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32 Ibid, p 42.
33 Cf Maxime Rodinson, Islam und Capitalism, ppPS-^l, whsre, after citiig a number of Koramic verses and passages from the Old and New Testaments, he concludes: "We see that Koran accords a much larger place to reason than do Judaism and Christianity."
34 In this connection one might refer to the Karanic injunctions on inheritance and marriage. These, according to Montgomery Watt, go to highlight the trend towards "patrilineal and virilocal family" ^hich. in turn, would amount to partial negation of Bedouin tribalism* See Montgomery WaU» What is Islam, London, 1968. pp 110-111.
35 Cflrfan Habib, "The Social Di&tilbution of Landed Property in the Pre-
British India", Enquiry, Winter 1965. ^