This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1897 Excerpt: …the appropriation has the patronage of appointing a superintendent; but as in this case they all unite in making the appropriation, the patronage is vested in them all collectively, not individually; and the Fakeer and the subscribers must unite in nominating a trustee, for the purpose of collecting the appropriations, offerings, and other And of its profits, and applying them to the use of the endowment. If being erected by others for the Fakeer had said to the subscribers, that he was a poor the land-owner’s benefit, man, and not able to bear the expense of erecting a mosque, and had requested them therefore to erect one on his ground for his benefit, in order that he might endow a mosque, and the subscribers agreed to do so; in this case the building is the property of the Fakeer, and he alone is considered the person who makes appropriation. The right of appointing a superintendent in such case tests with him, and after his death, the right devolves on his heir. Under these circumstances, if the subscribers have built an edifice on the lands of the Fakeer without his consent, let them either present it to the Fakeer for the purpose of its being appropriated and enfirst case dowed by him as a mosque, or let them raze it to the ground, because no person is at liberty to build on the land of another, as was above stated. He who makes the appropriation has the right to appoint a trustee, and he may appoint whomsoever he likes, and after him his heirs. Authorities: Kazee Khan, – The appropriation of a superstructure without its basis is not allowable; an edifice independently of its foundation is not a mosque. Shurhi Viqaya, – If any one build or plant on the land of another, let the thing built or The patronage _ of an endow planted b…
