THE last occasion that the British Association met at Cambridge was in 1904, under the presidency of my revered relative, Lord Balfour, who at the time actually held the position of Prime Minister. That a Prime Minister should find it possible to undertake this additional burden brings home to us how much the pace has quickened in national activities, and I may add, anxieties, between that time...

amir seyyed fathollah shirazi, a physician, historian and politician of indian mughal empire court, was one of the scholars of shiraz. initially, he served as a teacher at mansurieh school in shiraz. he worked for imamgholi mirza, the brother of king ismaeil ii, from safavid dynasty. after killing imamgholi mirza, by the order of the king, he went to india following the invitation of the muslim...