مولوی نورالہدیٰ ندوی بہاریؔ
مولانا عبدالرحمان مرحوم کے ماتم سے ابھی آنکھیں خشک نہیں ہوئی تھیں کہ ہم کو ندوہ کے ایک دوسرے قابل فرزند مولوی نورالہدیٰ ندوی کے ماتم میں اشک بار ہونا پڑا، جو مقاصد ندوہ کی تکمیل میں ابھی تگ ودو کررہا تھا، مرحوم نے تقریباً سات سال تک ندوہ میں عربی کی تعلیم حاصل کی، پھر تین سال مدرسۂ الٰہیات کانپور میں بسر کرکے انگریزی شروع کی اور اس سال بی اے آنر کا امتحان دیا تھا اور اس کے بعد ہم ان سے مقاصد ندوہ کے مطابق ہر قسم کی علمی توقعات قائم کرسکتے تھے، جن کے آثار ان کی زندگی کے نہایت ابتدائی دور سے نمایاں تھے اور تعلیمی ترقی کے ساتھ ساتھ ان میں بھی تدریجی ترقی ہوتی جاتی تھی، چنانچہ وہ پہلے ندوہ میں طلبہ کے قلمی رسالہ الاصلاح کے اڈیٹر رہے، پھر کلکتہ میں ایک روزنامہ کو اڈٹ کیا، رسالہ حور جو کلکتہ سے نکل کر چند ماہ کے بعد بند ہوگیا، انہیں کے دست و بازو کے بل پر نکلتا رہا۔ معارف میں بھی انہوں نے بعض مضامین لکھے تھے، لیکن اب تکمیل کے بعد جب کہ یہ توقعات باضابطہ اور مستقل صورت اختیارکرتیں:
این ماتم سخت است کہ گویند جوان مرد
(سید سليمان ندوی،جون ۱۹۲۶ء)
The subject of Medical Science was the central part in the history of Muslim culture. The muslim scientists have produced extensive medical literature. This treasure of knowledge has been preserved in different public and private institutions throughout Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, particularly on Peshawar University Campus libraries. One among them is Islamia College Peshawar Library, which contains some of the rare medical manuscripts. This paper will highlight the current status of these manuscripts present in Islamia College Library Peshawar. The paper will also reveal the metadata of these manuscripts.
The performance of crossbred cattle at military and other institutional dairy farms in Punjab was evaluated. The studies were conducted at three military dairy farms, one government farm of Livestock and Dairy Development Department and the experimental farm at University of Agriculture Faisalabad. Data on first and later lactations of crossbred dairy cattle (n=8375) from three Military dairy herds from 1984 to 2007 were used to study the effect of genetic group, herd, year and season of calving and parity on productive and reproductive traits using a general linear model. The overall 305-d milk yield, total milk yield, lactation length and dry period were 1944±36.7 kg, 1874±36.8 kg, 255±3.2 days and 224±11.8 days, respectively. The service period, calving interval, and gestation period averaged 196±10.6 days, 469±10.9 days, and 274±0.28 days, respectively. The phenotypic trend was positive for most of the productive traits. However, productive life and herd life decreased over the years. Deterioration in service period and calving interval was also obvious. Wide variation in performance traits of crossbred dairy cattle of three Military herds showed significant effects of management and feeding at these farms. At Livestock Experiment Station Qadirabad, overall 305-d milk yield, total milk yield, lactation length, dry period, service period and calving interval were 2453.1±63.26 kg, 2601.8±72.12 kg, 291.3±5.24 days, 170±13.34 days, 181±12.94 days and 465±12.98 days, respectively. The generations, season and year of calving and parity were the significant factors influencing performance traits. The phenotypic trends was negative for total milk yield (-24kg/year), lactation length (-0.3 days/year), productive life (-13 days/year) and herd life (-24 days/year). Significant deterioration in productive traits was found after F 1 generation. Pattern of calving was compared between Sahiwal crossbreds (Friesian or Jersey) and Nili-Ravi buffaloes and purebred Sahiwal cattle. Lactation records of 9,174, 22,499 and 656 of Nili-Ravi buffaloes, Sahiwal and crossbred cattle were used for this purpose. Seasonality of calving is more pronounced in buffaloes than Sahiwal and crossbred cattle in Pakistan. The relationship between days open and seasonality of calving in the Nili-Ravi buffaloes, Sahiwal and Crossbred cattle was also established using the same dataset. Nili-Ravi buffaloes and crossbred cows calving in winter had fewer days open than those calving in summer. Nili- Ravi and Sahiwal herds showed deterioration in days open over the years. There was an average increase (per year) of 1.5 days in days open for Nili-Ravis and 0.6 days for Sahiwals. Increase in days open over the years was also observed for Sahiwal crossbreds. Individual and maternal effects both for additive and heterotic gene actions in milk yield and reproductive traits were estimated using data of 178 cows (740 lactations) at University herd. Individual heterosis was statistically significant for traits like age at first calving, 305-day milk yield, total milk yield and productive life. Performance of animals however, improved as the Bos taurus inheritance increased but going beyond 75% deteriorated performance especially traits such as productive life.