A Dictionary Of Islam: Being A Cyclopaedia Of The Doctrines, Rites, Ceremonies, And Customs, Together With The Technical And Theological Terms, Of The Muhammadan Religion

About the Book:-Being a cyclopaedia of the doctrines, rites, ceremonies, and customs. Together with the technical and theological terms of the Muhammadan religion, with numerous illustrations. A comprehensive dictionary of the doctrines, rites, ceremonies and customs along with an explanation of the technical and theological terms of the Muhammadan religion. This work is the result of decades of research and study of the author and sometime even mentions the number of times a particular word is mentioned in the Qu’ran: An absolute essential work for anyone wanting to know more about Islam. This book is a reprint of the 1885 editon. About the Author:- Thomas Patrick Hughes was a British Anglican missionary who served under the auspices of the Church Mission Society (CMS) in Peshawar in British India (now Pakistan) for 20 years. He went to work at Messrs S. and J. Watts Co. in Manchester as a salesperson. While in Manchester he was involved with the Sunday school as a teacher and Superintendent at St. Ann's Church. During this time he applied to the CMS for the position of deacon and missionary. He was accepted into the Church Missionary Society College, Islington and in 1862 commenced his studies there. In 1864 his studies at Islington were complete and he was ordained deacon on 24th July in the Islington College Chapel. A great feat accomplished in part by Hughes, was the completion of All Saints Memorial Church in Peshawar. It was erected for the use of the native Christians in memory of those who gave their lives for the spread of the Christian gospel in the Peshawar vicinity. He was a leading visionary on the construction of the church, and also played a vital role in the fundraising of the means to build it. Among many other features, there are inscribed the names of those who died during the work at Peshawar.