Abstract
This article introduces 25 unpublished letters of Prof. Maulavi Muhammad
Shafi, the founding chairman of the editorial board of the Urdu Encyclopedia of
Islam, addressed to Dr. Muhammad Hamidullah (1908-2002). The project of
Encyclopedia of Islam in Urdu was launched in 1950 by the University of the
Punjab and Prof. Maulavi Muhammad Shafi (1883-1963), the former Principal
of the Punjab University Oriental College(1936-1942), was appointed as the
chairman of the editorial board. For the compilation of this encyclopaedia, in
addition to a national editorial board, a European editorial board was
constituted and Dr. Muhammad Hamidullah, settled down in Paris, was
appointed as honorary secretary of the that Board. During the years 1951-1963,
an intensive correspondence between Prof. Shafi and Dr. Hamidullah took place.
In this article, 25 unpublished letters of Prof. Shafi are reproduced. The
collection of these letters is quite interesting, as it sheds light on the daunting
and tremendous task of the compilation of Encyclopedia of Islam in Urdu. This
collection of letters also sheds light on the tremendous contribution of Dr.
Muhammad Hamidullah, to the Urdu Encyclopedia of Islam.
Muhammad Arshad. (2019) Muarif Namay: Letters of Professor Molvi Muhammad Shafi to Dr. Muhammad Hameedullah (2nd Part), Mayar , Volume 21-22 , Issue 1.
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