| Need | Solution | |------|----------| | | Get “The Fatawa-i Alamgiri: Selections on Marriage, Divorce, and Inheritance” (trans. Dr. S. A. Rahman, 1978 – search used book sites). | | Free online reference | Use Hanafi fiqh manuals in English that derive from Alamgiri, e.g., “Al-Hidayah” (complete English translation by Imran Ahsan Khan Nyazee). | | PDF of Arabic only | Download from Al-Maktaba al-Shamela (search “الفتاوى الهندية” – it’s the same text). Then use Google Translate on small sections. |
To help you find the specific "helpful paper" or section you need, could you tell me: g., inheritance, marriage, or finance)?
No. He commissioned and supervised the project but did not author the rulings. The work is attributed to the board of scholars he assembled.
| Source | What You’ll Find | Language | |--------|------------------|-----------| | (archive.org) | “Fatawa Alamgiri – Vol 1 (English abridgment)” – rare 1910 edition translated by N.B. Sen | English + Arabic | | Google Books (advanced search) | Snippet views of “The Fatawa-i Alamgiri: A Summary” – search “Fatawa Alamgiri English” | English | | Academia.edu / Scribd | User-uploaded partial translations (often chapters on marriage, inheritance, jihad) | English | | Rare Book Society of India (digital library) | Scanned colonial-era volumes with English footnotes | Arabic + English |
