34 Issues of Al-Islah (1940s, British India)
Title: Al-Islah (Illustrated Weekly)
Language: Urdu
Book type: Magazine
Writer: N/A
Publisher: Unknown
Year: 1940-42
Condition: Poor
This collection contains 34 rare issues of "Al-Islah" (The Reform), an Urdu magazine that greatly impacted India's sociocultural landscape in the early to mid-20th century. Its articles and opinion pieces promoted Muslim social and educational reforms, critical thinking, and progressivism, influencing Indian Muslim intellectuals and shaping the reform and progress narrative of pre-independence India.
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Issues: - July 13, 1940 | December 14, 1940 | December 21, 1940 | December 28, 1940 | January 4, 1941 | January 11, 1941 | January 18, 1941 | August 2, 1941 | August 9, 1941 | November 15, 1941 | January 3, 1942 | January 10, 1942 | January 17, 1942 | January 24, 1942 | January 31, 1942 | February 7, 1942 | February 14, 1942 | February 21, 1942 | February 28, 1942 | March 7, 1942 | March 14, 1942 | March 28, 1942 | April 4, 1942 | April 11, 1942 | April 18, 1942 | April 25, 1942 | May 2, 1942 | May 9, 1942 | May 16, 1942 | May 23, 1942 | May 30, 1942 | May 31, 1942 | June 13, 1942 | July 12, 1942
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