Musalmání dín ká Raddí: or Refutation of Muhammadism, in Hindustani. : In reply to Hàjí Muhammad háshím /
Wilson, John,1804-1875.
Bombay : [s.n.],
1840.
With a leaf with a lithographed publisher's notice tipped in preceding the title page.
John Wilson, Scottish missionary and orientalist, studied linguistics, medicine and theology in Edinburgh in preparation for missionary life and mastered the Gujarati, Hebrew, Greek, Latin, Hindi, Persion, Arabic and Zend languages. In 1829, a year after graduating, he and his wife went to Bombay as missionaries. There they established a series of successful schools for both boys and girls, secured a printing press by an arrangement with the Bombay Tract and Book Society, and entered into public discussions with Hindu Brahmans, and with Muslims and Parsis. He furthered his orientalist studies by tours through various parts of the country using these frequent expeditions as opportunities for spreading religious teaching, while at the same time collecting oriental manuscripts. He was elected a member of the Bombay Literary Society in 1830 when it became a branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, and became president in 1835. In 1836 he was elected a member of the Royal Asiatic Society and in 1845 was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.
India Bombay.