8vo. xiii, 406 pp., [2], contemporary cloth, lightly rubbed round edges, title gilt on spine, scattered foxing mainly to front and last few pages, bookplate of Peter Fraser verso front cover, otherwise copy in good condition, Seeley, Jackson & Halliday, London, first edition, 1878.

Synopsis

This book is another research into the history of Islam after another work published by the author in 1877 under the title “ Islam under the Arabs” . Robert Durie Osborn (1835-1889) Lieutenant-colonel, serving in India and Afghanistan for twenty five years. ‘Osborn was a serious thinker on both religious and political topics. While in India he was a conscientious student of oriental religions, and spent fourteen years digesting the tangled materials for this work.