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Pioneers of Library Movement in Pakistan
No full textThe paper aims to describe in brief the contribution of seven leaders of Pakistan librarianship, viz. K.B. Khalifa M. Asadullah, Prof. Dr. Abdul Moid, Dr. Abdus Subuh Qasimi, Muhammad Shafi, Fazal Elahi, Khawaja Nur Elahi and S. V. Hussain. The early library developments are given for better understanding of the role of these leaders
Muhammad Amin Khan Madrasa
No full text"To the south of the citadel is a square on which military reviews and executions took place: it is bordered by two madrasas, that of Muhammad Amin Khan (1851–5), the largest (72˙60 m) in Khiva, with cells arranged on two floors around a central court, and that of Muhammad Rahim Khan (1871). The 70 m minaret planned for the madrasa of Muhammad Amin Khan, the tallest in Central Asia, was left unfinished."exterior, decorative tile on courtyard facade, 199
Muhammad Amin Khan Madrasa
No full text"To the south of the citadel is a square on which military reviews and executions took place: it is bordered by two madrasas, that of Muhammad Amin Khan (1851–5), the largest (72˙60 m) in Khiva, with cells arranged on two floors around a central court, and that of Muhammad Rahim Khan (1871). The 70 m minaret planned for the madrasa of Muhammad Amin Khan, the tallest in Central Asia, was left unfinished."exterior, with statue of Al-Khwarizmi (founder of algebra) in front, 200
A new species of Stenodynerus (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae) from Pakistan
No full textQasim, Muhammad, Carpenter, James M., Rafi, Muhammad Ather, Khan, Muhammad Rafique, Khan, Muhammad Rahim (2018): A new species of Stenodynerus (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae) from Pakistan. Zootaxa 4370 (3): 271-274, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4370.3.
Stenodynerus punjabensis Qasim & Carpenter & Rafi & Khan & Khan 2018, sp. nov.
No full textStenodynerus punjabensis Qasim, Carpenter et Rafi, sp. nov. (Figs. 1–4) Type material. Holotype: ♀, Pakistan, Punjab province, Multan: 30.2674° N, 71.5018° E, Elevation: 123 m, July, 2015 (leg. M. Qasim) [deposited in the National Insect Museum (NIM), National Agriculture Research Centre Islamabad, Pakistan]. Etymology. The specific name punjabensis refers to the Punjab region where the type specimens were collected. Diagnosis. Distinguished from other species of Stenodynerus by body black with yellow and light yellowish ferruginous markings and covered with dense and large punctures, clypeus truncate apically, T1 reticulate at declivity and S2 evenly convex. Description. Female: Holotype body length from dorsal side approximately: Head 0.8 mm; Mesosoma 3.23 mm; T1+T2 3.23 mm; forewing length approximately 7 mm. Structure: Clypeus apically truncate and with sparse punctures. Mandible five-dentate with long distal tooth. Interantennal space with median prominence. Area between eyes and antennae lacking macropunctures. Frons with coarse punctures. Cephalic foveae shallow and small. Pronotum, scutum, scutellum and mesopleuron densely punctate. Propodeum with large deep, shallow punctures as compared to pronotum, scutum and scutellum. Humeri slightly pointed anteriorly with dorsal carina present only laterally, pronotum anteriorly with shining and sloping surface and with few punctures, median foveae forming a V-shaped depression. Parategula with its hind margin strongly concave. T1 with coarse punctation appearing reticulate at declivity. S1 with central longitudinal ridge, punctation reduced adjacent to this. S2 with basal groove coarsely ridged; evenly convex, with basomedian sulcus. Color: Body black with yellow markings as follows: Transverse band across basal half of the clypeus; dorsal base of scape; interantennal spot; spot on temple; a thick transverse band, briefly interrupted medially, on pronotum; large mesopleural spot; whole metanotum; apical bands on T1, T2 and S2. Light yellowish ferruginous markings as follows: whole venter of scape; tegula largely; parategula; apical half of fore and mid femora, apex of hind femur; all tibiae and tarsi. Remarks. In the key by Gusenleitner (1981) this species comes closest to xanthomelas (Herrich-Schaeffer), which has been recorded from Iran. We have examined specimens of xanthomelas in the collection of the American Museum of Natural History, and the clypeus is different, being truncate apically in punjabensis and emarginate in xanthomelas. A truncate clypeus is also found in sapidus (Giordani Soika), which we have not seen, but according to Gusenleitner’s key the second metasomal sternum is different, being convex in punjabensis but flat in sapidus. The key by Gusenleitner (1981) may be modified (and translated) to key out the species now known from Pakistan as follows.Published as part of Qasim, Muhammad, Carpenter, James M., Rafi, Muhammad Ather, Khan, Muhammad Rafique & Khan, Muhammad Rahim, 2018, A new species of Stenodynerus (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae) from Pakistan, pp. 271-274 in Zootaxa 4370 (3) on pages 271-274, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4370.3.5, http://zenodo.org/record/114553
