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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books The Caliphate Its Conception and Consequences A Short Biographical Sketch of the Author AGHA MUHAMMAD SULTAN MIRZA was the only child of Professor AGHA MOHAMMAD SAJJAD MIRZA, who served, inter ALIA, as the second Principal of SIND (MADRASAT AL-ISLAM) (1886 to 1887), Karachi, and was himself an author. He was born in 1885 at Delhi, and passed his Matriculation Examination from the Anglo-Arabic School, and B.A., LL.B., and M.A.

Examinations from the Muslim University, ALIGARH. He passed the Provincial Civil Service (Judicial) Competitive Examination with distinction in 1910, and was posted in the Punjab. In recognition of his meritorious awarded the title of Khan Sahib in 1930. After giving served in various cities of the Punjab, he retired as District & Sessions Judge, from GUJRANWALA, in 1944, and settled in Delhi.

After his retirement, and until the Partition of India, he served as, Honorary Special Magistrate, member of the Delhi University Syndicate, President SHIA MAJLIS-E-AWQAF, and member of the Provincial Council of ANJUMAN SHIAT-AS-SAFA. He migrated to Pakistan in January 1948 and re-settled at Karachi.

In order to utilize his vast judicial and administrative experience, the Government or Pakistan appointed him as a Special Magistrate, and in addition, entrusted him with the task of inspecting and re-organizing all the City Courts. He prepared a voluminous Report, and as result of recommendations made therein, separate Copying and NAZARAT Branches and Mal KHANA, were set up de novo. He laid foundation of the RIZVIA Housing Society, and was elected unopposed as its President for several years.

From the beginning of his career, his one consuming hobby was the pursuit of knowledge, literary and religious studies, and research. He assembled a most valuable library, comprising several thousand books, on all topics and in all the important languages.

Apart from a number of scholarly treatises and articles, he has written the following historical-cum- religious-cum- biographical books in Urdu: 1-Al-BLAGHUL MOBEEN (three volumes): 2-KITAB-UT-TAFRIQUE-WAT-TAHREEF FIL ISLAM: 3-NURUL MASHRIQAIN-min- HAYAT-IS-SADIQAIN: 4-FALSAFA-L-ISLAM (two volumes): 5-SEERAT-L-FATIMA -TUZ-ZAHRA.

The most famous and highly appreciated of his books is, "Al-BLAGHUL MOBEEN", which was published in Delhi, in 1944, and numerous Editions thereof have been published since.