The full title is _Mishkat-ul-Masabih, or a Collection of the most Authentic Traditions regarding the Actions and Sayings of Muhammed; exhibiting the Origin of the Manners and Customs; the Civil, Religious, and Military Policy of the Muslemans_.

Translated from the original Arabic by Captain A.N.Matthews, Bengal Artillery.
Two vols.

4to; Calcutta, 1809-10, This valuable work, published by subscription, is now very scarce.

A fine copy is in the India Office Library.
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Book xxi, chapter 3, part i; vol.ii, p.384.The quotations as given by the author are inexact.