An autobiography by Shaykh al-Hadith Maulana Muhammad Zakariyya Kandhlawi. After other scholars wrote biographies about him during his own lifetime, he set about writing his own saying that which should have been mentioned in it has been left out and that which should have been left out was written.� It gives great insight into his initial studies at Mazahir Ulum Saharanpur, his writings, other scholars, tasawwuf. A very interesting and informative read about one of the greatest personalities of the nineteenth century. Translated in South Africa.