Court Verdict Docket, 11 February 1978
… dictated; when the slate was covered with writing, the student learnt the verses. Sometimes poetry was used instead … verses from the Qur’an. At the beginning of each lesson, a student had to recite what had previously been learnt … Mahmoodul Hasan, later known as Sheikul Hind, as the only student" (Zuberi, 1965:27). Later, other madressas were …