ahmad b. khidroya, a sufi from balkh

Raheel Ahmad

My current research is focused around building frameworks for intelligent agents and agent-oriented software engineering. In my dissertation, I have developed a new formal framework for the analysis and implementation of multi-agent systems. Most of my other research activities are associated with applied computational intelligence—including fuzzy expert systems for natural language-based compu...

A matrilineal Sufi shaykh in Sri Lanka

This article explores the influence of local concepts of matrilineal kinship and descent through women in the construction of a modern Sufi silsila (an authorized ‘chain’ of spiritual and genealogical ancestry) in Sri Lanka. Makkattar Vappa, a popular Sufi shaykh in the Tamil-speaking eastern region of the island, asserts hereditary maulana (sayyid) status as a member of the Prophet’s household...

Asst.-Surgeon Zahiruddin Ahmad

mT%?? the 25th May 1901 after' prolonged suffering from enlargement of the spleen and liver, which lie contracted in Bogra. He was 53 years old, and 30 years in service when he died. He had his early > j ?ry ' ? +Vifi General Assembly s Institution. He joined the Medical College, Calcutta, in 1866, and obtained the diploma for , T M g jn 1871 While in the College he obtained honours in several ...

Knowledge Economy from the Pakistani Perspective, IkramulHaq,Pervaiz Ahmad

Ahmad Alzghoul margines NR5.ps

Improving industrial product reliability, maintainability and, thus, availability is a challenging task for many industrial companies. In industry, there is a growing need to process data in real time, since the generated data volume exceeds the available storage capacity. This Paper consists of a review of data stream mining and data stream management systems aimed at improving product availab...

The Feminine vs. the Masculine : A Sufi Perspective of Life

In Sufism, one may find a very interesting feminine approach according to which the feminine is the source of life. Though it is roughly distinguished from modern feminism in principle and aim, it would be very critical to see how this perspective overcomes the masculine dominated world. The overall aim of this paper is to give only a remark and an entry to this perspective without involving in...