FIGURE 1 in A new species of Stenodynerus (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae) from Pakistan
No full textFIGURE 1. Stenodynerus punjabensis, habitus (dorsal view).Published as part of <i>Qasim, Muhammad, Carpenter, James M., Rafi, Muhammad Ather, Khan, Muhammad Rafique & Khan, Muhammad Rahim, 2018, A new species of Stenodynerus (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae) from Pakistan, pp. 271-274 in Zootaxa 4370 (3)</i> on page 272, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4370.3.5, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/1145539">http://zenodo.org/record/1145539</a>
FIGURE 2 in A new species of Stenodynerus (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae) from Pakistan
No full textFIGURE 2. Stenodynerus punjabensis, habitus (lateral view).Published as part of <i>Qasim, Muhammad, Carpenter, James M., Rafi, Muhammad Ather, Khan, Muhammad Rafique & Khan, Muhammad Rahim, 2018, A new species of Stenodynerus (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae) from Pakistan, pp. 271-274 in Zootaxa 4370 (3)</i> on page 272, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4370.3.5, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/1145539">http://zenodo.org/record/1145539</a>
FIGURE 3 in A new species of Stenodynerus (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae) from Pakistan
No full textFIGURE 3. Stenodynerus punjabensis, head (frontal view)Published as part of <i>Qasim, Muhammad, Carpenter, James M., Rafi, Muhammad Ather, Khan, Muhammad Rafique & Khan, Muhammad Rahim, 2018, A new species of Stenodynerus (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae) from Pakistan, pp. 271-274 in Zootaxa 4370 (3)</i> on page 273, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4370.3.5, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/1145539">http://zenodo.org/record/1145539</a>
A critical analysis of Christian responses to Islamic claims about the work of the Prophet Muhammad, ‘the Messenger of God’.
No full textThe aims of this study are to analyse critically the different Christian responses to the Islamic understanding of the work of Muhammad. Chapter one consists a short introduction leading to an appraisal of Muhammad which incorporates historical, hagiographal and Quranic source material, and in the light of relevant Christian and Muslim scholarship. The second chapter presents a summary critical analysis of Muhammad in Christian theological perspective, from 661 A.D. to modern times. Chapter three presents a critique of Christian responses to the Muslim allegations that the text of the Bible has been infected with corruption; and that Muhammad's advent and status are foretold in the unadulterated' scriptures, and in the Gospel of Barnabas. Chapter four examines the theological significance of the work of Muhammad for Christians. Thus, Jesus and Muhammad are critically assessed and contrasted in order to ascertain the importance, for Christians, of the Muslim claims in respect of Muhammad as ’the messenger of God’. Chapter five provides a critical evaluation of the various Christian responses to Muhammad. It is argued that many of the said responses have been entangled in myths and misperceptions which have severely distorted the true account of Muhammad's work. Consequently, many Christians have failed to appreciate the divine legitimacy of Muhammad's call to prophethood. Further, it is argued that Christians should accept that Muhammad is a genuine prophet, and the messenger of God. However, Muhammad's use of the power-structure in order to maintain Islam is in sharp contrast to Jesus’ decision to face the consequences of his ministry passively through faith in God. Accordingly, orthodox Christian belief in the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus provides another dimension to prophethood, where the messenger and the message become one, an identification which finds no parallel in Islam, and which, in the nature of the case, cannot find a parallel
Jerusalem (Israel): Arabic funerary inscriptions of Baraka Khan, Badr al-Din Muhammad and Husam al-Din, Baraka Khan Mausoleum
No full textBox 36, Folder 3 Ink on paper. Loose sheet (2 p.) with transcriptions of three Arabic funerary inscriptions from the Baraka Khan Mausoleum (Turbat Baraka Khan, Barka Khan Tomb) in Jerusalem (Israel). Inscriptions mention the grave of Husam al-Din Baraka Khan (d. 644) and his two sons, Badr al-Din Muhammad ibn Baraka Khan (d. 678) and Husam al-Din ibn Baraka Khan (d. 661). Annotations in pencil. Title and identification based on script and annotations on document
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