There is history of Muslims and then there is history of Islam. Former is of interest to historians. Later one to Muslims. Ali Miyan, may Allah, Lord of Honour fill his tomb with light, wrote the second one. The Urdu title of the book in four volumes is Tarikh-e-Dawat-o-Azimat. The English version is called Saviors of Islamic Spirit. Later on it'd have two more volumes about Syed Ahmed Shaheed. Here is our brief history in the form of Chapter titles from that book. (Prepared from Urdu edition)
Volume I: 1 to 7 Century AH
- Caliph Umar bin Abdul Aziz
- Hazrat Hasan Basri
- Abbasids and Compilation of Hadith and Fiqh
- Khalq-e-Quran and Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal
- Mutazila and Abul Hasan Ashari
- Batinites
- Imam Ghazali
- Hazrat Shaikh Abdul Quadir Gilani
- Allama Ibn-e-Jauzi
- Nuruddin Zangi and Salahuddin Ayyubi
- Shaik ul-Islam Izzuddin Abdus Salam
- The Tatars
- Maulana Jalaluddin Rumi
Volume II : Eight Century AH : Imam Ibn-e-Taimiyyah
- His Character
- His opposition
- His Revivalist Work
- Criticism of Logical, Philosophical and Scholastic Attributes
- Preferences for Adopting Sunnah and Quranic Attitude
- Rojection of un-Islamic Thoughts and Beliefs
- Revival of Shariah studies
- Sources of Law : The Book and the Sunnah
- Disciples : Ibn -e-Qayyim, Ibn-e-Abdul Hadi, Ibn-e-Katheer, Ibn-e-Rajab
Volume III
- Hazrat Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti, Hazrat Khawaja Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki, Hazrat Khawaja Fariddudin Ganj Shakar
- Hazrat Khawaja Nizamuddin Aulia
- His Character
- Habits, Teachings, Sama, Benefits
- Shaikh Sharafuddin Yahya Maneri
- The Firdausia Order : Khwaja Najmuddin Kubra, Khwaja Badaruddin Samarqandi, Khwaja Ruknuddin Firsausi, Khwaja Najibuddin Firdausi
Volume IV : Shaikh Ahmed Sirhindi
- The World of Islam in tenth century AH.
- Hazrat Mujadad-e-Alf-e-Sani ( Shaikh Ahmed Sirhindi) : Life Conditions
- Main Events of Life
- Risalat-e-Muhammad : Revival
- Wahadat-ul Wujud or Wahadat-ul-Shahud
- From Akbar to Jahangir
- Succesors and Disciples : Khwaja Muhammed Masoom, Syed Adam Binnori, Saifuddin Sirhindi, Khwaja Muhammed Zubair, Maulana Fazl-ur-rahman Ganj Muradabadi, Mirza Mazhar Jan-e-Janan, Shah Ghulam Ali, Maulana Khalid Rumi, Shah Ahmed Saeed, Shah Abdul Ghani
- Syed Shah Almallah, Shaikh Sultan Balyavi, Syed Abdullah Akbarabadi, Syed Ahmed Shaheed
Vol : V
- Islamic World in 12 Century AH.
- India in 12 Century AH.
- Family of Shah Waliullah
- Brief Condition of Life
- Revivalist Work
- Propogation of Hadith and Sunnah
- Hujjat-ullah al Baligha
- On Caliphate of Islam
- Leadership of Ummah in Mughal Times
- Sons, Successors and Peers : Shah Abdul Aziz, Syed Ahmed Shahid, Maulana Abdul Hai Budhanvi and Shah Ismail Shahid, Maulana Shah Mohammed Ishaq, Shah Yaqub Sahab
- Shah Rafiuddin Dehlvi, Shah Abdul Quadir Dehlvi, Shah Muhammed Ashique Phulati, Khwaja Muhammed Amin Kashmiri, Shah Abdul Saeed Hasani Raebarelvi
- Shaikh Muhammed-ibn-e-Abdul Wahhab