Month: November 2019

A very special thing about Mr. S. M. Jaffar is that he used to relate history of philosophy. Among his best work on history is the first volume of the book “History of History” which was published during his lifetime and the remaining nine volumes were in process when he died.

There have been a lot of books written on the Muslim Period of Indian History in India but most of them only add hatred and bigotry. Most of the authors have written with exaggeration, distortion and limited display of facts. So it was a need of the day to produce the historic facts to expand communal harmony, so Mr. S. M. Jaffar produced this great book that shares the actual historic facts about Mughal Empire.

This book is a phenomenal work of history based on the issues revolving around Muslims of India in respect of education. The author has dealt the matter from Medieval India to the Mughal Empire. The authored discussed in details the reasons that why Muslims were too far behind the Hindus or other communities in getting modern education. Mr. S. M. Jaffar authored this treat to read book for history lovers. It was first published in 1936, than its 2nd edition was published in 1972. Now Gandhara Hindko Academy is publishing its third edition in 2019. This 261 paged book is available for Rs. 1000/- (50 $).

Author of the book Mr. S. M. Jaffar was Professor of History at Islamia College, Peshawr. He was also the Director of the Department of Archives in Peshawar and the Director of the Peshawar Museum. Peshawar Museum has the largest collection of Gandhara Greco-Buddhist art in the world. There were 4247 Gandhara pieces, including Buddhist stone sculptures and panels, stucco sculptures, terracotta figurines, relic caskets and toiletry objects. Jaffar has introduced the Peshawar Museum in a very interesting way. This book is a treat for the people who have interest in antiques and their preservation. Gandhara Hindko Academy has published second edition in 2018 of this book containing 167 pages. The price of the book is Rs. 500/- (50 $).