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مارجرجس ، مفارہ، مریم اور موم بتی

مارجر جس ،مفارہ ،مریم ؑ اور موم بتی

مسجد عمر و بن العاص کے قریب ہی ایک پرانا کلیسا مارجر جس ہے جو اپنی قدامت اور طرزِ تعمیر کی وجہ سے نہ صرف عیسائی بلکہ مسلم ،یہودی اور دوسرے مذاہب کے زائرین اور سیاحوں کو بھی اپنی طرف متوجہ کر تا ہے ۔مارجر جس سے منسوب کنویں کو عیسائی مقدس مانتے ہیں ،اطمینان ِ قلب کے لیے ایک یادگار بھی یہاں بنی ہے جہاں زائرین موم بتیاں جلاتے ہیں ۔ اس کلیسا کے ساتھ ہی ایک اور کلیسا المفارہ ہے جو دو عیسائی پیشوائوں سرجیوس اور باخس کی یاد میں تعمیر کیا گیا ہے ۔یہاں حضرت عیسی ؑ کے ان دونوںپیرو کاروں کو قتل کر دیا گیا تھا ۔ المفارہ کے صدر دروازے پر ایک بڑا بورڈ آویزاں ہے جس پر اس سفر کا نقشہ کھینچا گیا ہے جس کے بارے دعویٰ ہے کہ حضرت عیسیؑ کی پیدائش کے بعد حضرت بی بی مریم نے فلسطین کے اس وقت کے بادشاہ کے خوف سے کیا تھا ۔ دس سال مصر میں جلا وطنی کے بعد واپسی کے سفر میں جن جن راستوں مقامات سے ہو کر بی بی مریمؑ گزری تھیں نقشے میں انھیں واضح کیا گیا ہے ۔ مسافر کوبی بی مریم ؑ کے اس سفر اور نقشے میں موجود سفری لکیروں نے تاریخ کی ورق گردانی کی جانب راغب کیا کہ آیا حضرت بی بی مریم ؑ نے واقعی یہ سفر کیا تھا یا عیسائی زائرین کو تاریخ اور حقائق سے دور رکھ کر صرف سیاحت کے فروغ کی خاطر یہاں ایک مذہبی کشش پیدا کر نے کے لیے کہانی گھڑی گئی ہے ۔

اس حوالے سے جامعہ کراچی کی تاریخ کی پرو فیسر اور کئی کتابوں کی مصنفہ ڈاکٹر نگار سجاد ظہیر کی رائے معتبر لگی ۔وہ لکھتی...

Twenty-First Century Regionalism Impact on South Asia

The paper is an attempt to review twenty-first century regionalism and its impact on South Asia, which includes the rising role of China and Pakistan’s pivot status as contributing factors to peace, growth, and development. This coincides with a more south-oriented world. The theory applied is NeoFunctionalism, which explains the European integration and may be used to explain the potential modern South Asian integration process with China as a pre-cursor. This will perhaps be a positive outcome of the twenty-first century regionalism. The paper dwells upon intra-regional integration, sighting Eurasian model of connectivity as an example, and how it can be a role-model for developing countries. The emphasis remains on improved relations between Pakistan and India as a pre-requisite for regionalism to take off in South Asia.

Prediction of Cotton Leaf Curl Virus Disease and its Vector Based on Epidemiological Factors and its Management

Cotton is an important commercial crop of global importance. Cotton is known as the backbone of Pakistan’s economy. Cotton leaf curl virus disease (CLCuVD) is a serious threat to the successful cotton production and is transmitted by whitefly Bemisia tabaci Gennadius under field conditions. A disease and vector predictive model based on 5 years epidemiological factors was developed and validated based on 2 years epidemiological factors for the prediction of CLCuVD and its vector. Y= 145+ 4.47x 1 -0.151x 2 -0.490x 3 -1.83x 4 +1.58x 5 -4.84x 6 R 2 = 0.79 (Five years data) Y= 145+ 2.78x 1 - 0.998 x 2 -0.400 x 3 -1.02 x 4 +3.85 x 5 -2.25 x 6 R 2 = 0.75 (Two years data) Where y = CLCuVD, x 1 = Minimum temperature, x 2 = Rainfall, x 3 = Relative humidity, x 4 = Wind velocity, x 5 = Whitefly, x 6 = Maximum temperature. Y= 57.0 - 0.370x 1 - 0.0853x 2 -0.297x 3 +0.813x 4 -0.565x 5 R 2 = 0.64 (Five years data) Y= 27.5-0.726x 1 -0.511x 2 -0.122x 3 -0.177x 4 +0.639 x 5 R 2 = 0.58 (Two years data) Where y = Whitefly, x 1 = Maximum temperature, x 2 = Minimum temperature, x 3 = Relative humidity, x 4 = Rainfall, x 5 = Wind velocity. A significant (P<0.05) but negative correlation was observed between maximum temperature and CLCuVD. The value of the coefficient of correlation was observed in the following order: 2006 (r=0.80*) < 2004 (r=0.79*) < 2005 (r=0.76*) <2002 (r=0.61*) and < 2003 (r=0.60*). Except 2006, the relationship of CLCuVD with rainfall was found non- significant during the subsequent years (r < 0.47). Wind velocity was found non- significant but negatively correlated with CLCuVD. Whitefly had significant and positive correlation with CLCuVD during all the five years. The relative humidity contributed significantly in the build up of whitefly population during 2005 only (r=0.60). During rest of the years relative humidity did play a prominent role in the spread of this vector as was evident from the value of correlation coefficient 0.34 ≤ r ≤ 0.47. The wind velocity did not contributed as effectively as compared to other variables. None of the screened varieties/advanced lines was found to be immune against cotton leaf curl virus disease and varied greatly in response to disease incidence during both the years (2007-08). Only three varieties/advanced lines (NIBGE-2, PB-899, NIAB- 884) were found to be highly resistant against CLCuVD. Eight cultivars (BH-162, NIAB- 824, CIM-496, MJ-7, CIM- 446, CIM-473, VH-148, Alseemi hybrid) were found to be resistant. Six varieties/advanced lines (NIAB-111, PB- 897, FH-2925, CIM-438, CIM-497, FH-115) were found moderately resistant. Five cultivars (FH-900, CIM-707, CIM-506, FH-901, CIM-498,) were observed to be moderately susceptible and five varieties/advanced lines (PB-843, FH-1000, BH-163, CIM-482, CIM-443) exhibited susceptible response. Five varieties/advanced lines (CIM-534, FH-2000, FH-2006, MNH-732, S-12) were found to be highly susceptible against cotton leaf curl disease, respectively. All the treatments reduced whitefly population and CLCuVD incidence significantly compared to untreated control. Azadirachta indica (Neem) extract was the most active to manage the B. tabaci population. Salicylic acid was at number second and Eucalyptus globules (Sufaida) was at number third whereas Allium sativum (Garlic) and Calotropics procera (Ak, Akund) were at number four and fifth respectively in managing the B. tabaci and CLCuVD. Aloe babadensis (Aloe) and Datura stramonium (Datura) were found less effective compared to other treatments.
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