly reduced by pretreatment with govaniadine in a dose-dependent manner (1.25-5.0mg/kg, intraperitoneally (i.p.)). Furthermore, molecular docking study has shown that this alkaloid binds the COX-2 enzyme. In the hot-plate test, govaniadine at dose of 2.5 and 5mg/kg, i.p. displayed analgesic effect at all time points (30, 60, 90 and 120min). The analgesic effect of govaniadine was significantly antagonised by naloxone administration. Our results demonstrate for the first time that the peripheral and central analgesic effects of govaniadine could be in part related to the involvement of COX-2 activity and by its interaction with the opioid system
First evidence of the analgesic activity of govaniadine, an alkaloid isolated from Corydalis govaniana Wall.
No full textMyrmeleon (Myrmeleon) hyalinus Olivier 1811
No full textMyrmeleon (Myrmeleon) hyalinus Olivier, 1811 Myrmeleon hyalinus Olivier, 1811: 126. Type locality: Saudi Arabia. Distribution: Pakistan: Punjab prov., Dera Ghazi Khan div., Dera Ghazi Khan dist., Chak Talpur; Faisalabad div., Faisalabad dist.; Rawalpindi div., Chakwal dist., Chak 160 Sadiqabad, Lal Sunahara National Park; Sargodha div., Darya Khan dist., Mithi (Akhtar et al. 2018),—Widespread, Southern Europe, Northern Africa, Middle East, East to Western India and Atlantic islands (Oswald 2018).Published as part of Hassan, Muhammad Asghar, Oswald, John D., Zia, Ahmed & Liu, Xingyue, 2019, Neuropterida (Insecta: Megaloptera, Raphidioptera, Neuroptera) of Pakistan: a catalogue and faunistic review, pp. 497-541 in Zootaxa 4686 (4) on page 520, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4686.4.3, http://zenodo.org/record/349652
Protective Mechanisms of Melatonin Against Vanadium Phytotoxicity in Tomato Seedlings: Insights into Nutritional Status, Photosynthesis, Root Architecture System, and Antioxidant Machinery
No full textThe A few days in Persia: Creative trends of intellectual tendencies
No full textTravelogue is a genre of literature which gives an insight into the culture, history and geography of any region. Travelogues are written in more or less every language of the world for different purposes, motives and needs. An excellent travelogue thoroughly examines the society, civilization, ethics, history and geographical boundaries. Mohammad Khalid Khan's travelogue "A Few Days in Persia" is based on tourism in Iran. Muhammad Khalid Khan described this travelogue in great detail and in a very charming way. Mentioning historical places, the tradition has been well explained, which makes it easy to understand the past and present of important places at the same time. The travelogue "A Few Days in Persia" is very wide-ranging.
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Pattern of Etiologies of Early Neonatal Mortality in Tertiary Care Hospital, Peshawar
Get PDFObjective: To identify the pattern of etiologies responsible for the early neonatal mortality in neonates
admitted in the neonatal intensive care unit.
Study Design: Comparative cross-sectional study.
Place and Duration of Study: This study was conducted in Neonatal Intensive Care, Lady Reading Hospital,
Medical Teaching Institute Peshawar, Pakistan from September 2023 to January 2024.
Methods: Data was collected for both groups according to sample size and parents were interviewed through
Semi semi-structured questionnaire at the time of expiry. Through SPPS 27, data analysis was performed for
quantitative and qualitative variables. Chi-square test was performed and then Binary logistic regression was
performed taking outcome as the dependent variable.
Results: The estimated neonatal mortality for our study was 25.5%. The mean age at the time of admission was
2.69 days±1.75. Overall females were 19.2% and male neonates were 80.8%. Neonatal mortality was significantly associated with the age of the mother, mode of delivery, sepsis, preceding birth interval in months,
antenatal clinic visits in pregnancy, mother's education, father's education, and wealth index. The age of the
mother had a significant relation with neonatal mortality age <16 years caused 9.9 times higher mortality when
compared with the reference category. Considering the antenatal visits during pregnancy, no antenatal visit is
4.5 times more associated with mortality. Similarly, maternal illiteracy had a significant impact on mortality
with an odds ratio of 3.6. The short preceding birth interval was significantly associated with neonatal mortality
with an odds ratio of 2.8 on multivariate analysis.
Conclusion: The findings of this research depict an association between early neonatal mortality and various
factors including the mother's age, preceding birth interval, antenatal clinic visits during pregnancy, mother's
and father's education, and wealth index of the family.
How to cite this: Muhammad L, Parvaiz H, Khan A, Beland B, Ullah I. Pattern of Etiologies of Early Neonatal Mortality in Tertiary Care Hospital, Peshawar. Life and Science. 2024; 5(4): 565-572. doi: http://doi.org/10.37185/LnS.1.1.69
Myrmeleon inconspicuus Rambur 1842
No full textMyrmeleon inconspicuus Rambur, 1842 Myrmeleon inconspicuus Rambur, 1842: 406. Type locality: unknown. Myrmeleon incertus Rambur, 1842: 406. Type locality: probably from Southern France. Myrmeleon erberi Brauer, 1868: 190. Type locality: unknown. Myrmeleon ariasi Navás, 1913b: 114. Type locality: Morocco. Myrmeleon inconspicuus leoninus Navás, 1912d: 30. Type locality: unknown. Diagnosis Myrmeleon inconspicuus can be characterized by a wholly dark black vertex with yellow markings at distal half in dorsal view; pronotum dark brown with a narrow median longitudinal yellow marking at proximal to anterior transverse furrow and two rounded yellow markings at distal half (Akhtar et al. 2018: fig. 4a; Hajiesmaeilian et al. 2020: figs 11–12). No new specimens of this species were found in this study. Distribution Pakistan: Punjab Province (District Chakwal, Lal Sunahara National Park, District Bhakkar, Darya Khan, Mithi, District Dera Ghazi Khan, Chak Talpur, District Sahiwal, Harappa); Southern Europe (widespread), Northern Africa (widespread), Middle East to Iran (Aspöck et al. 1980, 2001; Akhtar et al. 2018; Hassan et al. 2019; Hajiesmaeilian et al. 2020; Oswald 2020).Published as part of Hassan, Muhammad Asghar, Zheng, Yuchen & Liu, Xingyue, 2022, Taxonomic notes on the antlion tribe Myrmeleontini Latreille (Neuroptera, Myrmeleontidae, Myrmeleontinae) from Pakistan, with description of a new species, pp. 1-44 in European Journal of Taxonomy 831 on page 35, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.831.1867, http://zenodo.org/record/686220
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